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Two people were injured Tuesday night when a car crashed into a shopping center on the city's north side. The driver lost control of his car and rammed into three brick columns outside the center near 65th Street and Keystone Avenue. The car eventually hit a woman sitting on a bench beside one of the columns. Employees of Sahm’s Place restaurant, where the woman, Nikki Davis, works, helped her out of the rubble. Both she and the driver were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The building didn't suffer major structural damage.

Indianapolis police are investigating a string of car break-ins that took place Tuesday evening at a south-side church. Several women reported to police that their car windows were broken and valuables were taken from cars parked outside the Southview Wesleyan Church on Shelbyville Road, near Emerson Avenue. At least five vehicles were damaged while the women attended an exercise class from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Purses, money, gift cards, bank cards, a cell phone and identification cards were taken.

The Marion County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that a local Kroger employee who fatally shot a robbery suspect will not be charged. Jeremy Atkinson, 26, was shot to death Dec. 26 while trying to rob the Kroger near 71st Street and Georgetown Road. According to witnesses and surveillance video, Atkinson placed an object into the back of a female employee and forced her into an office area where another employee, Levi Elliott, shot him in the face. The prosecutor’s office said it “believes that the shooting was justified to prevent the commission of a forcible felony and based upon Indiana law pertaining to self-defense and defense of others.

“A Brown Bear, A Moon, and a Caterpillar” brings Eric Carle’s popular picture books to the Clowes Hall stage Jan. 10-11. Details here.

Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms,” about a political hostage and his loved ones back home, is staged by Acting Up Productions Jan. 6-22 at Theatre on the Square. Details here. 

Aaron Lewis plays the Egyptian Room Jan. 8. Details here. 

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is back on its new-show-every-week track with a Brahms and Sibelius program Jan. 5-6. Details here.

Jan. 6

Various locations

 Much of the downtown art attention this month will be focused on the IDADA Art Pavilion in the former Indianapolis City Hall/Indiana State Museum on Alabama Street. But that doesn’t open until Jan. 13. In the meantime, there’s a full slate of First Friday gallery open houses, including the Harrison Center’s “East Side Story,” featuring the work of over 20 east-side artists. Details here.   

Jan. 6

IndianapolisMuseumof Art

 Up for adventure? Douglas Fairbanks swashes and buckles as a buccaneer rescuing a damsel in distress in the 1926 silent film, presented here with pianist Roger Lippincott improvising a soundtrack live. Prefer a thriller? King Kong’s belle, Fay Wray, is terrorized by a crazed sculptor in 1933’s “Mystery of the Wax Museum.” The double bill will be introduced by Anthony L’Abbate, preservation officer for George Eastman House. Details here. 

Jan. 10-29

Indiana Repertory Theatre

I hesitate to tell you that “Radio Golf” is the 10th in August Wilson’s cycle of plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century. Yes, it’s an impressive achievement, but saying that might make it seem like you’re missing something if you didn’t see the other nine.

Truth is, each of Wilson’s plays is self-contained, although many revolve around similar themes of how we balance the present and the past. In this case, the story concerns a Pittsburgh real estate developer—and potential mayoral candidate—whose plans for a shopping and apartment complex are complicated by a homeowner who refuses to sell. David Alan Anderson stars. Details here.