Priority list include Alan Cumming at the Cabaret, First Friday art openings, more

Take a break from your barbecue with one of these A&E events.

Alan Cumming

He’s got theater (“Cabaret,”), TV (“The Good Wife”), movies (“X Men 2”) and even kids stuff (yes, he’s the voice of Gutsy Smurf) well covered. Now Alan Cumming takes the cabaret stage in a concert in which he promises to sing “sappy songs.” Previous performances indicate that those titles could include “If Love Were All,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” and a version of Adele’s “Someone Like You.”

The Cabaret at the Columbia Club Sept. 12-13  Details 

IDADA First Friday

At this month’s gallery hop, “Darkroom Revelations” highlight work by a group of photographers who recently joined the Circle City Industrial Complex Artists collective; Indy Indie Artist Colony showcases work by surrealist painter Josh Hynes in a show titled “Surreal Cognition;” the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library once again shows artists’ re-imagined versions of covers of banned or challenged books; and iMOCA invites visitors to search Fountain Square and the southern end of downtown for hidden works by twelve artists as part of “Finders Keepers.”

Various locations Sept. 4

“Rad Science: Skatepark Physics”

Memories of skinned knees should come flying back when you attend this new Indiana State Museum exhibition where 25 interactive stations explore momentum, friction, balance and more. Related events include skate trick clinics featuring paid lessons on Sept. 12.

Indiana State Museum Sept. 5-Jan. 3 Details

Also this week

Former Indianapolis resident and now "Saturday Night Live" regular Sasheer Zamata brings her stand-up to the White Rabbit Cabaret Sept. 6. 

“Black Dance Matters” celebrates the 10^th anniversary of Kenyetta Dance Company with performances Sept. 4-5 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Civic-minded folks with an interest in the arts converge on the Indianapolis Marriott downtown for the annual Start with Art luncheon Sept. 4. The event includes music by Red Hot Whiskey Sippers and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as well as a performance by Asante Children’s Theatre.

Dierks Bently plays Klipsch Music Center Sept. 4.

“Disney on Ice Presents Frozen” skates into Bankers Life Fieldhouse Sept. 3-6.