From Advance Indiana:
"If you want to see a good example of why Mayor Greg Ballard's plan to bail out the CIB to the tune of $47.5 million a year isn't selling with the public, check out Ballard's performance at the Mayor's Night out in Lawrence on April 21. You can view the video of the meeting by clicking here."
AFTERNOON UPDATE:
From IndianapolisTimesBlog:
"Mayor Greg Ballard held a meeting Thursday [7 May] with local business leaders and a single legislator to discuss, in the mayor's own words on Twitter, 'options to fix the CIB.'
"According to those who attended the meeting, Ballard offered no new plans and no new ideas. His only solution to the CIB fiasco? Raise taxes. Lots of taxes. Tens of millions of dollars worth of taxes. Taxes. Taxes. Taxes."
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Dreaming in Vivid Color: Opening Reception
The opening reception for "Dreaming in Vivid Color" is tomorrow (8 May), in conjunction with the Broad Ripple Spring Gallery Tour.The reception is from 6-8 p.m. in the Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th Street, Indianapolis, where the exhibition will be on display through 21 June.
It includes work from the 50 visual, performing and literary artists who make up the most recent round of the Arts Council's Creative Renewal Arts Fellows. Works include painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics and jewelry as well as special performances throughout the evening.
The Arts Council of Indianapolis is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship program. Originally conceived as a renewal opportunity similar to an academic sabbatical, this groundbreaking initiative offers 40 artists and arts administrators the opportunity to renew and refresh their creativity through a two-year fellowship with a cash award of $10,000 each. Since the program's inception, 250 artists and administrators have been awarded fellowships through this program. The Arts Council of Indianapolis has awarded more than $1.8 million in direct-dollar support to artists and administrators through this program! The program is funded by a grant to the Arts Council through the extraordinary generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc.
The 2007 - 2008 Arts Council of Indianapolis Creative Renewal Arts Fellows are:
Dance
Nataly North-Lowder
Kenoth Shane Patton
Iris Rosa
Literature
Candace Denning
Barb Shoup
David Shumate
Media Arts
Jim Simmons
Mark Williams
Music
Becky Archibald
Anthony Artis
Shannon Forsell
Henry Leck
Ju Fang Liu
Michael Schelle
Michael Strauss
José Valencia
Theatre
David Anderson
James Leagre
Robert Neal
Visual Art
Mason Archie
Kyle Crossland
Douglas David
Rob Day
James Willie Faust
Izabella Kowalewska-Cole
Tim Kennedy
Judith G. Levy
Caroline Mecklin
Jay Parnell
Melissa Parrott
Jamie Pawlus
William Potter
Kyle Ragsdale
William Rasdell
Anne Robinson
Betty Scarpino
Dee Schaad
M. Jan Schroeder
Jari Sheese
Phillip Tennant
Dante Ventresca
Arts Administration
Carol Baker, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Keesha Dixon, Asante Children's Theatre
Hadley Fruits, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Christy Martin, Indiana Repertory Theatre
James Nottage, Eiteljorg Museum
Thomas Robertson, Phoenix Theatre
David Russick, Indianapolis Museum of Art
John Vanausdall, Eiteljorg Museum
Susan Zurbuchen, Butler University
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Indy Lands IU School of Public Health
Indiana University has announced the formation of two schools of public health, one at IU Bloomington and the other at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
The school at IUPUI will grow from the Department of Public Health in the School of Medicine, and is expected to focus more on urban health issues. IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz will form and charge a committee with planning for the new school, which will not open before January 2011.
Once the plans for the schools have been approved, accreditation for the schools will be sought from the Council on Education for Public Health. If approved, these would be the first new schools formed at IU since the establishment of the School of Informatics in 2000 and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 1972.
The school at IUPUI will grow from the Department of Public Health in the School of Medicine, and is expected to focus more on urban health issues. IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz will form and charge a committee with planning for the new school, which will not open before January 2011.
Once the plans for the schools have been approved, accreditation for the schools will be sought from the Council on Education for Public Health. If approved, these would be the first new schools formed at IU since the establishment of the School of Informatics in 2000 and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 1972.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Labor-Management Relations Seminar
"Employees & Employers in Distress: Tips, Traps and Tough Calls", the 30th Annual Seminar on Labor-Management Relations, will be held 15 May at the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, 530 West New York Street, Indianapolis.The seminar, held from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., is co-sponsored by the National Labor Relations Board, Region 25 and IU School of Law - Indianapolis. Enrollment is open to attorneys and labor and management officials.
Registration is required; fee to attend is $200. For more information, contact Shaun Ingram, 317:278-4789.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Strategic Collaborations at BioCrossroads
A conference on how collaboration between and among individuals, universities, and businesses and the sharing of information, ideas and effort translates to idea (product and service) development, raising of resources and capital, commercialization activities is set for 14 May.
Sponsored by the Center for the Business of Life Sciences at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, BioCrossroads, Ice Miller LLP, Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University, the all-day conference will be in the University Place Conference Center in Indianapolis.
Opening keynoter is Bill Cook, founder and CEO of Cook Group Inc. A panel discussion will follow his presentation. Richard DiMarchi, a chemistry professor at I.U. and cofounder of Ambrx Inc. and Marcadia Biotech, will give the afternoon keynote address, which also is followed by a panel discussion.
Registration is $50. For registration information, click here.
Sponsored by the Center for the Business of Life Sciences at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, BioCrossroads, Ice Miller LLP, Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University, the all-day conference will be in the University Place Conference Center in Indianapolis.
Opening keynoter is Bill Cook, founder and CEO of Cook Group Inc. A panel discussion will follow his presentation. Richard DiMarchi, a chemistry professor at I.U. and cofounder of Ambrx Inc. and Marcadia Biotech, will give the afternoon keynote address, which also is followed by a panel discussion.
Registration is $50. For registration information, click here.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Two Kenyans Win Indy's Mini Marathon
With temperatures barely hovering above 50 degrees and sunshine mixing with overcast skies, the conditions could not have been any better during the today's 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis.
Women's race winner: Janet Cherobon, 30, made it three straight Mini-Marathon wins in a row. A native of Kenya who lives in Rome, Ga., she won in a personal-best time of 1:12.22 – more than two and a half minutes in front of second-place Anzhelika Averkova, a Ukraine native now living in New Jersey. Cherobon’s time was well below her 2008 winning time of 1:14.53.
Kenyan Festus Langat, who lives in West Chester, Pa., made the most of his first appearance in the Mini-Marathon, winning the men’s race in 1:03.55 to finish comfortably in front of fellow countryman Ernest Kimeli. Langat said he took the lead at the 5K mark and never was seriously challenged after that.
Tony Iniguez became a four-time champ in the wheelchair division, bettering his 2008 winning time by more than two minutes. The Illinois resident won the event in 44:59, coming in more than five minutes ahead of his closest competition.
The 500 Festival, a not-for-profit volunteer organization, was created in 1957 to organize civic events celebrating the greatest race in the world. Over the past 52 years, the 500 Festival has grown to become one of the largest festivals in the nation. Last year, over 500,000 Hoosiers and visitors participated in nearly 50 events and programs throughout the month of May.
Women's race winner: Janet Cherobon, 30, made it three straight Mini-Marathon wins in a row. A native of Kenya who lives in Rome, Ga., she won in a personal-best time of 1:12.22 – more than two and a half minutes in front of second-place Anzhelika Averkova, a Ukraine native now living in New Jersey. Cherobon’s time was well below her 2008 winning time of 1:14.53.
Kenyan Festus Langat, who lives in West Chester, Pa., made the most of his first appearance in the Mini-Marathon, winning the men’s race in 1:03.55 to finish comfortably in front of fellow countryman Ernest Kimeli. Langat said he took the lead at the 5K mark and never was seriously challenged after that.
Tony Iniguez became a four-time champ in the wheelchair division, bettering his 2008 winning time by more than two minutes. The Illinois resident won the event in 44:59, coming in more than five minutes ahead of his closest competition.
The 500 Festival, a not-for-profit volunteer organization, was created in 1957 to organize civic events celebrating the greatest race in the world. Over the past 52 years, the 500 Festival has grown to become one of the largest festivals in the nation. Last year, over 500,000 Hoosiers and visitors participated in nearly 50 events and programs throughout the month of May.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Indiana Legislature Fails, Again
"Beyond a reasonable doubt, our pathetic legislature is guilty of incompetence, arrogance and backward-thinking.
"After four months of silly games and petty politics, lawmakers ended their 2009 session without fulfilling their only constitutional duty: passage of a new state budget. Despite a winter and spring spent cashing paychecks from taxpayers and enjoying free meals from lobbyists, the General Assembly failed Indiana.
"Badly. Completely. Once again."
Read the rest of Matthew Tully's ascerbic commentary in today's Indianapolis Star.
The late Harrison Ullmann (of NUVO) used to rail against the country's worst state legislature a decade ago. Sadly, nothing much has changed. Which seems to be Indiana's mantra. Why be a leader when being mediocre is so much easier?
"After four months of silly games and petty politics, lawmakers ended their 2009 session without fulfilling their only constitutional duty: passage of a new state budget. Despite a winter and spring spent cashing paychecks from taxpayers and enjoying free meals from lobbyists, the General Assembly failed Indiana.
"Badly. Completely. Once again."
Read the rest of Matthew Tully's ascerbic commentary in today's Indianapolis Star.
The late Harrison Ullmann (of NUVO) used to rail against the country's worst state legislature a decade ago. Sadly, nothing much has changed. Which seems to be Indiana's mantra. Why be a leader when being mediocre is so much easier?
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