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Workers escaped injury Tuesday night in an explosion at an east-side Indianapolis chemical-distribution plant. Firefighters
were called to the Univar USA building near East 30th Street and Interstate 465 about 9:30 p.m. When they arrived, plant workers
told them a 6,000-gallon tank they were filling with caustic soda exploded. The product remained in the tank, but a sprinkler
pipe was broken during the explosion. Hazardous materials crews also were called.
 

Neighbors who live near Linwood Avenue and East New York Street are upset over a decision by the Indianapolis Public Schools
Board to move ahead with plans to condemn seven houses near School 58. IPS said it might want to tear down the homes to make
room for building improvements and a parking lot at Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School. Tuesday night’s vote gave
the district the green light to use eminent domain. IPS Superintendent Eugene White said the current bus-loading system at
the school is dangerous.

More than 70 dogs taken from “hoarders” in Greene County are in need of new homes. The Monroe County Humane Society
took possession of the animals Tuesday after the owners were persuaded to give them up. Two people and the dogs were living
in a single trailer home.  Officials say the residents are animal lovers who thought they were helping the dogs. The
animals are in relatively good health and were moved to Bloomington because Greene County’s animal shelter is too small
to handle them. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
 

The Summer Nights Film Series continues with “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” July 30 at the Indianapolis
Museum of Art. Details here.

Deb Mullins performs “Bebop, Boogie & Blues” July 30 at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club.
Details here.

The Bodeans perform July 30 at the Vogue. Details here.

July 30-31
Conner Prairie
Symphony on the Prairie returns to the classics with Russian conductor Andrey Boreyko and cellist Zuill Bailey sitting in
for a set that includes Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Saint-Saens’ First Cello Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov’s
“Russian Easter.” Details here.

July 29-31
Indiana Repertory Theatre
One of Terre Haute’s most notorious residents was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Playwright Edmund White, fascinated
by the correspondence between the killer and writer Gore Vidal, created a fictional drama in which two similar men meet. The
result: his 2006 play “Terre Haute.”

Crossroads Repertory Theatre—a company based in the real Terre Haute—is bringing its Midwest premiere production
to Indianapolis for a one-weekend run.  Details here.

Aug. 2
Hilbert Circle Theatre
The Heartland Film Festival doesn’t get rolling until Oct. 14. But that hasn’t stopped Heartland Truly Moving
Pictures from arranging for Rob Reiner’s latest film, “Flipped,” to get a special screening here before
its national opening. The director, along with actors Penelope Anne Miller, Anthony Edwards, and John Mahoney, are expected
to attend.

A Q&A session and dessert reception will follow the presentation.

The nostalgic PG film about first love also stars Aidan Quinn and Rebecca DeMornay as well as teens Madeline Carroll (“Swing
Vote”) and Callan McAuliffe.
For details, click here.