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Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet (and former IU professor) Yusef Komunyakaa comes to Butler University Sept. 23 as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. Details here.
 
Former superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools Esperanza Zendejas wrote and performs “When the Dead Cry” at the Phoenix Theatre Sept. 23-25. Details here.
 
Bill Cosby at Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music in West Lafayette Sept. 24. Details here.
 
Storytellers Donald Davis and Carmen Agra Deedy share the stage Sept. 24-25 in the season opener for Storytelling Arts of Indiana at the Indiana History Center. Details here.
 
 

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

Through Sept. 26
Various locations


One of the structural challenges of the finals of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis is that you can’t hear all the contenders on one night. With six finalists needing enough time to play, they are broken into two groups of three. Each group of three performs twice. (Are you following this?) Since the finals started on Wednesday evening—and you are probably reading this on Thursday—you still have three choices of shows. Like Wednesday's offering, Thursday evening features three of the finalists and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. Friday and Saturday each feature three with the ISO at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
 

“Art vs. Art”

Sept. 24
The Vogue

Not for the faint of artistic heart, this brutal battle matches up artwork (created at a City Market paint-out Sept. 11) in a fight to the death. Works that don’t find popular approval or don’t get purchased at auction are destroyed in a wide range of creative ways. Yes, drinks will be served. For details—and to vote on the ones that will make the, er, cut—click here.
 

“Mary Poppins”

Sept. 23-Oct. 3
Murat Theatre

Peter Pan has some serious competition when it comes to theatrical airspace now that Disney’s stage production of “Mary Poppins” has proven such a hit. The nanny-with-attitude will be flying into the Murat to anchor the Broadway in Indianapolis series. Caroline Sheen, who played Mary in the UK Tour, will be taking the lead here. And if you happen to be going to the show Sept. 28, stick around afterward for a discussion I’ll be hosting with cast members. Details on the show here.
 

“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition”

Sept. 25-Jan. 16
Indiana State Museum

Right up there with King Tut on the list of museum-exhibitions-that-attract-people-who-don’t-normally-go-to-museums is this tour of items from the famed sunken ocean liner. While I’m no fan of the James Cameron movie (it still bugs me that she throws away the necklace rather than, say, endow a hospital), I won’t deny the pull of these objects, each carrying the echo of lives—and an era—lost. Expect crowds (even at the $17 adult ticket price). Details here.
 

Indy metal-stamping plant faces many hurdles

Persuading workers at General Motors' Indianapolis metal-stamping plant to accept a pay cut would be a feat, but it won't be the last challenge that JD Norman Industries would face.

Indiana welfare chief says hybrid system succeeding

The secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said error rates are down and the percentage of new applications for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits on backlog has fallen by 83 percent in two two regions.

Indiana corn coming in sooner, faster, better in 2010

The Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service says farmers harvested 27 percent of their corn by Sunday, compared with none by this time last year and an average of 6 percent over the past five years.

WellPoint gets $87M Medicare contract renewal

The company said the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services renewed its durable medical equipment administrative contract for a region that covers Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Local building permits down again in August

The number of building permits filed in the nine-county metropolitan area dropped by 18 percent in August from the same time a year ago, falling from 354 to 290. The drop marks the third consecutive month permits have fallen.

Indianapolis schools continue big enrollment drop

Indianapolis Public Schools lost more than 900 students from last school year, putting it within 800 students of falling behind Fort Wayne’s school district as the state’s largest.

Repeat bank-robbery suspect arrested

Indianapolis police say they have arrested a suspected serial bank robber with the help of the FBI. Agents believe 43-year-old Brinton Yates is responsible for robbing four banks in the last three weeks while he was on parole for a previous bank robbery conviction. He's accused of targeting banks on the north side. A Chase Bank on Michigan Road was hit twice. Police said Yates also held up a Chase Bank on Meridian Street and a Key Bank on Fall Creek Parkway.
 

Morning crash injures three

A two-car crash caused traffic problems on the city’s north side Tuesday morning. The crash happened before 8 a.m. near 75th Street and College Avenue. Police say three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Two other passengers were not hurt.
 

Gunmen hit north-side Walgreens

Indianapolis police are investigating the robbery and attempted robbery of two north-side Walgreens stores Tuesday morning. The first incident happened about 1:30 a.m. at the Walgreens at 86th Street and Ditch Road. The store manager told police two black men armed with guns entered the store, but became nervous and ran out 10 seconds later. Then, just after 4 a.m., the Walgreens at 86th Street and Michigan Road was robbed at gunpoint by a black male wearing a white ski mask. The suspect drove off in a blue-green car. Police say the two incidents are likely related. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.