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Music in the Garden, Indianapolis Jazz orchestra, Aug. 30 at Garfield Park. Details here.

The Contours celebrate 50 years of Motown music, Aug. 30-31 at Conner Prairie Amphitheater. Pop rocker Jon McLaughlin plays Sept. 1. Details here. 

“The Sound of Music” closes out the Summer Nights film series at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Aug. 31. Details here. 

Gordon Bonham performs at the Indianapolis Artsgarden Sept. 4. Details here. 

Rascal Flatts takes the stage at Klipsch Music Center, Aug. 31. Kelly Clarkson and The Fray follow on Sept. 2. Details here and here. 

Big & Rich is the latest act to play Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, Sept. 2. Details here.

Make sure to pick up a copy of the upcoming IBJ, on newsstands Saturday. 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. 5-8

Butler Studio Theatre

Butler University Theatre and Phoenix Theatre team up for this staged reading of a unique play in which seven different playwrights crafted monologues culled from interviews with female world leaders. A combo professional/student cast performs the piece, which kicks off the season for Butler Theatre. Details here. 

Sept. 5-30

Indiana Repertory Theatre

We have met the enemy, and he is us. Such has been the core of many dramatic works going back to “Oedipus”. But the most famous hero/villain-in-one-body belongs to Dr. Jekyll. The Robert Louis Stevenson creation goes back to 1886, but has been tinkered with and transformed so many times in film and on stage that the story might actually have become suspenseful again. The Indiana Repertory Theatre opens its season with Jeffrey Hatcher’s 2008 adaptation (no, this isn’t the musical), which takes an interesting approach to casting the villain. Details here.

A businessman has donated $20,000 to the city of Anderson to help replace two police dogs that died during violent confrontations in the past month. The contribution from David Myers of Indianapolis should cover most of the expenses for replacing the dogs, which typically cost between $10,000 and $12,000. One of the dogs was euthanized last week after being shot in the face by a suspected bank robber. The other mistook an officer as an aggressor during a late July standoff and had to be shot.
 

Fire crews battled a fire Tuesday morning on the near-east side of Indianapolis. Smoke could be seen for miles. The fire began about 9:45 at the former location of Indy Lumber, 411 S. Ritter Ave. The building has been abandoned for years. One firefighter suffered a strained back. No other injuries were reported.
 

The Mount Zion Academy, which recently completed a two-year renovation project, suffered major damage during an overnight fire in Indianapolis. Firefighters were called to the scene near Crown Hill Cemetery about midnight. The renovation, partly funded by the United Way of Central Indiana, was to be unveiled this week. The building sustained an estimated $200,000 in damage. The fire is under investigation.