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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 ...

Once upon a time, young people's theater in Indianapolis dwelled mainly in the land of fables and fairy tales. In recent years, some Central Indiana ...

She may be the costume guru at one of the nation's oldest community theaters, but Jean Engstrom's life is not all buttons and bows. A ...

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. '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 ...

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 ...

George Salinas has never danced for his father -- not since he decided to become a professional dancer. In fact, dancing is a bit of ...

If you had a young son and wondered what he would be when he grew up, what line of work would you fantasize about? Doctor? ...

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, ...

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 ...

When James Still became playwright-in-residence at Indiana Repertory Theatre 10 years ago, he took the honor -- and the professional relationship -- at its word. ...

In one of those strange coincidences that only seem to happen onstage, each of two productions opening in Indianapolis on Friday, May 2, features three ...

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 ...

Richard Thomas was still a teenager in 1969 when he appeared in one of his first movies, "Winning," which starred Paul Newman and was shot ...

Even after 53 years in business, Footlite Musicals continues to champion works it has never done. Consider next season. Footlite will open its 2008-09 main ...

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 ...

Three Indiana music organizations are collaborating on a new Web-based social networking and performance project designed to help discover and showcase young musical talent. Finding ...

Kelly Thomas spends her days teaching first- and second-graders at an Indianapolis magnet school, so it's fair to say she works in front of an ...

Actor, director, associate artistic director, Indiana Repertory Theatre A bossy nun. A French girl who hears voices. A Southern dowager who doesn't drive. A British ...

Roughly four decades after the development of the modern women's rights movement in this country, women have secured top positions with Fortune 500 companies. But ...

Ready, aim, act! Special-effects expert brings firepower to Phoenix play From Broadway to regional theater and from film to rock concerts, if it goes bang ...

1. The Lieutenant of Inishmore 7 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 7 through March 9, $15-$25, Phoenix Theatre, 749 ...