Four local outfits are banding together to sell locally made and environmentally friendly apparel in a couple stores during the Super Bowl.

OUTPOST, Indianapolis Local Apparel, is operating two locations through the week: a storefront in the Murphy Art Center (1043 Virginia Ave., Ste.?

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Apparently Jimmy Fallon's takeover of Hilbert Circle Theatre was the last straw for Simon Crookall, who announced today that he has stepped down as Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra president and CEO. No, we kid; Crookall's departure has more to do with a desire to "move on to my next challenge," according to Crookall, as quoted in a press release issued after the close of business Thursday.?

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Here's a surefire way to make sure your Super Bowl National Anthem performance won't be remembered only for your tone-deafness in the absence of Auto-Tune: Perform with a children's choir!

A children's choir is adorable; if any of the kids make any mistakes, they can't really be savaged by the celebrity hatred industry; and when it comes to the Indianapolis Children's Choir, there won't be any mistakes, just pure angelic tones.?

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No doubt that the Vivan S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series ? which kicks off Feb. 8 with a visit by poet and Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics co-founder Anne Waldman ? is excellent and well-tenured and adventurous and such. But there can always be more.?

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Want to give away some books? But of course you do, and Big Hat Books would like to facilitate.?

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