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IndyCar's new race car began hitting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for testing Wednesday. Race teams are evaluating new bodywork and a rear-end design. Spectators can watch the event from the south grandstand near the Hall of Fame Museum. The event is expected to last until 5 p.m.

Skeletal remains discovered in eastern Illinois are not those of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, authorities said Wednesday morning. The remains were found in woods near Newton, Ill., on March 10. The town is more than 2 hours away from Bloomington. Bloomington police continue to investigate the disappearance of Spierer, who was last seen in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, after a night out with friends.

Indianapolis firefighters battled two house fires Wednesday morning on the northwest side. The first fire, which broke out in the 1100 block of West 35th Street about 3:30 a.m., caused an estimated $150,000 in damage. Two people escaped the residence unharmed. Less than an hour later, a vacant house less than a block away on 35th Street began burning. The blaze caused about $45,000 in damage. The fires are being investigated to see if they were set intentionally.

The Laurence Hobgood Trio, featuring two-time Grammy-winning saxophonist Ernie Watts, performs April 9 at the Jazz Kitchen. Details here. 

IU Opera stages Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" April 6-14. Details here. 

Anna Lee Chalos-McAleese’s show at Gallery 924, opening April 6, features work inspired by patterns seen in cross-country flights over the Great Plains. Details here. 

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra offers the world premiere of Stephen Hough’s “Missa Mirabilis” April 5-7 in a concert that also includes Hough’s performance of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Details here. 

On April 6, the Stutz Art Space gallery opens its “One-Peek Show,” offering a look at work that will be featured at the Stutz Artists Open House in May. Details here. 

Grand Funk Railroad plays French Lick Resort on April 7. Details here. 

Motus Dance Theatre stages the latest in its InsideOut Performance series, this time at the Indy Indie Artist Colony on April 6. Details here.

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre revives “Superhero: The Story of a Man Called Jesus,” April 6-7 at the Tarkington Theatre. Details here.

Ron Spencer, Gayle Steigerwald, Ellie Sellars and Karen Galvin share stories of Black Curtain, the first professional dinner theater in Indy, April 10 at this month’s Jabberwocky event organized by Storytelling Arts at the Indy Fringe Theatre. Details here.

 Pulitzer-Prize winner Michael Cunningham (“The Hours”) speaks at Purdue University. Details here.

April 7

Hamilton 16, Metropolis 18, Galaxy 14, Showplace 17 and more

The biggest opera house in the world isn’t in New York or Paris. It’s at a theater near you. That’s because the Metropolitan Opera has been broadcasting select operas direct from its New York landmark into popcorn houses. The result: Opera junkies beyond the big, big cities get to experience more opera than ever before. And while it’s not quite the same as being there (for that, visit the next Indianapolis Opera production), it’s still a great use of technology.

The latest Met-at-the-multiplex offering is Massanet’s “Manon,” featuring Paul Szot (known to musical fans for his award-winning stint in Lincoln Center’s recent “South Pacific”) in a show big enough to include an angelic choir and a ballet interlude in telling the story of a woman sidetracked on her way to a convent.

 Now if only a local theater would bring in the National Theatre broadcasts from London. Details on the opera broadcast here. 

April 11

White Rabbit Cabaret

 No, this isn’t your grandmother’s name-o game. The Muncie Brothers and Alabaster Betty stage an evening of games featuring absurd prizes, scantily clad/attitude-filled ladies and a cash bar. Doors open at 8 and the card covering begins at 9. Details here. 

April 10-15

Clowes Hall

You can hear the people sing. But this time you won’t see them on a giant revolving platform. That’s because the touring production of “Les Miserables” coming to Clowes Hall has a different design than those that have come through in the past. This one incorporates video projections to create the world of pre-revolutionary France and promises a fresh look at the now-familiar epic musical. Details here.