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Culture Club: the week's top arts and culture events

Indy.com Staff
by Indy.com Staff
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'Our Dad is in Atlantis' will be at Phoenix Theatre through June 8th. (Submitted photo)
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Campecine 2008 will be at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. (Photo courtesy Indianapolis Museum of Art)

1. 'Our Dad is in Atlantis'

7 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through June 8; Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Ave.; $15 to $25; www.phoenixtheatre.org

Even the largest American cities don't often feature bilingual theater, but that's what's in store this spring at the Phoenix, which is featuring "Our Dad is in Atlantis," also known as "Papa Esta en la Atlantida." Mexican-born playwright Javier Malpica's two-person play is about Mexican brothers who cross the border into the United States in pursuit of their father, who left them to find work in Atlanta -- or Atlantis. Seven of the 19 shows will be in Spanish. Bryan Fonseca directs Julio Chavez (Big Brother) and Mark Presto (Little Brother).

2. Campecine 2008: From Invisible to Invincible

2 to 5 p.m. May 17; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road; free; www.campecine.com

No one else makes movies like the Indy-based Latino Youth Collective, which puts digital cameras and sophisticated editing software in the hands of kids so that they can show how they view their lives. See examples of their work at the Indianapolis Museum of Art when this enormously creative group of high school and college students puts on Campecine 2008 (Campecine = campesino + cine). The varriomentaries (their word for documentaries) deal with gangs, the voicelessness of undocumented immigrant kids, and teen pregnancy.

3. Missa Gaia (Earth Mass)

7:30 p.m. May 16 and 17, St. Luke's Sanctuary, 100 W. 86th St., $10-$20, www.encorevocalarts.org

Paul Winter's "Missa Gaia" (Earth Mass) is based on "Canticle for Brother Sun," by St. Francis Assisi. A joyful piece of jazzy contemporary worship music laced with gospel harmonies and global beats, "Missa Gaia" will be performed by Encore Vocal Arts, St. Luke's Chancel and Children's Choirs and instrumental ensemble.

4. Pairings: An evening of wine and dance

7:30 p.m. May 16, Woodstock Club, 1301 W. 38th St., $50, http://motusdance.com/shows.html

If you've long fantasized about seeing edgy, avant-garde dance performed at a country club, you'll want to be at Woodstock Club for "Pairings," a fundraiser for Motus Dance Theatre. Think Baryshnikov meets "Caddyshack." Six courses of wine and hors d'oeuvres were selected to complement six original dance performances.

5. The New World Youth Orchestras' Season Finale Concert

3 p.m. May 18, Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, $12-$30, www.nwyso.org

There's hardly a major American orchestra or music school that doesn't have at least one former member of In- diana's New World Youth Orchestras. These aren't kids pre tending to be grown-up pros; they're pro-quality musicians who happen to be young.

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