http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/home.aspxIndianapolis Monthly's blog about all the buzz on local life & cultureen-usCopyright 2012, IndianapolisMonthly-NAThu, 17 May 2012 19:22:25 GMTTue, 15 May 2012 00:59:53 GMT1http://emmisinteractive.comLocal arts stars collided at Clowes Memorial Hall on May 7. Their universal mission: to entertain, and to raise money for the Indiana AIDS Fund, at Spotlight's 17th showcase of live performance talent. At the outset, the number are staggering. The dollars raised in the past 17 years to benefit statewide HIV/AIDS programs: nearly $5 million. This year's take: $401,000. The funds raised at the 2011 Spotlight event: also upward of $400,000. Kathy Nagler, development director for The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis, said that 89 cents of every dollar raised will go directly to grants through the AIDS Fund. The needs for prevention, treatment, and testing are also remarkable: More than 10,000 Indiana residents live with HIV or AIDS, and 2,000 of those are not aware that they have the virus or the disease, according to state health department numbers cited in a WFYI-produced video. Many well-heeled arts patrons ...http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382195jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382195Tue, 15 May 2012 00:59:53 GMTDozens of intriguing six-word essays peppered the Indiana Statehouse lobby on Monday, penned by anonymous Indiana students and parents speaking to the best attributes of a number of Hoosier teachers. The brief and sometimes emotive and/or hilarious posts came from all corners of the state. A few of the funniest and most poignant: >> "nice, funny, monotone but always helpful">> "She had the kindest eyes ever!">> "She explained everything when others didn't.">> "You are my awesome fraction mother!" This was Teacher Appreciation Week, and Indiana's Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Bennett, paraded an assembly of educators into the Statehouse on a rainy afternoon to honor their commitment to learning and growing the next generation. Last year's Indiana teacher of the year, Stacy McCormack from Penn High School in Mishawaka, also addressed the crowd, which numbered about 200. A video featuring Governor Mitch Daniels, Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman, ...http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382660jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382660Fri, 11 May 2012 22:17:09 GMT  [View the story "Tweets of the Week: May 5-11" on Storify]http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382637jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382637Fri, 11 May 2012 21:17:54 GMTHe is an Indianapolis native, reality TV star, and all of 24 years old now. As a New York–based model, Austin Armacost once infamously dated fashion designer Marc Jacobs. Boys become men, but this one did so on camera, for the world to see. He's one of the hedonistic stars of The A List: New York, a self-descriptive, loud and rowdy program on the LOGO channel following the lives of six gay and bisexual men in New York City. The show is produced by the Manhattan-based True Entertainment, also responsible for the like-minded Real Housewives of Atlanta. It is now appearing on UK and European TV. Armacost returned to Indy for Spotlight 2012, a May 7 showcase at Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butlet University campus that saw performances from 20 local artists and groups ranging from opera to orchestra, from the theatrical to, in Tasha Jones, the poetic. ...http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10381719jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10381719Fri, 11 May 2012 19:26:47 GMTStephen J. Cox, a PGA advance rules official, uses his middle initial to distinguish himself from the other Stephen Coxes associated with the PGA, and he explained why on a recent visit to Carmel’s Crooked Stick Golf Club. “I went to a tournament in Atlanta,” he says, “and when I checked in, I was told I had already done so—which was weird. They gave me a key, and in my room there were many really expensive gifts. I thought, ‘Wow, this is great.’ Later, at dinner, a man tapped me on the shoulder, asked my name, and said he was also Stephen Cox. I said, ‘So all those gifts in my room aren’t mine, are they?’ Stephen Cox said no, they were his, and so was the room. That was kind of funny.” There is no mistaking this Stephen Cox when he steps on a golf course in a PGA ...http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382217mbotkin@indymonthly.emmis.com (Mike Botkin)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10382217Thu, 10 May 2012 22:07:50 GMT  [View the story "Tweets of the Week: April 28-May 4" on Storify]http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10380131jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10380131Fri, 04 May 2012 21:47:05 GMT  [View the story "Tweets of the Week: April 1-6" on Storify]http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10368442jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10368442Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:37:14 GMT  [View the story "Tweets of the Week: April 8-13" on Storify]http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10370862jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10370862Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:36:53 GMT  [View the story "Tweets of the Week: April 21-27" on Storify]http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10377766jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10377766Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:04:49 GMT [View the story "Tweets of the Week: April 14-20" on Storify]http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10373407jpscott@indymonthly.emmis.com (Jonathan Scott)http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10373407Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:47:45 GMT