Events
1. Soup swap: I had no idea Indianapolis participated in this, but this sounds like a great way to get stocked up on soup for the next two months or so.

Saturday, January 23
(see website for more details)

2. Fiery Furnaces at Radio Radio: Indie Rock goodness, that’s all I need to say.

Friday, January 22
Radio Radio
1119 E. Prospect St.
$10 Adv / $12 Day of Show
21 +Doors @8 pm
Buy tickets

3. MOKB Presents..Local Music Git Down: My Old Kentucky Blog is one of the musical treasures of Indianapolis. On Saturday, MOKB will be hosting a hootenanny of who’s who of local music-it’s practically an all day event. Come on out as they celebrate local music at where else? Locals Only.

Saturday, January 23
Locals Only
2449 E. 56th St.
Starts: 12pm-who knows when it’s gonna end.
Admission: TBD/Free

4. Arsenic and Old Lace at the IMA. What fond memories I have of this Cary Grant film. I used to watch this movie over and over with my family growing up. If you have a dark/twisted sense of humor like I do, you will find the timelessness of this flick. If not, then well I guess you are just weird .

Friday, January 22
Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Rd.
Toby Theatre
7:00 pm
Admission: $9 public/ $5 members/ $7 students with ID
Buy Tickets

5. Reserve your tix while you can: Free Crazy Heart viewing from the wonderful IFF. This one is sure to be the Oscar clincher for Best Actor. Jeff Bridges already has won the golden globe for it, and T-Bone Burnett has made the soundtrack into a supporting role all by itself. (As of this posting the film has sold out…sorry.)

Quick Links:
1. Logorama: I want to see this soooooo bad.

2. Rapunzel: I want to live in this world, what a beautiful visionary collaboration between Polina Osherov and Nikki Sutton.

3. The man behind the “I’m with Coco,” campaign. Bravo sir, bravo.

4.bRaZiLiAn Design: they even screen print their leaves, that’s how eco friendly and design forward these cats are.

5. Crayon sculpted people: I want to color with this guy, his crayons are definitely cooler than mine.

6. Do’s and Don’ts of Online PR: I really agree with Lindsay Robertson that if marketers of bands and artists followed her outline, there would be less annoying email blasts in the world.

Events
1. MLK DAY at the IMA:  Free events/Admission to the museum are planned to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. Also included is a free screening later that day of  The Rosa Parks Story, directed by nationally acclaimed filmmaker Julie Dash.

Monday, January 18
The Indianapolis Musuem of Art
4000 Michigan Rd.
11am-5pm Events are and art tours are scheduled
4pm at the Toby/The Rosa Parks Story
Admission: FREE

2. INvision/Alliance of Photographic Artists showing of “Casserole: A Mixture of Photographic Thoughts.” Spend some time viewing the work of several local photographers.  Free casseroles will be dished out in generous portions during the reception, so get there promptly before 8pm!

Friday, January 15 / Opening Reception
Bona Thompson Memorial Center – Irvington5350 E. University Ave.
5pm-8pm
Admission:FREE

Artist Work on Display:
Andy Chen
Lauren Ditchley
Mary Hansen
Holly Hooper
Holly Jordan
Rich Phelan
Ginny Taylor Rosner
Jon Scott
Mike Stroup

3. Naptown Rollergirls/New Year’s Smear After Party to fight Leukemia: Birdy’s is hosting this smash up to raise cash and awareness of Leaukemia, especially since NRG member Ivanna B. Naughty was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in 2009.A Squared Industries will be spinning all night long and you get to hang with the Naptown Rollergirls.

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Birdy’s Bar and Grill
71st & Keystone
Admission: $5
Time: 10pm (after the bout at the Pepsi Coleseum)

4. Winter Warm-up Shimmy Show:  Badriya bint Daa’ood is hosting a night of Middle Eastern music and belly dancing.  Tarot readings and more dancing is scheduled. Looks like the first half of the show is for all ages and then when the second half starts is going to be a little bit more adult. Vavava-voom!

Friday, January 15th
Wheeler Arts Community
1035 Sanders Street
Indianapolis
Doors open at 7pm Show 7:30 pm

Quick Links
1.The one bizarro piece you keep in your portfolio: It’s a little morbid but I would love to have this person’s porfolio piece on my desk to discuss! Holy anatomical correctness!

2. Please don’t mess up my google street view: Google is squelching this report now, but if those annoying pop up ads strart showing up on my street view I’m going back to using a printed map and compass.

3. Did they learn nothing from Austin Powers? I guess not, so there is a fembot on the market now. This is going to end horribly bad, in the near future.

4. Taking a gander at AKA Corleone’s posters-these are DYN-O-MITE.

5. A redesign of the airline boarding pass: Tyler Thompson takes this on and makes me think-hell why didn’t I think of that? Pretty clever.

I hope you are cozy, warm and relaxed from all the holiday cheer. Have a wonderful New Year-hope 2010 is good to all of us!

Events
1. A Hipster New Year: Otis Gibbs, America Owns the Moon, The Academy and Vess Ruhtenberg. Local music faves and the lovely Otis Gibbs (Nashville) are playing NYE at Locals Only. It’s predicted that this show may sell out, so call ahead and get your tickets before Thursday.

Thursday, December 31st/New Year’s Eve
Locals Only
2449 E. 56th Street
Cost: $12 Advance / $15 Door
Doors at 8pm
No one will be allowed in after capacity hits.

2. Staying in before New Year’s Eve? Relax at home and watch Steven Sebring’s documentary, Patti Smith: Dream of Life on PBS.  Nuvo has a great inteview with Smith that discusses her career and the doc. It’s also Smith’s birthday on Dec. 30th.

Wednesday, December 30th
9:00 pm EST
PBS
Check your local PBS channel listing for times.

3. This is the last week you can see the Sacred Spain Exhibit at the IMA. The exhibit it free, so if you haven’t seen it yet, you must take advantage of the holiday slowdown this week and get on over there.

Last day of Exhibit is Sunday, January 3rd
The Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Road
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 11 am to 5 pm
Thursday and Friday 11 am to 9 pm*
Sunday noon to 5 pm
Closed New Year’s Day

4. Leisure Kings, Born Again Floozies and The Playboy Psychonauts: New Year’s Eve at Radio Radio. Well, if you are in the FSQ neighborhood or looking for a great place to chill out and get your 2010 on-come on down. BTW, you can bet Mike Wiltrout will be spraying fire from his mouth at some point .

Thursday, December 31st/New Years Eve
Tickets: purchase at Future Shock and Radio Radio or online
Advance: $15/at the door $20

5. Dean Johnson Gallery: They are open on New Years Day, so stop by and view contemporary design by Nick Allman, Morgen Bosler and Lauren Zoll. All local designers who have re-interpreted objects like vases, urns and various furniture.

Friday, January 1st
646 Massachusetts Avenue
Fri 11–5
Admission: FREE

Quick Links
1. Ten start up questions: Jason Cohen has ten questions to help you assess your business self for the new year.

2. French Puppets confuse the hell out of me: This site represents the musings of a French puppet who really loves hip hop, I don’t understand a word of French (*le sigh*). I wish I did ’cause the wallpapers are aces!

3. Not sure what sort of laptop you should buy? Should you work for free? The gentlemen of Freelance Switch can help you decide.

4. Typography is Everything:The portfolio of Simon Page makes me green with envy.

5. Do you know how to properly focus a camera? Well, I received a few new lens for Christmas and I’m learning all over again.

6. Best of Photoshop Tutorials from 2009: Here’s something to do while killing time before 2010 arrives.