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Best-selling author Margaret Atwood reads Sept. 12 at Butler University Reilly Room. Details here.

The Penrod Arts Fair brings together artists, performers, arts patrons and seemingly everyone else in Indianapolis for a day at the Indianapolis Museum of Art Sept. 8. Details here.

“Going All the Way” author Dan Wakefield discusses his writing life Sept. 6 at Indy Reads Books. Details here. 

“Quest for the West” brings collectors and artists together at the Eiteljorg Museum Sept. 7-9. Details here. 

Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre launches its season with “A Chorus Line,” Sept. 7-22. Details here. 

Gaelic Storm performs at Old National Centre Sept. 6. Details here. 

 Civil War scholar Gary W. Gallagher, author of “A Mighty War for Union: Reality, Memory, and America’s Greatest Conflict,” speaks Sept. 12 at the Indiana State Museum. Details here. 

 Make sure to pick up a copy of this week’s IBJ. It contains the annual IBJ A&E Season Preview, featuring dozens of critically selected picks for the coming months—plus Talking Points, our IBJ list of top performing arts organizations, and a first look into upcoming IBJ A&E Road Trips. 

Sept. 11-14

IU Cinema/Whittenberger Auditorium

 IndianaUniversity’s first-class screening room has been the hub for all sorts of cinematic activity. This month, acclaimed—and intense—director Werner Herzog visits for a pair of lectures, “The Search for Ecstatic Truth” and “The Transformative Role of Music in Film,” as well as screenings of, among others, the world premieres of digitally restored versions of  “Fitzcarraldo,” “Nosferatu the Vampyre” and “Aguirre, The Wrath of God.” Details here. 

Sept. 8

Murat Theatre

 Do you believe me yet? For the past three years, I’ve enthusiastically previewed this benefit for the Indianapolis City Ballet and, afterward, even more enthusiastically praised the amazing talent gathered from ballet companies around the world. There’s no reason to think this year will be any different, especially with American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Julie Kent and Herman Cornejo and many more already booked. Details here.  

Sept. 7-30

Studio Theatre

 With great songs and unforgettable characters, “Gypsy” is about as good as musicals get. But it requires strong talent to pull off, which is probably why we don’t see it often. Here’s hoping the combination of the talented Actors Theatre of Indiana company and the intimate setting of the Studio Theatre at the Center for the Performing Arts will make this one a knockout for newcomers and fresh enough to thrill the hardcore musical theater fans it will no doubt attract. Details here.  

Sept. 10-16

It’s hard to imagine the Indy jazz scene without journalist, radio host and all-around jazz champion Chuck Workman, who died in March. So it stands to reason that the Indy Jazz Fest will celebrate the man and his legacy by devoting a program to him. And an impressive program it is, with back-to-back-to-back performances by Brian Culbertson, Gerald Albright and Brian Simpson with Maysa. That’s just part of the fest, though, which includes two days of concerts at OptiPark and performances at other venues leading up to the outdoor gathering. Details heret.