Fireworks | Theater moves | MasterChef Junior

A menu of music options is seen on a Wurlitzer Jukebox in Bob Peltz's Big Boy Toys Restorations shop Monday, June 6, 2022 in Lebanon. Peltz fixes and restores pre-1975 vintage items like classic jukeboxes, Coke machines, pinball machines, etc.
A menu of music options is seen on a Wurlitzer Jukebox in Bob Peltz's Big Boy Toys Restorations shop Monday, June 6, 2022 in Lebanon. Peltz fixes and restores pre-1975 vintage items like classic jukeboxes, Coke machines, pinball machines, etc.

Where to see fireworks

Presenting our biggest cultural service journalism story for the weekend: a list of the big Independence Day shows in Central Indiana.

MasterChef Junior Live is coming

The winner and more contestants from the eighth season will grace Clowes Memorial Hall. Find out who's coming and how to attend.

Broad Ripple's basement theater will move

Storefront Theatre has made its name on the strip by producing raw works by women and underrepresented playwrights. Now it's about to start a new chapter and increase its shows.

'Genius' restores nostalgia in his barn

That barn is in Boone County, and it's filled with jukeboxes, pinball machines, Skee-Ball games and more pieces of Americana. Bob Peltz's skills are so in demand that he schedules clients about two years out.

Eiteljorg unveils revamped Native American Galleries

And by revamped, I mean revamped big time. The layout and display themes are completely different from before. To me, the stories behind the art — like the beaded "Man Mound Footstool" that addresses how an ancient effigy mound's legs were cut off — are the most intriguing part.

Review: Dead & Co. show has 'hollow jams'

Pop culture reporter Rory Appleton calculated that if 125 minutes of the 200-minute concert weren't good, then neither was the show. Except for the end, he wrote that it felt aimless. Not helping matters was that John Mayer sounded "as if he'd been jamming along to some Dead songs in his bedroom when he was suddenly transported to Noblesville without his consent or knowledge." (For subscribers.)

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