1. International Festival

2 to 9 p.m. Nov. 16, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 17, noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 18, $7 advance, $9 door, West Pavilion, Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., www.indyinternationalfestival.org.

The International Festival heads up this week's Culture Club picks with its promise of dance, song, ethnic food, cultural displays, Old World arts and crafts and more. This year's installment features dancing by the Chicago-based Flamenco Triana, an Earth Adventure exhibit, and a Global Gifts Fair Trade Zone that offers handmade items for sale from more than 25 countries. The festival also features the Parade of Nations and a naturalization ceremony.

2. Kellogg Writers Series: Mark Doty

8 p.m., Nov. 15, free, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave., (317) 788-3373, http://arts.uindy.edu.

The only American poet to have won Great Britain's T.S. Eliot Prize comes to Indianapolis this week as part of the 2007 Spirit & Place Festival and the Allen & Helen Kellogg Writers Series at the University of Indianapolis. Mark Doty, who teaches at the University of Houston and has written seven books of poems including "My Alexandria," "Atlantis," "Sweet Machine" and "Source," will read some of his works at the free event.

3. Found Vs. PostSecret

7 and 9 p.m. Nov. 15, $15, Big Car Gallery, 1043 Virginia Ave., Suite 215, www.bigcar.org.

Found Magazine features lots of cool discoveries, like lost love letters, discarded drawings, and even to-do lists. PostSecret is an ongoing art project that encourages people to mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of homemade postcards. Both efforts make for some pretty thought-provoking reading, and they come together at Big Car Gallery on Nov. 15, when Found's Davy and Peter Rothbart join PostSecret's Frank Warren to show off some of their most recent finds.

4. Madame Walker 80th Anniversary Concert and Gala

8 p.m. concerts Nov. 16 and 17, $35-$80, Madame Walker Theatre Center, 617 Indiana Ave., www.walkertheatre.com.

Expect a weekend full of events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Madame Walker Theatre Center building. Head to the Walker to get health information on diabetes on Nov. 15-17, but stick around for a concert by international superstar Patti LaBelle, who has diabetes, on Nov. 16. The next night national recording artists Kirk Whalum and Wayman Tisdale take the stage, and an awards ceremony honors performer Savion Glover and actress, performer, foster care advocate and 80th anniversary honorary chair Victoria Rowell with Madam Walker legacy awards.

5. Stutz Holiday Exhibition

5:30 to 10 p.m., Nov. 16, free, Stutz Business Center, 1060 N. Capitol Ave., B150, www.stutzartists.com.

More than 30 artists from the Stutz Artists Association exhibit a variety of art in a one-night show timed for holiday giving. Work on display and for sale ranges from paintings, metal sculpture and wearable art to jewelry, pewter chess sets and custom portraits. The historic Stutz, home to more than 75 artists, sculptors, photographers, designers, architects and craftsmen, is said to house the Midwest's largest group of artists under one roof.