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Halloween is more than a month away, but Indiana pumpkin growers say this year’s crop is scary due to a wet spring followed by record dry weather in August. Some say it's the worst growing season in recent memory. Fewer pumpkins are expected to result higher prices. Many pumpkins ripened earlier than usual, meaning they’ll be smaller than normal.
 

A woman, possibly under the influence of drugs, was critically injured by a car about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night on the south side of Indianapolis. According to police, a woman in her 20s was crossing the street near Thompson Road and East Street when a car struck her. She stepped right out in front of the car, according to the driver who hit her. Police say they found crack cocaine in the pedestrian’s mouth.
 

A driver who may have been drunk is in police custody after he crashed his car into an Indianapolis police officer. The officer was driving in the eastbound lanes of Kessler Boulevard near Fox Hill Drive about 1 a.m. Wednesday when the other driver, heading west on Kessler, crossed the center line, struck the officer’s car, then crashed into a utility pole. The utility pole snapped in two and fell on the driver's car. Both the officer and the alleged drunk driver were taken to hospitals with unknown injuries. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
 

Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet (and former IU professor) Yusef Komunyakaa comes to Butler University Sept. 23 as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. Details here.
 
Former superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools Esperanza Zendejas wrote and performs “When the Dead Cry” at the Phoenix Theatre Sept. 23-25. Details here.
 
Bill Cosby at Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music in West Lafayette Sept. 24. Details here.
 
Storytellers Donald Davis and Carmen Agra Deedy share the stage Sept. 24-25 in the season opener for Storytelling Arts of Indiana at the Indiana History Center. Details here.
 
 

Through Sept. 26
Various locations

One of the structural challenges of the finals of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis is that you can’t hear all the contenders on one night. With six finalists needing enough time to play, they are broken into two groups of three. Each group of three performs twice. (Are you following this?) Since the finals started on Wednesday evening—and you are probably reading this on Thursday—you still have three choices of shows. Like Wednesday's offering, Thursday evening features three of the finalists and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. Friday and Saturday each feature three with the ISO at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
 

Sept. 24
The Vogue

Not for the faint of artistic heart, this brutal battle matches up artwork (created at a City Market paint-out Sept. 11) in a fight to the death. Works that don’t find popular approval or don’t get purchased at auction are destroyed in a wide range of creative ways. Yes, drinks will be served. For details—and to vote on the ones that will make the, er, cut—click here.
 

Sept. 23-Oct. 3
Murat Theatre

Peter Pan has some serious competition when it comes to theatrical airspace now that Disney’s stage production of “Mary Poppins” has proven such a hit. The nanny-with-attitude will be flying into the Murat to anchor the Broadway in Indianapolis series. Caroline Sheen, who played Mary in the UK Tour, will be taking the lead here. And if you happen to be going to the show Sept. 28, stick around afterward for a discussion I’ll be hosting with cast members. Details on the show here.