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July 25, 2012

A Fishers mother was arrested Tuesday after her two toddlers were found wandering their neighborhood alone. Sarah Martin, 23, faces neglect of a dependent, possession of a controlled substance and marijuana possession charges. A resident in the 13100 block of Knollwood Place, near 131st Street and Harrison Parkway, found the children, who were wearing just T-shirts, at about 10:15 a.m. and called police. It took an hour of searching to find their home, which was blocks away. Martin told police that she had smoked marijuana, swallowed Adderall and fell asleep while watching the children.

Indianapolis police say they shot and critically injured a suspect who fired shots at officers after he created a disturbance Tuesday at a west-side strip club. Police were called to Patty's Showclub on West Washington Street near Belmont Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. after patrons called 911 to report a man threatening to “shoot the place up." By the time police arrived, the suspect was walking west on Washington away from the scene. The man shot at the officers and ran. After a chase, the man opened fire again and was shot multiple times by police.

A mother was shot to death Tuesday night while in a car with her two children on the city’s east side. Indianapolis police were called to the scene in the 3700 block of Layman Avenue at about 10:20 p.m. and found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds and two uninjured children in the car. The woman, who was shot in the stomach and chest, was pronounced dead at a hospital. The male, identified as 21-year-old Jonathan Perry, was shot in the leg. Investigators say the woman was scheduled to meet her estranged husband for child visitation when the incident occurred.

Joshua Bell joins the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for an evening of Beethoven April 20 at the Palladium. Details here.

“Southern Baptist Sissies” returns to Theatre on the Square April 20-May 12. Details here. 

Shannon Forsell sings “Songs I’ve Never Sung on Broadway” April 20-21 at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club. Details here. 

The Indianapolis Art Center opens “Art from the Heartland” on April 20. The juried show runs through June 10. Details here.

Conner Prairie acknowledges the “Bicentennial of the War of 1812” April 21-22 with re-enactors, firearms displays, and an encampment. Details here.

University of Indianapolis Theatre presents the local premiere of “Animals Out of Paper” by Rajiv Joseph (“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”) April 20-22. Details here. 

The touring production of “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” comes to Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music April 19. Details here. 

Violinist Alina Ibragimova joins the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the first time with an all-French concert including music by Ravel and Saint-Saens April 20-21. Details here.

Butler Ballet and the Jordan College of Fine Arts present “Coppelia” April 20-22 at Clowes Hall. Details here.

The Ronen Chamber Orchestra presents “Janusz Korczak: a Biography in Sound” featuring actors, musicians and a singer paying tribute to the Holocaust hero April 22 at the Hasten Hebrew Academy auditorium. Details here. 

April 24

Clowes Hall

Since the publication of his account of being a department store elf (“The Santaland Diaries”), David Sedaris has become a best-selling author, coveted contributor to NPR’s “This American Life,” an in-demand live performer, and (for me, selfishly) a talent whose hilarious books on tape have helped me survive many a long car ride. On Tuesday, he brings his solo show to Clowes Hall. Expect loyalists to turn out and newcomers to be converted to his unique brand of personal comedy. Details here.

April 19-28

IUPUI Theatre

Did William Shakespeare actually co-author a play called “The History of Cardenio?” It’s debatable (and scholars have debated it for a long time). Does “The History of Cardenio” being presented this week at IUPUI resemble at all the show presented by Shakespeare’s company the King’s Men? That’s debatable, too, since no copies exist of the actual play. Will “The History of Cardenio” hold interest beyond academia? We shall see. Will it work better on stage than this group’s previous production of “Young Hamlet”? I sincerely hope so. Am I excited that a new theater space is being launched in Indy? Absolutely. Details here. 

April 20

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Before Antonio Banderas (who starred in 1998’s “The Mask of Zorro”), before Guy Hamilton (star of the hit 1957 TV series), and even before Tyrone Powell (who starred in “The Mark of Zorro” in 1940), there was Douglas Fairbanks, who swashed and buckled his way through the 1920 silent hit that introduced filmgoers to the other caped crusader. It’s being presented here with live musical accompaniment by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, juicing up the soundtrack of an adventure film (rather than a comedy) for the first time. I’ll be there, providing an introduction and soaking up the sights and sounds. Details here.