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Conner Prairie presents “Civil War Days,” May 21-22. Details here.

Tim Grim, Jan Lucas-Grimm and Jason Wilber perform as part of the Hometown Roots Concert Series at the Central Library, May 22. Details here.

The Indianapolis Museum of Art hosts a Miller House Symposium (click here for a Lou’s Views column on the house) . Speakers include architect Deborah Berke, designer Brad Dunning, and landscape architect Laurie Olin. Details here. 

Former talk show host Larry King comes to Hoosier Park Racing & Casino with his stand-up comedy act May 20. Details here.

May 20-22

Madison

The Dave Bromberg Quartet and Uncle Earl headline Saturday evening at this Madison institution, but the music goes on all weekend. Gates open at 5 on Friday and the festivities close Sunday evening after Carrie Newcomer’s 6 p.m. performance.

Oh, and for the uninitiated, Uncle Earl isn’t some scraggly-bearded folkie—it’s an all-woman band. Details and a full lineup here.

May 21-22

Indianapolis Art Center

What’s different about this year’s Broad Ripple Art Fair? Well, for one, it’s not just Saturday and Sunday. 21-and-older patrons can get a first look at the work at a Friday Night Preview Party, which includes appetizers and drinks. In addition, the kids’ activities that used to be under one tent will be spread throughout the fair. And there’s more local food, including offerings from Yats, Ripple Bagel & Deli, and The Jazz Kitchen.

Entertainers this year include Trio ConPaz, Born Again Floozies, Vince Early and Ladymoon. Details here.

May 19-22

Indiana Repertory Theatre

Dance Kaleidoscope closes out its season with an interesting mixed bag, starting with a restaging of its 2008 piece “In the Moog,” set to cuts from the synthesized disc “Switch on Bach.” Next up, a new piece, “Electric Counterpoint,” with music from Steve Reich, played by Pat Metheny. The show closes with its strongest selling point: The pairing of DK with electric violinist Cathy Morris on the 1999 piece “Skin Walkers.”

Oh, and take a few minutes and click here to read Walt Whitman’s poem “I Sing the Body Electric.” You should finish it with a greater appreciation of the work done by the DK dancers—and might even end up with a better self-image. More info on the show here. 

May 20-21

Hilbert Circle Theatre

When last he played with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, he was just another young conductor. This weekend, when the spell-checker’s worst nightmare, Krzysztof Urbanski, takes the podium, he’s here as the ISO’s music director designate. As such, patrons will be paying close attention to get a taste of what they will be seeing and hearing for years to come.

The reality, though, is that the real work done by Urbanski won’t be seen by the public. How he works with the musicians, how he invigorates the ticket-buyer and the donor bases, and how he connects with the community will have as much to do with his success as will his in-performance conductor style.

Still, this should be an exciting weekend of shows, with Urbanski leading the ISO through Jean Sibelius’s only violin concerto with 2002 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis gold medalist Barnabas Kelemen. Also on the bill: Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides Overture” and his “Symphony No. 4.” Details here.

Police say the fatal shooting of an Indianapolis man who was trying to break up a fight between two dogs Monday afternoon was an accident. Roosevelt Griffin, 57, was shot in the face by his longtime girlfriend, Carolyn Walker, 49, while trying to rescue a neighbor’s dog in the 300 block of Eastern Avenue on the city’s east side. According to police reports, Walker was aiming the gun at the attacking dog, believed to be a pit bull, when she tripped and shot Griffin instead. The owner of the dog, which is still on the loose, is unknown.
 

A registered sex offender was captured early Tuesday morning after a police chase on the southeast side of Indianapolis. Police expected to arrest Shawn Doan, 23, outside a Beech Grove business about 11:30 p.m. Monday because of several felony sex-offender registry violations. When he saw police, he fled the scene in his Honda Accord, leading them through neighborhoods in the Fountain Square area. Doan eventually ran over the stop sticks, lost control and crashed into bushes at a bank branch near Raymond and Shelby streets. He tried to hide in a nearby house, but was chased down by a police dog.
 

Police are investigating a homicide that occurred about 4 a.m. Tuesday in the 3900 block of Narrowleaf Court near 38th Street and German Church Road on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Corey Andrews, 26, of Indianapolis was shot multiple times while sitting in a vehicle with a female in the driveway of a vacant residence. The shooter fled on foot. Andrews died at the scene. The female inside the car was not injured.