For me, the weekend included a trip to Conner Prairie for a science fiction Symphony on the Prairie program, quality time at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where the Indianapolis International Film Festival is in full swing (for IBJ's reviews of just about all of the features, click www.ibj.com/arts), and a trek through the cultural booths at Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration.
How about you? Did you get to any of the above? Or did you join the curious at "Inception," catch the Brooks & Dunn concert at Verizon Wireless Music Center, or find some other A&E statisfaction.
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Also checked out White Rabbit in Fountain Square for "Balkan Beats" with DJ Kyle Long, a Cultural Cannibals event. Definitely looking forward to more international music from them. Their site says 200+ people were there in the smallish space across from Radio Radio, and my friends and I couldn't help but notice it was THE most diverse crowd I've ever seen in Indy in every way. Also a great alternative to the Broad Ripple/South Meridian (downtown) bar experience for dancing/music.
Next was Brooks & Dunn - long time fan, first time concert goer. The second opening act, Gary Allen, started the crowd going with a couple favorites everyone new. Then a short stage change and Brooks and Dunn were ready - or so I thought. I found their set was a bit scattered, like they didn't really know what was going on - then they did a couple slow songs in a row, not really the way to get the crowd into the music - but they closed with some faster favorites and the crowd went wild.
Next, on to the Sci-Fi night at Conner Prairie - while it was disappointing to be cut short - what was heard was excellent - George Takei was a bit rambling and didn't make much sense at times, kinda seemed nervous - but rounded it out with some nice stories about some aspects of his career that many might not have known about. Too bad the rain came rolling in :( but can't wait to see another show - maybe they will have another Sci-Fi night next year!
Saturday, attempted the Brewers Fest in Broad Ripple - we had won free tickets, but it was too hot, lines were too long, you couldn't see what brewers were in what tents, and then you had some rude people. After one sample each, we left. We had a much better time at Barcelona Tapas.
Later that night I watched The Last Station on dvd - excellent movie with an excellent cast!