Search Results

Time for Three sits in with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Aug. 6 at Conner Prairie.
Details here.

Brown County Playhouse presents Alfred Uhry’s “The Last Night of Ballyhoo” Aug. 6-22.
Details here.

Cedric the Entertainer entertains Aug. 7 at the Murat Theatre. Details here.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra plays Conseco Fieldhouse for the first time with the latest installment of Video
Games Live on Aug. 7. Details here.

The American Pianists Association presents 2009 Classical Fellowships Awards Finalist Igor Lovchinsky Aug. 8 at the Athenaeum’s
Biergarten. Details here.

Cyprus Hill performs at The Vogue Aug. 9. Details here.

The Indianapolis Art Center offers samples of its classes at its annual Open House Sept. 10. Details here.

Eight comics, including Mike Trainor and Tony Boswell, perform for a taping of Comcast’s “Who’s
Laughing Now” series at Morty’s Comedy Joint on Aug. 5. $5 and two cans of food get you in for this Gleaners
Food Bank benefit. Details here.

 

Aug. 5-7
Indianapolis Civic Theatre

We’re not gonna pay/we’re not gonna pay/we’re not gonna pay … a set designer.

Indianapolis Civic Theatre adds a summer offering to its season-before-moving-to-Carmel with this concert version of Jonathan
Larson’s pop opera “Rent.” Participants in this script-in-hand/orchestra-on-stage production include Angela
Manlove as Maureen. Details here.

 

Aug. 6-8
White River State Park

When it comes to Shakespeare plays, I have a personal rule that may upset many an English major or teacher: I won’t
read one until I’ve seen it on stage or film for the first time.

Reading a play by Shakespeare, particularly a comedy, without having seen it first in its three dimensions, feels like an
academic exercise, not like the joyful experience that it should be.

I say that because Heartland Actors Repertory Theatre is returning to White River State Park this weekend with a free production
of “Two Gentlemen of Verona.” The cast includes Ryan Artzberger (fresh from Phoenix Theatre’s “Reasons
to Be Pretty”), Robert Neal, Sam Fain, and Phebe Taylor.

Alas, since I’ve never seen the play, I can’t honestly tell you what characters to watch for or where it ranks
with “Love’s Labours Lost” or “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” or “As You Like It”
–to name just three of Shakespeare’s comedies that I have seen and loved.

Come to think of it, HART has yet to stage any of these three. Here’s hoping that a successful run this year means
more Bard in years to come. For details, click here.

Aug. 5-8
Indiana Convention Center

Yes, there will be lots and lots of people—in fact, tens of thousands of them—hunched over tables of games you’ve
never heard of. But this year’s massive gaming convention also includes “Hamlet vs. MacBeth: the Shakespearean
SmackDown,” “Lloyd Kauffman Make Your Own Damn Movie Class,” featuring the head of Troma Entertainment,
and midnight screenings of “Tank Girl,” “Tron” and “Clerks.”

Also on the schedule: a talk by Wil Wheaton of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “The Big Bang Theory,”
an all-weekend auction—including a portion on Saturday night where all proceeds benefit the Pajama Program for poor
children, an outrageous costume contest and much, much more.

And did I mention tens of thousands of people hunched over games you’ve never heard of (but might want to try)? For
details, click here.

 

Aug. 6-12
State Fairgrounds

Headline performers at the Indiana State Fair include Rascal Flatts with Kelly Pickler on Saturday the 7, Kiss on Monday
the 9, Rick Springfield on the 12 (a free show), Drake on the 13, Keith Urban on the 14, Selena Gomez on the 15, Jeff Dunham
on the 18 and Sugarland on the 20.

What? You still don’t see anyone that appeals to you? Then consider a visit to the new Tribute Town event on Aug. 19
featuring bands doing their versions of music by the Rolling Stones, the Eagles and John Fogerty. For all your fair details,
click here.

 

Six specialized Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department investigative units are being disbanded. The 65 detectives who
work in those divisions are being reassigned to work at the district level. Vehicle theft, aggravated assault, robbery, organized
crime, financial crime and juvenile units are being decentralized. Public Safety Director Dr. Frank Straub said the community
is best-served by detectives with a wide range of investigative experience stationed at the community level. The police union
disagrees  with the decision.

An 82-year-old woman was attacked by an unknown assailant Tuesday night in her east-side Indianapolis home. A relative, worried
when he hadn't heard from the woman all day, stopped by her house near East 21st Street and Emerson Avenue about 10 p.m.
to check on her. He found her injured at the bottom of a staircase. Evelyn Jackson said she had been there for more than eight
hours after an intruder threw her down a flight of stairs. She was taken to the hospital with a broken hip.  
 

Marion County Public Safety Director Frank Straub said this morning that he is 90-percent to 95-percent sure authorities
have identified the gunman who shot eight people early Tuesday on the city’s west side, killing two. “The hunt
is on,” said Straub, speaking on WIBC-FM 93.1. “They will be relentless in bringing the shooter to justice.”
Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.