AltWeeklies Wire
Beer Buzz: Thanks for the Mammariesnew

Local brew expert Rita Kohn rounds up the week in local tapping and brewery news, including a tapping in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
NUVO |
Rita Kohn |
11-10-2011 |
Food+Drink
A Conversation With John Watersnew

Not long ago, John Waters acted out an airplane crash with a room full of first graders. The kids loved it. It was the same presentation he gives at prisons. Waters states he is proud of the fact that his work has no redeeming social value.
NUVO |
Ed Johnson-Ott |
11-09-2011 |
Performance
Tags: John Waters, Hairspray
Review: FSDC Book Launchnew

Shared Heritage premieres a rarity in the Indy world: the artist-produced zine. 'FSDC,' or 'Fountain Square Don't Care,' incorporates the work of eight promising artists.
Review: Bad Boys of Dancenew

The Bad Boys of Dance is sexy, athletic, entertaining and fun.
NUVO |
Rita Kohn |
11-08-2011 |
Performance
Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nudenew

Gary Mitchell's "Symmetry" will be the talked-about photo of "Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nude."
Review: The Wood Shownew

Gallery 924's latest show - a collection of wood-based and wood-inspired artwork - is highlighted by a sculpture by Tom Tedrowe and a beguiling painting by April Schafer.
Teach the kids well...about Seurat and Chihulynew

The pilot to Nate Heck's atypically hip children's TV show 'Artrageous with Nate' is airing on WFYI, with plans for syndication and a Pepsi Refresh grant afoot.
OTB: Serving the Developmentally Disablednew

Clients of Outside the Box will showcase their artwork at the “A Cause for Elegance” event at the Athenaeum ArtSpace to raise funds for 20 local nonprofit causes.
Review: ISO Symphonic Hits Program No. 6new

Featuring two very popular repertoire standards by Schumann and Tchaikovsky, the ISO competes with the seventh game of the World Series — and loses.
NUVO |
Tom Aldridge |
11-03-2011 |
Performance
NBA Lockout Solutionnew

A solution to end the NBA Lockout - it's on you, President Obama!
Tags: Indiana Pacers, NBA lockout
Review: Phoenix Theatre's 'Jericho'new

The Phoenix presents a five-star Midwest premiere of Jack Canfora's post-9/11 comedic drama, which tackles politics, grief and religion in an unconventional way.
NUVO |
Katelyn Coyne |
11-01-2011 |
Performance
Tags: jericho, phoenix theatre
Review: Charles Gick's 'Involving the Sky'new

Charles Gick, whose work is on view through November at the Indianapolis Art Center, makes the upper atmosphere seem palpable in his depictions of skies.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colorsnew

"Frogs," at the Indianapolis Children's Museum and touted as "the most advanced traveling frog exhibit in the country," is fun and informative, if a little glitchy.
NUVO |
Lisa Gauthier Mitchison |
11-01-2011 |
Recreation
Review: Cuarteto Casalsnew

Ensemble Music's season opener Cuarteto Casals played Schubert and Shostakovich with zip and panache, though the second violin was buried in the mix.
Review: The Headless Horseman, Unscriptednew

The improv champs at ComedySportz offer a quirky retelling of Washington Irving's classic ghost story.