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1. Verdi's "Il Trovatore" 8 p.m. Oct. 3 and 2 p.m. Oct. 5, $30-$115, Butler University Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., www.indyopera.org It's big, ...

Gallery owner Evan Lurie searches worldwide for artistic talent, but his latest discovery simply walked in the door. In July, Indianapolis painter and furniture designer ...

Music is deleted; art gets new categories Leonardo didn't work this fast -- he probably lacked the chutzpah. The time has come again for Masterpiece ...

1. Circle City Socialites' Coming Out Brawl 6 p.m. Sept. 27, Ellenberger Ice Rink, 5301 E. St. Clair St., $7/advance and $10/door, www.circlecitysocialites.com Indy's newest ...

When he was a young man, Thomas A. Himsel decided he didn't have the talent to be an artist. He'd taken some drawing classes, and, ...

DePauw Discourse 2008: America's Role in the World 4 to 9 p.m. Sept. 18; all day Sept. 19. Free. DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., (800) 446-5298, ...

1. ISO Opening Weekend with Joshua Bell 8 p.m. Sept. 11 and Sept. 12; 6 p.m. Sept. 13, $20-$75. Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, ...

Once the centerpiece for the "culture wars" of the 1980s and early '90s, the National Endowment for the Arts has pumped millions of dollars into ...

1. Hillbilly Haiku Americana Music Festival $20, noon to about 10 p.m. Sept. 6, Upland Brewing Company, 350 W. 11th Street Bloomington, (812) 336-2337. Its ...

1. Edward Hopper: Paper to Paint Aug. 30 to Jan. 9, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, www.imamuseum.org The IMA will explore the creation ...

1. 'Book It' 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 1, free, Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 N. Delaware, www.harrisoncenter.org If you're reading Culture Club on ...

1. Hot Summer Nights Racing -- "Breaking Away" 5 to 9:30 p.m. July 26, free, Major Taylor Velodrome, Skate & BMX Park, 3649 Cold Spring ...

1. Summer Solstice: Mare Fecunditatis 8:30 p.m. June 21, free, Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds, 4000 Michigan Road, www.imamuseum.org You can make your final magic ...

1. Indy Pride Parade and Festival Parade starts at 10 a.m. June 14; festival follows from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m at University Park, free, ...

Jody Naranjo is back for her sixth Indian Market and Festival at the Eiteljorg Museum, and this time the potter arrived early. Naranjo, 2007's Best ...

People streaming into a roped-off city park, perusing rows of white canvas tents, buying crafts and decorations for the person, the home and the garden ...

Pop culture enthusiasts might remember the 1987 feel-good movie "Three Men and a Baby," but how many are familiar with one of the newest additions ...

Planning on going to the Broad Ripple Art Fair? Click here for for information on tickets, parking, shuttle services as well as a grounds map ...

Planning on going to the Broad Ripple Art Fair? Click here for for information on tickets, parking, shuttle services as well as a grounds map ...

Almost since the day someone decided to put a bunch of paintings and sculptures in one place and call it a museum, these institutions have ...

Allotropy (pronounced uh-LAH-truh-pe) is the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms. But it is also the name of an event, ...

1. "Street and Elite: The Sartorialist's View of the Economics of Style" 7 p.m. May 8, Indianapolis Museum of Art, $8 (public), 4000 Michigan Road, ...

One summer 15 years ago, a few artists with studios in the Stutz Business Center decided to throw a party. So they loaded up some ...

A parade is never just a parade. A parade is always about bigger issues, at least in the mind of the artist -- or the ...

1. Indianapolis International Film Festival Various times, April 23-May 3, $10 per show (prices for special events vary; package deals available), Keystone Art Cinema, 8702 ...

A remarkable jazz photo taken nearly 50 years ago in Harlem has inspired an Indianapolis photographer to try something similar here. Mark Sheldon, a lifelong ...

Ed Norman graduated from a prestigious art school. In his home studio on the Near Eastside, he creates vibrant visual designs and collages. In his ...

Spring's long-anticipated arrival means fresh air, fresh flowers -- and, if you take advantage of the local arts scene, fresh thoughts. Broaden your cultural perspectives ...

Karen Land likes to think of the images in Friday night's opening exhibition at the StutzArtSpace gallery as tiny windows into a set of artistic ...

Valerie Eickmeier is sitting pretty, in part because she has one of the best views in town. Her second- floor office in the Herron School ...