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A Ball State student who claimed she was attacked on campus last month has told police she made up the story. Karina Villa,
19, told police someone grabbed her from behind while she was walking on campus. Investigators found inconsistencies in her
story. She faces potential criminal charges ranging from providing false information to obstructing justice.

Witnesses say a man pulled his vehicle into oncoming traffic and caused a crash just south of 96th Street on Allisonville
Road about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. After the accident, the unidentified driver got out of the car and walked away. Later, another
driver found him lying in the middle of the road with a gash on his head. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Police aren’t sure if he was hit by a car, but they say the initial accident was minor.

The Marion County Health Department has issued dozens of citations and thousands of dollars in fines over the past year to
the company that has a $13 million contract to provide food service at Lucas Oil Stadium. Health inspectors have reported
mice droppings, pests and/or rodents, and food that’s unsafe or in unsound condition. South Carolina-based catering company
Centerplate Inc. released a statement Tuesday saying it takes the food violations seriously and will use a special team to
inspect each concession area at the stadium. Colts officials sent an e-mail to season-ticket holders Tuesday night saying
â??the entities directly in control of food operations at Lucas Oil Stadium, Centerplate and the (Capital Improvement Board),
have assured us that they are thoroughly investigating the report and that any issues they identify will be corrected immediately.â??
Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

CEO Bob Jones, Chairman Larry Dunigan and nine other Old National Bancorp board directors will ring the New York Stock Exchangeâ??s
closing bell on Wednesday to celebrate the Evansville-based companyâ??s 175th anniversary. Old National has more than 70 bank
branches in the Indianapolis area.

Joshua Bell and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at Hilbert Circle Theatre, Nov. 13-14. Details here.

The Rippingtons at Music Mill, Nov. 12. Details here.

Kellie Pickler at Clowes Hall, Nov 13. Details here.

LGBT Film Fest, including a screening of “The Big Gay Musical,” at the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Tobias Theatre, Nov. 13-14. Details here.

Robin Williams at the Murat, Nov. 13. Details here.

The Elms at the Vogue, Nov. 13. Details here.

Miley Cyrus at Conseco Fieldhouse, Nov. 16. Details here.

Hank III at the Vogue, Nov. 17. Details here.

Ensemble Music International Chamber Series presents St. Lawrence String Quartet at the Indiana History Center’s Basile Theatre, Nov. 18. Details here.

Nov. 12-15
Broad Ripple High School
’Tis the season for high school musicals, but this isn’t
exactly that. Let me explain.

Butler University’s Lyric Theatre wanted to stage Stephen Sondheim’s
“Into the Woods,” (which deals with big issues of responsibility, guilt, infidelity, faith and retribution, all
in the guise of a fairy-tale mash-up). With thoughts of a creative collaboration, Artistic Director Nancy Davis Booth decided
to take the show to Broad Ripple High School. The arrangement: Butler students will perform for all of the shows except the
Saturday matinee, when they will turn the stage over to the high schoolers. Meanwhile, the Broad Ripple teens will earn valuable
experience taking care of lighting and backstage crew work.

The upside? Students at IPS’ arts magnet school
get a taste of college-level work, the Butler students get increased resources (and a larger potential audience), and ticket-buyers,
we hope, get a strong production of an outstanding musical. For details, click here.

Nov. 13-14
Cabaret at the Connoisseur Room
The Broadway star of “A Tale of Two Cities”
and “Les Miserables” isn’t just performing her cabaret show here. Natalie Toro also is offering the first
in what is hoped will be a series of Saturday afternoon master classes, in which local vocal talent can work with the visiting
headliners. As anyone who has attended such sessions knows, these can be as enriching and entertaining for the audience as
they are challenging and rewarding for the participants. Give a listen to Toro here. For details on the concert and the master class,
click here.

Nov. 12-14
Lucas Oil Stadium
Hearing a thumping outside your downtown office? If you are reading this any time on Thursday or Friday after 10:45, that sound is probably coming from Lucas Oil Stadium, where 90 bands from around the country are squaring off in competition. They’ll be narrowed down to 36 for Saturday afternoon, with the top 12 moving on to Saturday evening’s finals.

If you tend to like the half-time show more than the game, this is the event for you. In addition to the action on the field, it includes clinics, a 100-booth expo, and student leadership workshops. For details, click here.

Ongoing
Claypool Court
A “soft” opening is the time between a place accepting customers
and its official grand opening. Downtown Indy’s latest attraction is in that period right now, as the Rhythm! Discovery
Center fine-tunes its operation.

But, in this case, “soft” is the last thing you should expect. Created
by the Indy-based Percussive Arts Society, the largely hands-on, 15,000-square-foot activity center could become the loudest
attraction this side of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The official grand opening—including an appearance by Death
Cab for Cutie drummer Jason McGerr—will be Nov. 21, but expect crowds this week thanks to the throngs in town for the
Bands of America Grand Nationals (see item, below). For details, click here.