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Star Employees Protest Newsroom Guttingnew

After layoffs, furloughs, a 10 percent salary cut and a proposal to outsource page design and copy editing jobs to Kentucky, 'Star' workers say enough is enough.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
12-08-2011 |
Business & Labor
Donatello's: Thick, Soggy, Overdonenew

The food seemed a bit of an afterthought at Donatello's, a new Carmel Italian restaurant that fails to pay even lip service to modern Italian gastronomy.
NUVO |
Neil Charles |
12-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Review: 'Mapable' at SpaceCamp Gallerynew

A show of map-inspired art features entries from around the world, including an Israeli artist who added dinosaur bones to a political map of the Middle East.
Review: NoExit's 'The Nutcracker'new

Ryan Mullin's Herr Drosselmeyer shines as an insult comic/scary clown in NoExit's 'Nutcracker,' the first theater production in Big Car's garage bay.
NUVO |
Scott Shoger |
12-08-2011 |
Performance
The Ballad of Herman Cainnew
For commentators and comedians, Herman Cain was a gift that kept on giving.
Joseph Crone's 'Fragments'new

The Herron grad shows off his film noir-inspired work — in colored pencil, following a process involving photography and acetate — in a show at Wug Laku’s.
Tags: acetate, joseph crone
Indiana Makes Strides Against AIDSnew

The scourge of HIV/AIDS is 100 percent preventable by keeping in mind some simple words of wisdom from local infectious disease specialist Bobbi Delon:
"If it's wet and it's not yours, don't touch it without protection."
Slideshow: Exotic Feline Rescue Centernew
Lions and tigers (but no bears) come from a variety of unfortunate circumstances to find refuge at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point, Ind.
NUVO |
Tristan Schmid and April Schmid |
12-02-2011 |
Animal Issues
Tags: cats, Exotic Feline Rescue Center
Occupy Indy Dividednew

Twists to Occupy Indy have emerged over the last few weeks: a contentious financial document, a faction divide, arrests and an unsuccessful Taser deployment.
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Indy
Indianapolis Public Schools Are Donenew
The people who remember a time when public
education really worked are getting older. Now the public must consider the reality of a fragmented system.
Thumbs Down: Foul Play Pedophilianew

The Penn State pedophilia debacle is mirrored far and wide, including here in the Hoosier State where the parents of an athlete on a local swim team are suing.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
11-23-2011 |
Commentary
Congress Continues Attack on Coal Ash Regulationsnew

A U.S. Senate effort is underway to block more restrictive federal regulation of coal combustion and its byproducts.
NUVO |
Jill McCarty |
11-21-2011 |
Environment
Occupy the Super Bowlnew
This year's game could be the Valley Forge of the Occupy movement.
Review: Love Crimenew

It may not be perfectly written and directed, but this French thriller (director Alain Corneau's final film) about a perfect crime is beautifully acted and worth a look.
Review: IU's 'La Boheme'new

IU Opera Theater's riveting rendition of this Italian classic is a must-see production.
NUVO |
Rita Kohn |
11-17-2011 |
Performance