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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. 

For years, taxpayers have been footing the gasoline bill for Marion County sheriff's deputies to drive their cruisers while off-duty, even to part-time jobs. But a new policy from Sheriff John Layton will change that. His plan requires deputies who drive their cars on personal time to pay a $75 fuel charge each month. If they use the car for part-time work, such as private security, they'll pay $150 per month. The sheriff said the fees should bring in as much as $30,000 a month to help offset the department's $16 million budget shortfall.

The body of a 34-year-old man was found floating in the Broad Ripple canal Monday. Gregory Jarrett, 34, was discovered about 10 feet from the bank in about 3 feet of water just before noon by a man riding his bike. A man who knew the deceased said Jarrett was homeless and had a drinking problem. He said Jarrett likely passed out and rolled into the canal. Police are awaiting an autopsy, but investigators don’t expect foul play.

The third-annual County Health Rankings found Hamilton County to be No. 1 in overall health among the 92 counties in Indiana. However, Marion County ranked 82nd. The rankings, released nationally Tuesday by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ranked Boone County second in overall health and Hendricks County fifth. The study found Marion County has the highest teen birth rate and the highest percentage of children living in poverty. Madison County has the highest unemployment rate and the state’s highest smoking rate.