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Aug. 21

Murat Theatre

Any one of them could dazzle in a solo show. But putting 16-time Grammy winning keyboardist/composer Chick Corea on the same stage with great bassist (and theme song writer for “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse”) Stanley Clark and drummer Lenny White legitimately qualified Return to Forever as a super group.

Well, it just got super-er. Joining the trio on this tour are master violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and guitar hero Frank Gambale.

But don’t take my word for it. Give a listen to what Sting says about the influence of Return to Forever—and hear musical clips—here. For info on the Indianapolis show, click here.

Aug. 24

Tobias Theatre

It seems logical that an art form nurtured in drinking establishments should have more than its share of alcoholic casualties. Therefore, it seems appropriate that caring practitioners of that art form should come together for a benefit with proceeds going to sober living/recovery shelters. That’s what’s happening at the Indianapolis Museum of Arts’ Tobias Theatre, where two big national comics will be featured: “Last Comic Standing” winner Alonzo Bodden and comedian’s comedian Ritch Shydner, who emerged from retirement in 2010 after a 13-year break. Details here.

Aug. 19-28

Various theaters on or near Mass Ave

There are lots of ways to do Indy Fringe, the annual conglomeration of less-than-an-hour shows from near and far.

You could see the performers you liked last year (returnees include popular monologist Phil the Void, the outrageously off-color “Screw You Review” and cross-dressing magician Taylor Martin). You could focus on local legit companies debuting Fringe shows (including Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Piaf,” NoExit’s adult-recommended “Little Red Riding Hood” and Three Dollar Bill Comedy’s “School House Wrong!”) or take advantage of visits from out-of-towners (comic David Quirk comes from Australia, “The Best Audience Ever” was crafted in Canada). Or you could just pick based on cool titles or subject matter.

However you do it, any festival whose 56 mainstage shows range from “Abraham Lincoln, Hoosier Hero” to shows whose names would get this e-mail caught in your spam filter, is bound to have something of interest. Click here for a schedule. (Full disclosure: I penned one of the shows in this year’s fest.)

A 20-year-old man was shot to death Monday night at the Carriage House Apartments in the 10100 block of Ellis Drive on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Police responded to a report of shots being fired about 10:30 p.m. and found Antwane Spearman suffering from a gunshot wound. He died shortly after they arrived. Detectives are investigating.

The Train and Maroon 5 concert, originally scheduled for the Grandstand at the Indiana State Fair, has been rescheduled for Thursday and moved to Conseco Fieldhouse. The bands are donating 100 percent of their performance fees to the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund. The fair and Pacers Sports and Entertainment, which manages Conseco Fieldhouse, also are donating all proceeds from the concert to the fund.

The Bloomington Police Department began searching for evidence Tuesday morning at the Sycamore Ridge Landfill related to the disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer. Bloomington police are being assisted by the FBI, the IU Police Department and a search expert from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The Terre Haute-area landfill is about 55 miles from where Spierer was last seen. The landfill operator has identified areas that contain waste taken from Bloomington around the time of Spierer’s disappearance in early June. The search could take up to two weeks.