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Sunday Ads: Burlesque at Empire

by Jeff Kamm | Apr 17, 2016 | Sunday Ads | 0 |

Name of Business: The Empire Theater Date of Ad: April 13, 1913 Date Established: 1892...

At Your Leisure: At the Drive-in

by Jeff Kamm | Jul 10, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 14 |

This ticket advertises a free pass for the driver at the Shadeland Drive-in. (Image: eBay) For...

At Your Leisure: From Films to Film Festivals

by Jeff Kamm | Mar 13, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 6 |

A 1940s view looking northwest on Virginia Avenue shows this recognizable building as the Granada...

At Your Leisure: Post Christmas Movies

by Jeff Kamm | Dec 26, 2014 | At Your Leisure | 0 |

The exterior when the building was known as the Loew’s State in the 1920’s. The...

At Your Leisure: Dancing on the Roof

by Jeff Kamm | Oct 31, 2014 | At Your Leisure | 5 |

The back side of this 1943 postmarked postcard reads “I am dancing at the Indiana Roof,...

At Your Leisure: Theater Under the Stars

by Jeff Kamm | Oct 24, 2014 | At Your Leisure | 14 |

Butler students clowning around on the stage of the newly completed Brown Theater in 1955. (Image:...

At Your Leisure: At the Movies

by Jeff Kamm | Oct 3, 2014 | At Your Leisure | 1 |

Cinema has always been an important aspect to leisure time activities in the Circle City....

B. F. Keith’s Grand Opera House

by Ryan Hamlett | Jun 17, 2014 | Historic Miscellania | 8 |

A closed Keith’s Theater advertises “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” at the...

Metropolitan Hall: Indianapolis’ First Theatre

by Ryan Hamlett | Apr 22, 2014 | Historic Miscellania | 2 |

While the Hilbert Circle Theatre and the Indiana Repertory Theatre are the last remaining...

The Lyric Theater

by Ryan Hamlett | Oct 1, 2013 | Historic Miscellania | 9 |

Just as the popularity of Netflix and Redboxes have yielded thousands of vacant storefronts across...

Sunday Prayers: Rivoli Theatre

by Dawn Olsen | Jun 16, 2013 | Sunday Prayers | 21 |

Downtown Indianapolis. Noon. At most tables, the lunchtime chatter was of clients, projects and...

Family Tree: Thespian Roots

by Krystal Becker | Apr 13, 2013 | Family Tree | 5 |

This weekend I will be performing in a production of Little Shop of Horrors at The Belfry Theater...

Sunday Adverts: Madame Walker Manufacturing, 1963

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 11, 2012 | Sunday Ads | 1 |

From a 1963 newspaper, an advert for the Madame C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, featuring a...

Room With a View: Indiana Avenue to Walker Theatre

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 6, 2012 | A Room with a View | 1 |

Here’s a snap from New Orleans on the Avenue, former home of Zing and many other businesses...

Indianapolis Then and Now: Rivoli Theater- 3155 E. Tenth Street

by Joan Hostetler | Apr 19, 2012 | Then & Now | 4 |

With all of the attention focused on the near eastside during the Super Bowl Legacy Project, one...

Indianapolis Collected: Comedy, beer and clog-dancing acrobats

by Libby Cierzniak | Apr 14, 2012 | Indianapolis Collected | 1 |

The English Opera House opened to accolades on September 27, 1880, with famed Shakespearean actor...

Indianapolis Then and Now: Talbott Theatre 2143 N. Talbott Street

by Joan Hostetler | Apr 12, 2012 | Then & Now | 13 |

The Talbott Theater has housed a variety of entertainment venues at 2143 N. Talbott Street since...

Indianapolis Then and Now: Ritz Theatre 3430 N. Illinois Street

by Joan Hostetler | Apr 5, 2012 | Then & Now | 41 |

Sometimes these “then and now” columns get frustrating. When I discover a great old photograph of...

News: January 4, 1910–Death at the Murat yesterday

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 4, 2010 | Historic Miscellania | 0 |

Have you ever contemplated the whole story of the buildings you admire? Sure, you wonder when...

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Architect for Theaters

At Your Leisure: At the Drive-in

At Your Leisure: From Films to Film Festivals

At Your Leisure: Post Christmas Movies

At Your Leisure: Dancing on the Roof

At Your Leisure: Theater Under the Stars

At Your Leisure: At the Movies

B. F. Keith’s Grand Opera House

Metropolitan Hall: Indianapolis’ First Theatre

The Lyric Theater

Sunday Prayers: Rivoli Theatre

Family Tree: Thespian Roots

Sunday Adverts: Madame Walker Manufacturing, 1963

Room With a View: Indiana Avenue to Walker Theatre

Indianapolis Then and Now: Rivoli Theater- 3155 E. Tenth Street

Indianapolis Collected: Comedy, beer and clog-dancing acrobats

Indianapolis Then and Now: Talbott Theatre 2143 N. Talbott Street

Indianapolis Then and Now: Ritz Theatre 3430 N. Illinois Street

News: January 4, 1910–Death at the Murat yesterday

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