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An Indianapolis bar is accused of letting minors inside its doors for the second time in two months. Officers said they found 25 minors in the Blue Agave Restaurant, 8049 S. Madison Ave., Saturday night. The manager, Hugo Sanchez, was arrested. State excise police also raided the bar June 16 and found 26 juveniles, including several who tested positive for alcohol consumption. No minors tested positive for alcohol in the latest raid. Sanchez faces several charges and could have his liquor license revoked.
 

More than a dozen people became sick Tuesday morning after a natural gas leak in downtown Indianapolis. Workers at an office building at 55 S. State Ave. started to experience headaches, nausea and dizziness at about 9 a.m. Sixteen people were checked out at the scene and three others were taken to a hospital. Citizens Gas shut off service to the building. Fire officials said the leak had reached an explosive range.
 

A Franklin Township teacher has been arrested, accused of trying to solicit a 15-year-old girl over the Internet. Indianapolis police placed Robert Roach under arrest at the request of Jefferson County, Wis., police following a sting operation. Officers also served a search warrant at Roach's home and will inspect his computer and property for evidence. Roach has been a licensed teacher for 28 years and teaches language arts at Franklin Township Middle School East. He has been placed on administrative leave. Roach was charged with seven felonies punishable by fines up to $10,000 dollars and six years in prison.
 

A Shelbyville Central Schools middle school teacher faces numerous charges after allegedly drinking and smoking pot with minors and having sexual relations with at least one of them. Police say Bethany Appleton, 28, had sex with one victim in her Shelbyville home and provided alcohol and marijuana to others. Police launched an investigation after the school district notified them of Appleton’s possible crimes. Appleton faces four counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and other counts including child seduction, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and maintaining a common nuisance.
 

Music by Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky are featured in a Symphony on the Prairie program featuring violinist Barnabas Kelemen Aug. 10-11. Details here.

The Indy Hostel Folk Festival, Aug. 11 at 49th and Winthrop streets, features music by the Spud Puppies, Old Truck Revival, and more. Details here. 

Carol Woods, whose credits include Broadway’s “Chicago” and “Smokey Joe’s Café,” performs Aug. 10-11 at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club. Details here. 

Kool & The Gang and The Commodores are the daily double on stage Aug. 11 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. Details here. 

WTTS celebrates its 20th anniversary with The Last Summer on Earth Tour, featuring Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Cracker on Aug. 12 on the Lawn at White River State Park. Details here.

Jackson Browne plays the Murat on Aug. 14. Details here.

Michael Koryta signs copies of his new novel “The Prophet” at Big Hat Books on Aug. 9. Details here. 

 Jake Johannsen headlines at Morty’s Comedy Joint Aug. 9-11. Details here.

Aug. 10

IndianapolisArt Center

 Enough with signs that say, “You break it, you bought it.” At the Indianapolis Art Center, the ongoing mantra is, “You make it, you take it.” And while the center features art classes throughout the year, here’s a chance to try your hand at any or all of the arts. Need something to aspire to? The Art Center also opens its annual faculty exhibition on the same evening. Details here. 

Aug. 10

IndianapolisMuseumof Art

 You think edgy crime thrillers are something new? The great Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson have been keeping audiences on edge since 1944. That’s when Billy Wilder and co-writer Raymond Chandler taught the world what film noir was all about in their adaptation of James M. Cain’s seedy classic about an insurance man who lets a seductive married woman talk him into murder. It’s being screened large behind the IMA as part of the Summer Nights film series (which continues in a dark vein for the next two weeks with “Batman” and “Pulp Fiction” before lightening up for the season-closing “The Sound of Music.”) Details here. 

Aug. 9-11

Lucas Oil Stadium

The eyes of America—well, at least the eyes of hard-core marching band practitioners and fans—will be on Indianapolis Aug. 11. That’s because the top bands in the country will be competing not just for attendees at Lucas Oil Stadium but also for those watching in movie theaters across the country. If you can’t make it to the finals, there are plenty of preliminary competitions. There’s also the Celebrate Indy Arts! Parade on Aug. 11, taking off south from Pennsylvania and North streets, then following New York Street west to Meridian Street and north to the American Legion Mall. Details on all DCI events here.