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The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to continue a series of weekend closures for concrete repairs on area interstate ramps. Crews will begin closing the westbound Interstate 70 ramp (exit 79A) to South West Street and South Missouri Street at 7 p.m.  Friday. The ramp will remain closed through the weekend and is expected to reopen before 5 a.m. Monday. Drivers can learn the locations of work zones and closures at www.TrafficWise.IN.gov.

The fatal stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair may result in at least one new state law. State Sen. Jim Merritt of Indianapolis said he expects to write new legislation requiring state inspections of temporary structures. Those inspections are not currently required by state law. Merritt said the law could be put on the fast track because of the severity of Saturday’s tragedy.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into Conner Prairie Amphitheatre for shows Aug. 19 and 20. Details here.

Gospel singer Tye Tibbett helps the Madame Walker Theatre Center get a jump on the arts season Aug. 20 with the first show in a seven-concert season. Details here.

“Muster in the Park” is a new Indiana State Museum event featuring Civil War re-enactors Aug. 20 in Military Park. Details here.

The venue for the Aug. 18 Train and Maroon 5 show has changed to Conseco Fieldhouse. All proceeds will benefit the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund. Details here.

On Aug. 20, Oranje sponsors an all-ages block party, the 62nd Street Bazaar, with music and food behind the Vogue in Broad Ripple before its same-day Peel Party at Monkey’s Tale. Details here. http://www.oranjeindy.com/

Aug. 21

Murat Theatre

Any one of them could dazzle in a solo show. But putting 16-time Grammy winning keyboardist/composer Chick Corea on the same stage with great bassist (and theme song writer for “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse”) Stanley Clark and drummer Lenny White legitimately qualified Return to Forever as a super group.

Well, it just got super-er. Joining the trio on this tour are master violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and guitar hero Frank Gambale.

But don’t take my word for it. Give a listen to what Sting says about the influence of Return to Forever—and hear musical clips—here. For info on the Indianapolis show, click here.

Aug. 24

Tobias Theatre

It seems logical that an art form nurtured in drinking establishments should have more than its share of alcoholic casualties. Therefore, it seems appropriate that caring practitioners of that art form should come together for a benefit with proceeds going to sober living/recovery shelters. That’s what’s happening at the Indianapolis Museum of Arts’ Tobias Theatre, where two big national comics will be featured: “Last Comic Standing” winner Alonzo Bodden and comedian’s comedian Ritch Shydner, who emerged from retirement in 2010 after a 13-year break. Details here.

Aug. 19-28

Various theaters on or near Mass Ave

There are lots of ways to do Indy Fringe, the annual conglomeration of less-than-an-hour shows from near and far.

You could see the performers you liked last year (returnees include popular monologist Phil the Void, the outrageously off-color “Screw You Review” and cross-dressing magician Taylor Martin). You could focus on local legit companies debuting Fringe shows (including Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Piaf,” NoExit’s adult-recommended “Little Red Riding Hood” and Three Dollar Bill Comedy’s “School House Wrong!”) or take advantage of visits from out-of-towners (comic David Quirk comes from Australia, “The Best Audience Ever” was crafted in Canada). Or you could just pick based on cool titles or subject matter.

However you do it, any festival whose 56 mainstage shows range from “Abraham Lincoln, Hoosier Hero” to shows whose names would get this e-mail caught in your spam filter, is bound to have something of interest. Click here for a schedule. (Full disclosure: I penned one of the shows in this year’s fest.)