Words by LL Cool Bean Video by Tim Brouk The Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls will be back at it Saturday at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds. For the second home bout, they will be up against the Kokomo City of Fists Rollergirls. Lafayette and Kokomo competed last at the Brawl House in October of 2012 and though [...]
A new home, a record crowd, a decisive victory. The Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls christened its new Brawl House April 20 with a huge 182-92 victory over the Terrorz of Tiny Towns’ Diesel Dolls out of Columbus, Ind. A packed crowd of over 700 — LBD’s largest crowd in its five-season history — filled the Tippecanoe [...]
Words by LL Cool Bean Video by Tim Brouk April 20 is the Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls first home bout at the new Brawl House located at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds. The Dolls have a lot of changes to be excited about for the 2013 season. There are seat cushions and some new t-shirt styles [...]
The second in a series of three concerts offered by TAF and FoamCity, OuterNet will highlight two ground-breaking, innovative female-led “new jazz” combinations: the Shayna Dulberger Quartet and Tomeka Reid with bassist Devin Hoff. The concert is 8 pm this Saturday, April 13th at The Wells Center. Chicago based cellist, composer and educator, Tomeka Reid [...]
UPDATED words by Gwyne Bahler, photos by Tim Brouk OK, I’ll just go ahead and admit that I’d never heard of Macklemore. I don’t listen to a whole lot of hip-hop. I did, however, use to love Saul Williams, whose repertoire shares with Macklemore that wondrous new phenomenon of “socially conscious rap.” There was a [...]
I congratulated Cappadonna after a great show on March 1, 2013. At that time, on the stage at the Knickerbocker we talked about his participation in the Wu-Tang Clan, the hip-hop megagroup which boasted 9 or 10 members (depending on who you ask) at it’s peak. See, while Cappadonna is not exactly the 10th member [...]
FoamCity and the Tippecanoe Arts Federation (TAF) will be kicking-off their OuterNet music series this Friday evening at the Wells Community Cultural Center. What’s an OuterNet you ask? “Nets generally filter the main current, this is a made up word that may get some music outside the general field of whats available around town. Not really jazz, not pop, [...]
MARION, ILL. — “Dominate” was the battle cry before the bout and it carried over during it. The Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls opened its 2013 season with a commanding 190-133 victory against familiar foes in the Southern Illinois Roller Girls. The Brawlin’ Dolls never trailed and Southern Illinois did not come closer than the 0-0 after [...]
NICHES Land Trust has purchased Mulvey Pond – half a mile north of US 52 and US 231 – and set forth permanent protection for this important ecosystem in Tippecanoe County. Mulvey Pond is important for birders in the area, with waterfowl congregating in the summer and snow geese staying through the winter. This area [...]
Women’s flat track roller derby. Women skating fast and looking fresh. The Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls have 5 Saturday home bouts this year and you can watch them for free, listen to live beats by Atarilogic, receive thanks from the skaters, and hang out with them at the after-parties. One way to do all four is [...]
Greater Lafayette came on down when “The Price Is Right” touring production got more than 3,300 cheering for cash, prizes and Plinko Sunday afternoon. Gracing Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music stage, the live event randomly selected members of the audience to play those classic pricing games that generations of fans have watched on CBS [...]
UPDATE Review by Gwyne Bahler Photos by Tim Brouk I have to admit it took some mustering to get myself off the couch at 7:45 and make the trek to Lafayette Theater to see moe. It was cold and rainy, the kind of night most people would be content to stay home with Netflix [...]
The Indiana legislature began on January 7, 2013, and in the first few weeks hundreds of bills have been introduced. Bills focusing on educational reform, environmental regulation, legal rights and women’s rights, and labor are currently under discussion in various Senate and House committees, and will progress to the floors for a full vote soon. [...]
After a horrid 2012, Purdue University’s Student Concert Committee is off to a strong start in 2013. The March 23 booking of hip-hop artist Macklemore proved uncanny. The emcee behind the online and now international hit “Thrift Shop” has gained tremendous momentum worldwide in the last few months. As long as Macklemore doesn’t cancel his [...]
After a mostly dismal fall 2012, the Lafayette arts and entertainment scene received a huge boost on Friday: FoamCity is back, all legit-like. The downtown Lafayette arts space at 409 N. Third Street was shut down to public events in October but after a few improvements to bring FoamCity up to code, the arts scene [...]
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