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  • Austin or Bust: SXSW Bound

    Published: February 22, 2012 by indyhub Categories: Arts & Entertainment Comments: 2

    Guest post by Denver Hutt

    March is the almost perfect month. There’s a holiday for nearly everyone: for the math inclined there’s Pi Day (3/14), the sports enthusiast: March Madness (3/13-4/2) the literary scholar: The Ides of March (3/15), the historian: St. Patrick’s Day (3/17). For the tech, music and film scene, there’s South By Southwest (3/9-3/18).

    This year marks my first time celebrating SXSW, and quite frankly, I couldn’t be more excited.

    Drawing nearly 50,000 people to Austin, SXSW started in 1987 as a music festival showcasing country, folk, jazz, blues, rock and everything... read on

  • Saving All My Love for You

    Published: February 14, 2012 by Suzanne Flynn Categories: Arts & Entertainment Comments: 1

    Never before has a song about having an affair with a married man been sang with such fervor then by Whitney Houston in the mid-90s. That is until this morning when I sang it for my husband and dogs fashioning a TV remote as my microphone.

    I was at a baby shower on Saturday night when we found out Mrs. Brown had died. As of today, when I’m writing this, they haven’t determined the cause of death. Of course we’re all speculating it was drug related considering she was only 48 and had a very bad history with serious drug addiction and abuse.

    Even if she were still in recovery, after... read on

  • A Visitor’s Guide to First Friday

    Published: February 2, 2012 by Kenan Farrell Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Culture & Diversity Comments: 0

    The visual art phenomenon known locally as the IDADA First Friday Art Tour welcomes First Friday first-timers and out-of-towners this Friday, February 3, from 6:00-9:00pm.  The IDADA First Friday Art Tour is a free, self-guided tour of galleries and other types of visual art venues throughout downtown Indianapolis. Start your tour at any one of the 30+ venues or begin your night at the TURF: IDADA Art Pavilion, a temporary, experiential gallery with 23 exhibits appealing to the senses of sight, smell, sound, and touch.

    To help you get around town, there is a FREE shuttle service that will... read on

  • Join the 2012 Zoobilation Twitter Team!

    Published: January 23, 2012 by indyhub Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Fashion & Style, Food & Drink, Lifestyle & Wellness, Networking & Social Comments: 1

    Pull off those winter gloves and cue the thumb exercises – the Zoobilation Twitter Team is back!

    Hosted four years running by yours truly, IndyHub is thrilled to partner with the Indianapolis Zoo for Zoobilation 2012: The Grand Voyage. On June 8 the Zoo will transform into a black tie affair with live music, party tents, open bars and food from Indianapolis’ finest restaurants. It’s a party-animal paradise! Most importantly, proceeds from Zoobilation benefit the Zoo and their mission to advance animal conservation.

    Why do we need a Twitter Team?
    Zoobilation doesn’t need help selling... read on

  • IDADA’s Super Bold Event - TURF IDADA Art Pavilion

    Published: January 10, 2012 by Kenan Farrell Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Culture & Diversity Comments: 1

    At the annual Start With Art Luncheon in September 2010, Mayor Ballard asked the Indy arts community to "Be Bold." The IDADA board took that message to heart and came up with an ambitious idea, the final result of which is now just days away. All IndyHubbers should make plans to attend TURF: IDADA Art Pavilion sometime between this Friday and Super Bowl Sunday. This event is a first-of-its-kind and has never been done in a Super Bowl host city.

    The IDADA Art Pavilion consists of over 20 experiential art installations. Some of your favorite local artists (find a full list at the IDADA Turf... read on

  • Nudes in Indy?

    Published: November 7, 2011 by Kenan Farrell Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Culture & Diversity Comments: 1

    The nude human figure in fine art has been both celebrated and censored, with its creation and display being influenced by academia and religion and its virtue debated by everyone. This Friday night, as part of the 2011 Spirit & Place Festival – which carries the theme “The Body” – "Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nude" at StutzArtSpace will explore the question of the art nude’s place in public venues. The gallery exhibition includes 33 figurative pieces by 29 artists from Indianapolis and beyond. From 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., a panel will discuss the place of the fine art nude in public... read on

  • Orindytation: Lesson 6

    Published: November 3, 2011 by David Feinberg Categories: Arts & Entertainment Comments: 0

    When I chose to move to Indianapolis, I remember the disappointed reaction from my aunt.  It wasn’t that she was hoping I would move to California to be close to her; she thought I had chosen a city that had a huge void when it came to the arts. I have taken great joy over the past 13 years telling her about the experiences I have had here (and even having her come to town to join me on a few).

    Does Mass Ave = Broadway?  Nope, nothing does.  That's why I like to vacation in New York. But there are enough productions, shows, and competitions going on in Indianapolis that I invariably miss... read on

  • Mass Ave Needs More Art Galleries

    Published: October 12, 2011 by Kenan Farrell Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Culture & Diversity Comments: 0

    Last week was Mass Ave's Harvest of the Arts (the new name for MAMA's annual Fall Gallery Walk). 7,000 Lilly employees spent Thursday cleaning, painting and lighting the Avenue to get it ready for the Harvest and they did a fine job.

    My fears regarding my neighborhood looking like Candyland turn out to have been overblown. If anything, underwhelmed was my immediate reaction at the amount of paint spread around. I expected a color explosion to rival the Upper Haight but it's really just the curbs around the tree islands that were painted. The tree lights don't evoke Vegas or Times Square... read on