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The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra re-creates “An Evening in Olde Vienna” featuring pianist Grace Fong, July 29-30 at Conner Prairie Amphitheatre. Details here.

Taylor Swift plays Conseco Fieldhouse July 29. Details here (but, warning, its showing as sold out).

Gaelic Storm returns to the Vogue July 28. Details here. 

 It’s Wiz Khalifa’s turn at the Lawn at White River State Park, Aug. 2. Details here.

Actors Theatre of Indiana offers “Songs We Knew During World War II” at the Indiana History Center, July 28. Details here. 

 “The Senior Tour,” featuring four veteran stand-up comics, rolls into the Indy Fringe Building July 30. Details here.

Aug. 3-7
Conseco Fieldhouse

No, this isn’t Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson celebration. That’s coming in a few months. For now, it’s the company’s 1999 show featuring 52 acrobats, musicians, singers and not-your-ordinary clowns. Expect hoop diving, rope skipping, trampoline antics, pole balancing and, of course, dralions (combo dragon/lions) and more. Details here.

July 29
Cabaret at the Columbia Club

It’s all Latin-American and all women at this Cabaret event directed by Monika Herzig and Heather Ramsey and featuring the musical talents of Stacie Sandoval and Elizabeth Souza. Dancer Ana Lucia Cavalcante will also be in the mix. Details here.

July 28, 30, 31
Center for the Performing Arts

The big-ticket benefit with David Hyde Pierce and Michael Feinstein is next week. This week, it’s no-ticket events for people who want to take a look and give a listen to the new Tarkington Theatre at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

These “tuning” concerts include a Thursday event staged by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (while free, you’ll need to make a reservation for this one), a Saturday Kids Day featuring Iibada Dance Company, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre and more, and a July 31 open house and ribbon cutting, which will include the Indy Irish Dancers, Indiana University Summer Concert Band, Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre (formerly Indianapolis Civic Theatre) and Actors Theatre of Indiana. For more info on all the Tarkington opening events, click here. .

An Indianapolis woman accused of child neglect has been found competent to stand trial. Police say Ebyan Farah, 28, put four of her five children in a closet last September and left them there for 10 hours. Two of the children, a 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old daughter, died. Farah faces eight felony counts, including two charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Doctors found Farah not competent to stand trial but a judge reversed that decision. She is being held without bond.
 

Prosecutors filed murder charges Monday against Justin Carter, 28, in the deaths of a Greenwood couple. Carter is accused of killing Steven and Julia Konchinsky in their home on July 16 while on a search for drugs and money. He also was charged with robbing a bank two days after the murders. He is being held without bond.
 

A man shot on Indianapolis’ northeast side early Monday morning has died from his injuries. Police say Thomas Ocel, 19, was shot in the 3700 block of North Butler Avenue. A second person also was shot but his name is not being released. Police said the victims drove themselves to Wishard Hospital after the shootings. Police are searching for suspects.