1. 'Two Worlds, One Language'

Public exhibition opening from 2 to 4 p.m. June 29, free, Indianapolis Art Center, 820 E. 67th St., www.indplsartcenter.org

Missed making the Olympic team? You can still go to China this summer, even if it's only the Broad Ripple version, when the Indianapolis Art Center brings a new exhibit and a celebration of Chinese culture to town.

More than 60 prints and paintings from faculty members of the Shandong College of Arts, in Jinan, China, will be featured, along with the works of Indiana and other American artists whose work has been shaped by Chinese culture. The art center will also present more than 20 China-themed music and dance performances, lectures and films over the course of two months.

2. Friday Night Swing Dance

7:30 to 11:30 p.m. June 27, $10, or $12 after 8:30 p.m, Fountain Square Theatre, 1105 Prospect St., www.fountainsquareindy.com

Get your swing thing going at Fountain Square Theatre. If you're new to the game, they'll teach simple and tricky steps from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Then the Indy Jazz Orchestra will accompany you and your newly acquired smooth moves.

3. On the Road: Opening Concert with David Amram

7 to 9 p.m. June 26, free, Indianapolis Museum of Art's Pulliam Great Hall, 4000 Michigan Road, www.imamuseum.org

Gen-X hipsters can live the Beat experience a half century after the fact when the IMA unfurls the original typescript of Jack Kerouac's masterpiece, "On the Road." The 120-foot-long scroll will be accompanied by 83 photographs from "Les Americains," the visual record of Robert Frank's two-year pilgrimage across the U.S. in the 1950s. Opening night of the exhibit will feature composer David Amram, whose jazz/poetry readings with Kerouac in Greenwich Village helped launch the Beat Generation. Get your fingers popping, cool cats.

4. 'Soul Clap & Dance'

8 p.m. June 26, $5, Madame C.J. Walker Theatre Center, 617 Indiana Ave., www.walkertheatre.com

The extraordinarily talented kids of Asante Children's Theatre will celebrate the meaning of soul with a special community night performance. Emmy-nominated choreographer Jeffrey Page, an ACT alumnus who works with everyone from Beyonce to Cirque du Soleil, returns to Indy with an original program of music, dance and poetry.

5. 'That's Amore'

8 p.m. June 28; $19 in advance, $24 at the gate; Conner Prairie Amphitheater, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers; www.indianapolissymphony.org

With Neapolitan songs like "O Sole Mio" and opera arias from "Rigoletto" on the program, there's just one thing to say about this weekend's "Marsh Symphony on the Prairie" concert: That's Italian.

Tenor Eduardo Villa will be the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's vocal soloist. The California native has sung in opera houses all over the United States and Europe.