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1. The Telematic Collective 4:30 p.m. Oct. 15, free, IUPUI University Library, 755 W. Michigan St. Where will the most original music happen in Indianapolis ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Putting on an opera is more than finding a couple of good singers and a string trio. It involves hundreds of people, a mountain of ...

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 ...

Taking much-needed leave from the Sunday sun, Croft Vaughn cooled off under a tent on Massachusetts Avenue, and thought about his roots. The Greencastle native ...

When Phil van Hest asked the Comedysportz Arena audience, "Who saw my act last year?" the hands that rose Monday night represented almost a third ...

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 ...

Clown at Work What: A one-man physical comedy performance by Vermonter Brent McCoy, featuring circus skills, limited audience participation and the misadventures of one sweet ...

Explore the edges of entertainment during 10 days of theatrical experiences The word "fringe" makes us think of decorative borders, of stray threads divorcing the ...

Mainstream Indianapolis theater directors like to think they get wild once in a while, and they do. But only at the fourth annual Indianapolis Theatre ...

On Wednesday afternoon, after the late lunch crowd, but before the late market crowd, near the hickory syrup stand, and not far from the acoustic ...

1. Authentic Chinese eats We were craving real Chinese food, so we made a trip to Great Garden. The great thing about a 4,000-year-old civilization? ...

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 ...

1. 'Five Course Love' 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 5 p.m. Sundays, through June 14; $20-$25; Theatre on the Square, 627 Massachusetts Ave.; www.tots.org Romancing ...

1. 'Imagining Brad' 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays, through June 8, $10-$12, The Theater Within, 1125 Spruce St., www.thechurchwithin.org You never know ...

1. "Harlem Goes West: The Black Cowboy in Western Films" May 24-June 27; Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington St.; $8 adults; www.eiteljorg.org Histories of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...