Fiesta Indianapolis is like stepping foot into another country. This year’s festival, held annually as a celebration of Latino culture, was presented by La Plaza at Military Park downtown. 2010 marked the 30th anniversary of the tradition. The chosen slogan for this year, “Where the Americas Come Together,” was symbolic of the La Plaza organization…
Despite high prices, restaurant delivers big
Mesh brings a fresh take on surf and turf to Massachusetts Avenue. The new restaurant opened nearly four weeks ago and is owned by Mike Cunningham, who also the owns the Stonecreek Dining Company. Cunningham saw an opportunity to turn the venue formally known as Scholars Inn into a restaurant. In this nice, cozy atmosphere…
Affleck wows with ‘The Town’
Heist movies were in vogue this summer, and Ben Affleck proved he could roll with the best in directing his new drama/thriller “The Town.” The story: a group of veteran thieves take a bank by force and kidnap a manager to insure a safe escape. They quickly find out that the manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca…
Vision for social change at ‘Blind Spots’
The audience slowly files into a black box in Lilly Hall. People shuffle around other patrons and step over actors sprawled across the floor. Under dim lights, “Blind Spots” is set to challenge viewers’ comfort zone. “Blind Spots: An Exploration of Empathy and Ensemble” is one part performance, one part social experiment. The show was…
JCFA dancers star in new ‘Glee’ commercial
Butler University’s dance program proved “we can dance if we want to” in a flash mob performance at the State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in downtown Indianapolis last Thursday. The routine was part of a promotional video shot by Fox 59 for the season premiere of their hit musical-drama “Glee,” which has quickly chassèd up…
Funeral is death of ‘Get Low’
In the new film “Get Low,” Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) thinks it’s about time that he get low, but not in the way most students are probably imagining. The film is set in 1938—way before Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys made popular a song by the same name—and at 74 years old, Mr. Bush…
Egypt Central to rock Indy’s Emerson Theater
Celebrating their ninth anniversary as a band in October, the members of Egypt Central are on a roll, making a stop in the Circle City to provide fast guitar riffs and deep vocals. The alternative rock band plays the Emerson Theater tonight at 6:30 p.m. (4630 E. 10th St.) with Nonpoint. Tickets are $20, and…
Machete mixes action, with political satire
Danny Trejo has always been the creepy side character in cheesy action flicks, but he finally gets his shot as the title character in the action-packed “Machete,” a film very fitting for him. A little bit of background on “Machete”: The film started as a fake trailer in the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature “Grindhouse.”…
New Album, Typical Tankian
Rock and metal singer Serj Tankian is releasing a new studio album Sept. 21. Expect political outcry, string accompaniment and the ex-System of a Down lead man’s unmistakable croon. “Imperfect Harmonies” is the singer’s second solo album. His first album after the hiatus with metal band System of a Down, “Elect the Dead,” featured heavy…
Changing the game: Downloadable content takes ‘Dead Rising 2’ to the next level
BY ANDREW BINDRIM | CONTRIBUTING WRITER With video gaming becoming a more social experience over the last few years, games that are single-player based and don’t feature a multiplayer experience are finding it harder to make the sales they used to. However, downloadable content (DLC) allows players to buy new feaures for existing games for…