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Outside the Box Shannon Forsell, The Cabaret’s CEO, had always wanted to transform the paved passageway along the building’s south side into more of a gathering place. A 2019 Lilly Endowment grant set the makeover in motion, and in July, The Alley at Library Square hosted its ﬁrst guests for an al fresco concert. Completed in partnership with neighbors the Arts Council of Indianapolis and Buckingham Companies, the Alley is designed to be a casual, accessible—and permanent—space for art and music performances. The season’s ﬁnal act is slated for September 3, before The Cabaret’s indoor theater opens. For more on the Alley and other new, outdoor venues, turn to page 8.

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Setting the Scene AT A TIME WHEN AUDIENCES ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE OUTSIDE, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RESPONDED BY TRANSFORMING THEIR OUTDOOR SPACES INTO INDY’S HOTTEST NEW PERFORMANCE VENUES. THE ALLEY AT LIBRARY SQUARE Southern side of The Cabaret, 924 N. Pennsylvania St.

HI-FI ANNEX Parking lot behind the Murphy Arts Center, 1043 Virginia Ave.

ENTERTAINMENT

touring bands.

ENTERTAINMENT

Jazz ensembles, vocalists, and spoken-word performances. SCENERY A semi-covered patio ﬂanked by Quincy Owens and Luke Crawley’s Palisade steel sculpture. FOOD & DRINK

Light bites by The Jazz Kitchen; beer, wine, cocktails.

FOOD & DRINK

Popcorn, chips, candy; beer, wine, cocktails, and boozy slushies served from bars inside repurposed shipping containers.

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ENTERTAINMENT Concerts, Summer Stock Stage youth theater, musicals, and comedy shows.

ENTERTAINMENT Films, jazz and R&B concerts, comedy shows, and more.

SCENERY

SCENERY A tidy green space and garden tucked between the theater and a College Ave. retail and apartment building.

$12–$45

A view of Indy’s skyline, the Scottish Rite Cathedral, and the Indiana War Memorial.

FOOD & DRINK

Snacks and charcuterie boxes; beer, wine, cocktails.

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BYO food; beer and wine available for purchase.

SEATING General admission with chairs provided. Some VIP seating at tables. Venue capacity is 500.

SEATING General admission with chairs provided. Venue capacity is 85.

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SCENERY The brick backdrop of the Murphy Arts Center and St. Patrick Catholic Church.

SEATING Varies. Some shows are GA standing; for others, you can reserve a table. Venue capacity is 900.

SHOWS

THE PLAY GROUND AT INDYFRINGE Pocket park west of IndyFringe Theatre, 719 E. St. Clair St.

Local and

SEATING RSVP for a table for two or four. BYO chair for parking lot seats. There are 80 seats on the patio and many more in the parking lot.

Free, but must be reserved online.

THE PARK AT THE PHOENIX The theater’s parking lot, 705 N. Illinois St.

Through October 31, but also slated to be a Tonic Ball venue.

DURING A 2020 SEASON with little to no live audiences, many groups turned to online programming as a way to connect with homebound patrons planted on their sofas. This fall, some will continue to offer those opportunities, so you can still see a performance, hear an author, or “wander” through an art exhibit. Here are some options: Indiana Repertory Theatre / Gallery tours at the Eiteljorg / Heartland International Film Festival / Dance Kaleidoscope / Live at the Center concerts at the Center for the Performing Arts / International Violin Competition of Indianapolis’s Laureate Series / Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival / Ann Katz Festival of Books & Arts / UIndy’s Kellogg Writers Series / Banned Books Week at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library / Gallery tours at the Harrison Center / Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra / American Pianists Association’s Grand Encounters Series / Select Spirit & Place Festival events

$12–$25

SHOWS Through the end of October.

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Please Touch This Art Three new installations encourage fun—and bloodpumping—interaction.

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A Lilly Endowment grant helped add fun features, including a human hamster wheel, a rooftop LED tetherball pole, and an indoor slide, all in the name of increasing arts accessibility. Stop by on First Fridays to give them a whirl.

Reel Talk TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT OPENING OF LONG-AWAITED KAN-KAN CINEMA & BRASSERIE, WE ASKED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LOUISE HENDERSON AND COFOUNDERS ED AND TOM BATTISTA ABOUT THEIR TV- AND MOVIE-WATCHING HABITS.

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ArtFit HARRISON CENTER

A project of creative placemaking intern Darius Griggs, ArtFit launches this fall and takes art and ﬁtness–minded guests throughout the building with pit stops for a variety of exercises. Various difficulty levels will be offered.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME?

WHAT SERIES OR MOVIE GOT YOU THROUGH QUARANTINE?

Louise Henderson: Local Hero. It’s an overlooked gem of a movie. Quirky characters, wry humor.

LH: Fleabag (Andrew Scott—enough said); Succession (can’t wait for season 3); Party Down (no big messages, just great fun).

Ed Battista: That’s a completely unanswerable question, but No Country for Old Men is probably at the top of my list at the moment. Please ask me again next week for a completely different answer. Tom Battista: I don’t have a favorite movie. WHAT ARE YOU SNEAKING INTO A THEATER?

LH: My water bottle.

Musical Swings FORT BEN CULTURAL CAMPUS

Now a permanent ﬁxture in Lawrence, 10 swings of different colors play notes from assorted instruments, increasing in pitch the higher you go. Work with those next to you to create a melody.

EB: My dog, hopefully. TB: Bottle of water. PREFERRED MOVIE SNACK?

LH: A big bag of popcorn. EB: Mixed nuts and a cold beer. TB: Popcorn.

EB: The “Twist and Shout” scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. A sea of humanity coming together, smiling and dancing. It’s a really uplifting scene that reminded me of how much fun we all have when we can be together. TB: Schitt’s Creek. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING RIGHT NOW?

LH: I also do programming for Crested Butte [CO] Film Festival. I’m watching a lot of films for that. EB: Donald Glover’s Atlanta—season 1 and 2 again now that production has finally started on season 3. TB: I’m out on the road doing Jimmy Buffett live shows. THE TICKET 2021 | IM

state of the

A R T S

It’s no secret that the pandemic has hit Indianapolis’s arts industry especially hard. But as you’ll learn from these six members of that community, there were silver linings, too. As we move along into the latter half of 2021, the unknown persists. But so do hope and optimism. INTERVIEWS BY

Natalie Atwell & Laura Kruty Tony Valainis

PHOTOS BY

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Ess McKee

Artist, illustrator, and member of the newly formed Eighteen Art Collective, comprised of the Black Lives Matter muralists I WAS REALLY WORRIED AT THE

beginning. I had an opportunity for an artist-in-residence situation that just completely fell through. I was depending on the funding to carry me for the next several months. So many people, so many organizations, were kind of scrambling to figure out how we can still sustain the scene. So it was a real tense situation around March through May of last year. I was approached by a couple organizers of the Black Lives Matter mural, and I thought of it as an opportunity to be a part of history. I

think that moment gave a lot of us a lot of hope, as Black artists, especially with the protests going on around the country. It was definitely our inspiration for knowing we’re a part of something that’s going to impact our future. It wasn’t for the city of Indianapolis per se, but for the people actually here out on the ground, who live in the area near the Walker. It’s for the community. There’s always going to be people in a community that are for or against things that happen, but the community support has been overwhelmingly positive. They’re also inspired to tell their stories. People that have been affected by state violence here have come and spoken to us and just thanked us for being a part of bringing awareness to this

From left to right: Ess McKee in front of her mural in Alice Carter Place Park; Glen Kwok at the Indiana Landmarks Center

movement that will continue to let people know that Black Lives Matter. When someone threw paint on the mural, it was disheartening, but at the same time, I knew that something was going to happen. The paint is almost a symbol of the bigger picture that we experience as people, as Black people, as even brown or indigenous people. When we want to excel and push forward, there’s always going to be someone that is against that, but we have to just keep moving forward. Just being a part of The Eighteen has given me even

more confidence. To have a group of other artists that I can talk to, reach out to get advice from or give advice to, that encourages me to continue to push forward. I’m feeling inspired and encouraged going into fall.

*glen Kwok Executive director of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis WE TRIED TO REIMAGINE OUR

season as quickly as possible. I felt very strongly that it was important to have the connection with our patrons, and that it was critical to have some sort of performances, whether they be virtual or live or hybrid.

“For our upcoming season, four of the six concerts will be streamed. We can still provide that opportunity for people.”

Since we do have a following already of people who are used to following the competition online, it was easy for people to watch our regular concerts that way, too. We received a lot of positive feedback from people who really appreciated this new opportunity to see and hear the concerts in a different way. Everyone has a front

seat to the artists and really can see things through the streaming that they normally would not. The camera zooms in on the fingers, on the facial expressions. For our upcoming season, four of the six concerts will be streamed. So, not every single one of them, but we can still provide some of that opportunity for people. Everybody wants to get back in front of the audiences and share their artistry for live audiences because the chemistry is just not the same with the virtual production. Even though it was something of a necessity during the pandemic, I don’t think that anybody would like to see that continue only in a virtual aspect. Our next quadrennial competition is in SeptemTHE TICKET 2021 | IM

From left to right: Jacqueline Hodek in Indianapolis Ballet’s 2021 production of Sleeping Beauty; Suzanne Sweeney in the lobby of the IRT’s cabaret space; Johnson Simon at his Harrison Center studio

ber 2022 and, yes, we are extremely concerned. If we really want to be realistic, we must remain fluid in our thinking, because we know that the pandemic is literally changing weekly. Because our participants are coming from throughout the world, it’s important to analyze not only what’s happening in the United States, but every part of the world. We are remaining optimistic that not only Indianapolis, but the entire arts and cultural world, can resume some sense of normality. Yet we know we need to be practical and we have to be prepared. So we certainly are having a multiprong approach to the season. Not just one plan, but a lot of backup plans, so we’re ready for whatever comes our way.

*Jacqueline Hodek

Company member with Indianapolis Ballet I JUST REMEMBER SEEING

the company members going around being like, Oh this isn’t going to be anything bad. That spring, they were going to do Sleeping Beauty. I was asked by the director if I wanted to be in it. I said yes, and literally a week later when we started rehearsing, everything shut down. That’s when the fear started to set in for me. What am I going to do? What’s the plan? I had just auditioned for the company. I wasn’t really employed yet. We shut down in March of 2020, and we opened back up in late September. That was 12

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“As soon as I got back on stage, I remember being so happy to be there. I was back in my natural habitat.”

a very long break to not be dancing. In the meantime, I just stayed home, did some ballet classes in my room. It’s very hard to move in a confined area, but you can work on very specific technical things. I like to think I became better at turning and balancing. I knew I was going to try to keep dancing no matter

what, but at the same time I was hit with, What if I should be doing something else? Is the dance world going to be the same? I was staying optimistic, but all of that doubt in my head was a lot. Coming back, I was really excited to finally be in the studio again, but also very paranoid. I was the person who stayed in away from everybody. So going out and having to be around people close was kind of anxiety-inducing. But at the same time, we were wearing masks the whole season. That made me feel a bit better. The first [show] we got to do was Nutcracker Sweets. As soon as I got back on stage, I remember being so happy to be there, all the anxiety went away, and I was back in my natural habitat. It was

all good until the bows and you realize, Wait, there’s no one here. We’re dancing for an empty house. No one’s clapping. This is so weird. I’m really excited to perform this season. I think that we all need to work together, just look out for each other and make sure we don’t take steps backward.

*Suzanne

Sweeney Managing director of the Indiana Repertory Theatre IT’S SO FUNNY. I keep clean-

ing out old emails, and I think how naive we were when we were like, We’re just going to shut down for

HODEK BY MOONBUG PHOTOGRAPHY

two weeks and then we’ll be back. But because of all the unknowns, we had to be as flexible as possible. So we literally had 12 different iterations of our budget for the next season. We kept thinking about how important it was going to be to keep our teams employed, because so many theaters shut down and so many of the talent has just moved on to different careers because they’re afraid to go back to theater. It became really important to us to protect our staff and our ability to move forward in the future. Because we were able to produce last year in large part, our core staff has stayed with us. I think if we had closed down completely last year, we would have lost a lot

of people and a lot of people with decades of experience in theater. I can’t tell you how much more energizing it is to be planning a live season. After 15 months of planning for either shutdowns or negative things to happen, or planning a million scenarios that don’t come through, it’s really exciting. I think we’re all in a much better headspace as we move forward. Now, all this information about the new variants certainly causes us concern, but we’re really hopeful that we’ll be able to produce as we planned. We also are looking at vaccines for certain members of our staff and acting company. If somebody goes down, we can’t perform. Keeping that team safe is really important, and keep-

“When the pandemic happened, it was like a whole new world I wasn’t accustomed to. Lucky for me, I did have my studio.”

and kind of throwing off all of our plans.

*Johnson Simon

Artist at the Harrison Center I GOT LAID OFF FROM MY JOB.

ing them sort of in their own pod, I think, will be very important. That’s what we did this season with our productions. We had zones, and none of the rest of us could go into zone A, which was where the acting team was, unless you were tested. So we’ll be doing things like that, just to make sure we keep people from testing positive

For the first time in my life, I got to be a full-time artist. I’m a social butterfly. I like to be around people; I like to be out and about. When the pandemic happened, it was like a whole new world that I wasn’t accustomed to. Lucky for me, I did have my studio. I also live on my own. Living in a small studio apartment, looking at the four walls, it was kind of depressing. I was so happy that I had my own THE TICKET 2021 | IM

Jared Thompson in the Rosewater Room, a private-dining space above, and part of, Bluebeard

“I rather enjoyed staying at home. It was a nice opportunity to go back and brush up on things ... practice and write a little.”

studio so I could get out of the house and produce. I’ve been at the Harrison Center since the fall of 2018, and I’m so grateful to be part of this community. I fit so well. They gave me opportunities to express my work throughout the community, and they gave me commissions. I have a job because of the Harrison Center. I re14

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ceived a couple of new clients from being in the Harrison Center. When I go to my studio, it’s my home away from home. Every one of my artworks, I don’t just create it, I put a piece of myself in my work. I invest a lot of time into it. The great thing about during the pandemic, there were more opportunities for artists to express their art throughout the community. I’ve been looking for other ways that I can collaborate with other artists—it could be painting or it could be a different format. My art is about movement, so I’ve been trying to look at how I can work with dancers or people who play sports. [The pandemic] taught me to not take things for granted. Every day is a blessing, and

every day is an opportunity to make a difference.

*Jared

Thompson Saxophonist and bandleader of Premium Blend THINGS WERE STARTING TO

come down and start canceling right at the beginning of March. We were actually supposed to perform at the Walker building for the premiere of Self-Made on Netflix. That was the first major gig that got canceled. From then on, it was just a series of text messages and emails pretty much just wiping everything out. A lot of us went into this immediate mode of OK, how

do I continue to do what I do in an unconventional way? We can’t stay like this forever. So it took a few days to figure out what this new form of performance and gigging, or lack thereof, was going to look like. As a musician, you’re kind of always having to, pandemic or not, plan, book, and budget months ahead of the month you’re in. Arts organizations around the city really stepped up and did what they could to help ease that [financial] burden. That helped a lot. I’m going to be really honest: I rather enjoyed staying at home. I had a lot of time to just sit and practice. Even before the pandemic, I decided I was going to take a bit of a break and just step back from performing a little bit. There were some things I wanted to intensely study for my own growth. It was a nice opportunity to go back and brush up on some things, even basic skills, and just continue to practice and write a little bit. With Premium Blend doing the 38th and Postmodernism documentary, that was our way of still keeping a finger on the pulse of what the arts community was going through, with the myriad issues that were happening last year, and putting together a timepiece of what Indianapolis arts looked and sounded like in 2020. We were fortunate enough with that commission from the Jazz Foundation to reach out, connect, talk to, and highlight the community at a time when that was such a difficult option. This gave us some purpose to get through the summer. We knew we were doing something extremely worthwhile. We knew the product was going to be good and resonate.

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Sonny Assu (Ligwiłda’xw of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations), Pay No Attention to that [Band Council] Behind the Curtain! Digital intervention on an Emily Carr painting (Indian House Interior with Totems, 1912-13), 2020, archival pigment print, Edition 3 / 5 Loan from the artist and Equinox Gallery, Vancouver

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(Dene, English River First Nation) Thornhill, British Columbia, Canada

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The action in Anastasia unfolds in both St. Petersburg and Paris, but you need only to head to Bloomington to see the stage show, playing twice at the IU Auditorium in November.

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A SLEW OF SHAKESPEARE, CLASSICS AND PREMIERES, NUMEROUS VERSIONS OF THE NUTCRACKER, ONYXFEST IN OCTOBER, AND MORE.

ONGOING

IndyFringe Festival

Boeing Boeing 9/10–12 & 16–19

ENDS 9/5 This theatrical

romp of comedy, drama, cabaret, dance, and more plays out at various venues in the Mass Ave district. indyfringe.org

Stay Small ENDS 9/5 In this new psy-

chological thriller by Dr. L. Jan Eira, a new father, also a doctor, faces a major ethical dilemma when it comes to protecting his infant child. Watch the drama unfold at Carmel’s CAT Theatre. thecattheatre.com

Newsies ENDS 10/3 Beef & Boards

makes headlines when it stages the story about a group of newsboys who band together to take on a corrupt newspaper tycoon. beefandboards .com 18

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along the White River on Indy’s near-west side. indyconvergence.org

SEPTEMBER Planting & Growing 9/4–5 & 18–19 Fonseca Theatre Company presents this original production at Conner Prairie about two Mexican-American brothers in Indiana who lose their father, but find strength and wisdom in their mother. fonsecatheatre.org

A Rising Tide 9/9–19 Theater and

dance are among the various performance mediums in this Indy Convergence festival

“Scheduling mix-ups” mean Parisian playboy Bernard’s three fiancées show up at his apartment at the same time in this French comedy put on by Carmel Community Players at the CAT Theatre. carmel players.org

Always… Patsy Cline 9/10–10/3 Nearly 30

Cline songs are featured in this Actors Theatre of Indiana offering at the Studio Theater, in which Cline fan Louise Segar befriends the singer at a Texas honky-tonk. atistage.org

Breaking the Surface 9/16–19 Selections choreographed by Dance Kaleidoscope artistic director David Hochoy, one to music by Michael Bublé, comprise this show at the Indiana

QUICK Q&A

malia argÜello The IRT’s new production manager chats about the balancing act of creating stage shows for both in-person and online viewers. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER FOR SHOWS WITH LIVE AND VIRTUAL AUDIENCES?

The way the human eye sees lights on stage is different than the way a camera sees it, or the way the ear hears sound is different than how someone’s computer is going to play it. Every monitor is going to show things differently depending on how it’s set up. We have to try and make it as universal as possible while being attentive to the fact people are seeing this live. WHAT DID THIS PAST SEASON TEACH YOU THAT YOU’LL CARRY INTO THIS SEASON?

Flexibility. I think any theater professional that had the ability to work this past year is a much more ﬂexible person. If we can maintain that going forward, that does nothing but open doors for creativity. When you’ve been doing something for decades, you get set in the way you do it. What an opportunity to be like, Oh, there is no right way to do it. There are, like, 20,000 different ways to do this! DO THE SETS CHANGE IN ANY WAY?

We won’t have to change the set designs for this upcoming season. Last season, there was quite a bit of consideration of, ‘Is this going to be seen in the ﬁlm? Do we need to ﬁnish off tops of walls or edges?’ But we have to consider the full picture again. There are always going to be details a camera’s not going to be able to pick up, like a prop on a shelf that we put there as kind of an Easter egg. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THIS SEASON?

To be respectful of those who may not be comfortable coming back into a large event. I [also] want to continue our learning curve on making sure that what we are ﬁlming is a true representation of what we are putting on the stage. —ELLA TOBIAS

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THEATER & DANCE CALENDAR

Repertory Theatre. dancekal.org

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder 9/17–19, 23–26, 30 & 10/1–3 In line to be-

come Earl of Highhurst, Monty Navarro hatches a plan to take out the eight successors ahead of him. Footlite Musicals stages the romp at the Hedback Theater. footlite.org

Qaddafi’s Cook 10/6–9 Food, passion,

and power converge at the District Theatre in this offering, inspired by real life, that follows the chef of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. indydistricttheatre.org

The Book Club Play 10/6–31 The Indiana Repertory Theatre begins a new chapter with a work by Karen Zacarías that watches young professionals take part in a book club where much more than literature is discussed. irtlive.com

OnyxFest 10/7–10 & 14–16 Indy’s

only theater festival dedicated to the work of Black playwrights, OnyxFest features five works showing at the District Theatre and

IndyFringe Theatre on the first weekend and IUPUI’s Campus Center Theater the second. onyxfest.com

Breaking the Surface

Alabaster 10/7–31 A Phoenix Theatre tale of life after death, love, and the power of women, Alabaster follows June and her pet goat who survive a devastating tornado. phoenixtheatre.org

Phantom 10/7–11/21 Based on The Phantom of the Opera novel, this staged production at Beef & Boards centers on the masked Erik and his love for Christine. beef andboards.com

The Haunted States of America 10/8–9, 15–16 & 23–24

Ghosts from all over the

U.S. converge on Indy, a key location along a haunted superhighway in this Candlelight Theatre offering. Walk among rooms at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site to hear their accounts. bhpsite.org

1980 COURTESY STOREFRONT THEATRE; CHARLIE BY JEREMY DANIEL; BREAKING BY DREW ENDICOTT

1980 (Or Why I’m Voting for John Anderson)

10/8–10, 14–17 & 21–23

Civic Theatre presents a musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning novel that focuses on the life of Celie. This tale of hope and the power of love comes to the Tarkington. civictheatre.org

Short Play Festival

Coppélia 9/24–26 Indianapolis

OCTOBER 10/5–6

Waitress A stint in a baking contest gives pie-maker Jenna an unexpected shot at a life do-over in this show that rolls out at the IU Auditorium. iuauditorium.com

10/8–10 & 15–17 Bard Fest kicks off its event not with Shakespeare but this Edward Albee play about the complexities of marriage, part of the group’s Prestige Project, at the CAT Theatre. indybardfest .com

The Color Purple

9/18–10/3 The campaign staff of John Anderson For President believes their longshot candidate might actually have a chance in this comedy about class, race, and clinging to hope at Storefront Theatre of Indianapolis. store frontindy.com

Ballet performs the story of Franz, engaged to Swanhilda but in love with a mad scientist’s doll named Coppélia, at The Toby at Newfields. indyballet.org

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

10/14–17 At the District Theatre, see plays that cover a wide range of topics related to identity, courtesy of American Lives Theatre. american livestheatre.org

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory OCTOBER 19–24

It’s the season’s golden ticket, playing out at Clowes Memorial Hall. Broadway in Indianapolis presents the story of Willy Wonka, his candy wonderland, and the sweet (and not-so-sweet) guests who win the chance to take a tour. indianapolis.broadway.com

Antony & Cleopatra and Love’s Labor Lost 10/22–24 & 29–31 Bard

Fest continues with a rotation of Shakespeare works at the CAT Theatre. indy bardfest.com

Macbeth 10/22–24 & 29–31 Law-

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Measure for Measure 10/22–24 & 29–31

Bard Fest stages this Shakespeare work that explores justice, morality, corruption, and forgiveness at the IndyFringe Theatre. indybardfest.com

Pillar of Fire 10/28–29 Ray Bradbury’s

1948 novella comes to life on stage—as does a lonely, angry 400-yearold corpse in the last graveyard on Earth, played by Bill Oberst Jr. Halloween-lovers should head to the District Theatre. indy districtthteatre.org

There’s No Place Like Home 10/28–30 Gregory

Hancock Dance Theatre opens its 24th season with this world premiere in which a boy from Kansas travels through India on a quest for enlightenment. Your own journey begins at the Tarkington. gregory hancockdancetheatre.org

NOVEMBER Menopause The Musical 11/3 Favorite hits from the ’60s through ’80s set the soundtrack for this parody about hot flashes, night sweats, and other fun brought about by the “change.” Clowes Memorial Hall hosts. butlerartscenter.org

10/29–11/21 Huddle up

at the Studio Theater as Actors Theatre of Indiana transports

New Works NOVEMBER 5–7

Susan B

11/5 Fonseca Theatre

What does Indianapolis Ballet have up its tutu sleeves for its annual show of fresh offerings? Find out at the District Theatre. indyballet.org

Company hosts a reading of Daphne White’s Susan B, in which the suffragette learns that the 15th amendment is being written to give Black men, but not women, voting rights. fonsecatheatre.org

explores role reversals between a queen who rules like a man and a male actor who lives as a woman. indybardfest.com

Anastasia Elizabeth Rex

Lombardi

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audiences to one week in the life of Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi during the 1965 NFL season. atistage.org

11/5–7 & 12–14 Bard Fest concludes at Theater at the Fort with this Timothy Findley work that

11/9–10 With a charming conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat at her side, Anya embarks on an adventure to discover the mystery of her past in this IU Auditorium production. iuauditorium .com

The Nutcracker 11/9–19 Ballet INitiative

places a 1920s spin on the well-known holiday staple at the CAT Theatre. thecat theatre.com

The Little Mermaid 11/11–21 Travel “Under

the Sea” as Carmel Apprentice Theatre tells the story of Ariel’s quest to join the human world at the CAT Theatre. thecattheatre.com 20

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Vangeline 11/12–13 Vangeline,

an artist known for butoh, a form of dance theater that emerged from post–World War II Japan, performs Eternity 123 at Tube Factory Artspace, part of Spirit & Place Festival. indymove mentarts.org

C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce

dance, and plenty of elves. butlerarts center.org

Holiday Inn 11/19–21 & 26–28 12/2–5 & 10–12 Popular

songs by Irving Berlin dot this Footlite Musicals offering. Waltz into the holiday spirit at the Hedback Theater. footlite.org

11/13 This thought-

Friends! The Musical Parody

provoking show follows characters on a bus trip from hell to the fringes of paradise—will they stay or return to hell? It’s a tough decision that plays out at Clowes Memorial Hall. butler artscenter.org

11/21–22 Think of this as “The One That Pokes Fun at Your Favorite Show,” featuring a group of New York 20-somethings. Pivot into the Schrott Center for the Arts. butlerartscenter.org

The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical

A Charlie Brown Christmas

11/18 Your kids’ fav-

11/26–27, 12/4–5, 11 & 18 Civic Theatre

orite holiday tradition is now a Clowes Memorial Hall stage show, complete with music,

presents this beloved animated TV standard at the Tarkington. civictheatre.org

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Fort hosts Agape Theater Company’s rendition of this Shakespeare classic, part of Bard Fest. indybardfest.com

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Second Acts 11/26–12/23 This

merry holiday variety show returns to Beef & Boards, beat-boxing Santa in tow. beefand boards.com

A Christmas Carol 11/26–12/26 The Indi-

ana Repertory Theatre brings back its rendition of Dickens’s classic featuring Scrooge’s path to redemption. irtlive.com

Bakersfield Mist 11/27–12/19 Art expert

Lionel Percy meets Maude, who thinks she found a valuable, long-lost Jackson Pollock painting, and gets way more than he bargained for in this Phoenix Theatre production. phoenixtheatre.org

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Holiday Shorts 12/3–5 Carmel Community Players entertains with pintsized plays and skits at the CAT Theatre. carmelplayers.org

A Christmas Carol 12/3–21 Scrooge’s

cantankerous ways change for the better in this hour-long musical adaptation at Beef & Boards. beefand boards.com

Elf the Musical 12/3–5, 9–12, 16–19 & 22–24 Head to the

Tarkington to see Civic Theatre’s version of the Will Ferrell flick in which Buddy the elf travels to New York to spread the meaning of Christmas. civic theatre.org

Deck the Halls

Elf the Musical

DECEMBER Small Mouth Sounds 12/2–11 In an effort to find inner peace, a group of strangers takes a vow of silence in the woods. American Lives Theatre presents this Indy premiere at the District Theatre. americanlivestheatre .org

The Nutcracker

12/9–12 Courtesy of Candlelight Theatre, learn who wrote your favorite holiday carols at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. bhpsite.org

The Nutcracker 12/10–12 Clara journeys to the Land of Sweets in this Central Indiana Dance Ensemble ballet at Zionsville’s STAR Bank Performing Arts Center. cidedance.org

The Nutcracker 12/10–12 Indianapolis

Ballet and dancers from the Indianapolis School of Ballet bring this quintessential tale to life at the Old National Centre. indyballet.org

12/3–4 Gregory Han-

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Nutcracker Sweets 12/17–19 Clara meets the Sugar Plum Fairy in this Indianapolis Ballet presentation at The Toby at Newfields. indyballet.org

Justin Brady

Jordan Flores Schwartz

Justin Brady’s involvement with IndyFringe started when he interviewed former executive director Pauline Moffat when Brady was a Butler student. Moffat then brought him on as an intern. Fast forward, and Brady transitioned into the role of IndyFringe CEO last October, working closely with Moffat in the process. Here’s what he plans to keep doing:

Jordan Flores Schwartz ﬁrst worked with Bryan Fonseca at a Phoenix Theatre internship in 2016, and again as part of his Transformational Impact Fellowship. Fonseca passed away in September 2020. Schwartz, now producing director of his namesake theater company, has appreciated the support for continuing the organization’s mission, including:

Provide opportunities to local playwrights. DivaFest and OnyxFest, which were both started by Moffat about 10 years ago, typically feature works by up-and-coming Central Indiana artists alongside established creators. “They have created this great well of talent that I think has given a consistent platform [to playwrights],” Brady says. “We took two shows from each of those festivals and put them into the IndyFringe Festival this year to give them a wider audience.”

Highlighting diversity. “The value of diversity and inclusivity and making sure our stage represents the true diversity of Indianapolis is at the core of Fonseca Theatre Company,” Schwartz says. “My goal is that artists of color can start to build a life here and start to ﬁnd the opportunity and experience they need to have the creative career that they aspire to and deserve.”

CEO INDYFRINGE THEATRE

Back the city’s artists. “How do we provide more services to support performing artists at different points in their evolution?” Brady says. “Some of them are no longer emerging artists starting up a company. How do we help them navigate that when they might not start their own standalone theater ... but they can still have a really meaningful, successful career?” Connect audiences to a wide mix of shows. Fringe traditionally attracts national and international acts. But, Brady says, “this year, we’re scaled back and we have 50 productions, and 80 percent of them are from Indiana. It’s still a diverse range of theater, dramas, and comedy. ”

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Partnering with neighbors. “The nearwest side is this really beautiful, diverse, rich community, and we are so proud to be a part of it,” says Schwartz. “And there are so many other incredible folks in the neighborhood that are also creating programming and creating opportunities. We’re making sure that as we’re ﬁxing up these buildings and painting murals and creating opportunities that they really are for the residents.” Staging challenging—yet joyful— performances. “A big push I made this season, and I think Bryan would have agreed with, is a push toward joy and healing and reconnecting,” Schwartz says. “We’re still engaging with the tough conversations and getting people thinking, but doing so in a way that is healthier and provides more of a path forward.”

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A Beef & Boards Christmas

The revelry is f inally returning, and trust us – you do NOT want to miss it.

Tony-winning star of Hadestown & The Wiz

Tony-winning star of Oklahoma! & TVs The Glee Project

Tony-nominated star of Hadestown & Miss Saigon

Tony-nominated star of Wicked & NBC’s Smash Presenting The Voodoo of Hell’s Half Acre – a blues poetry opera featuring spoken word poetry, singing, saxophone, piano, upright bass, and drums

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Grammy-winning, glass ceiling-shattering, genre-bending, all-women mariachi group

Star of Broadway’s Aladdin, Allegiance, & TVs Glee

Undie-rock meets Halloween with a Rocky Horror twist

Critically acclaimed singing string quartet

Tony-winning star of The Prom & Mamma Mia!

Star of SNL & Wicked presents her holiday show, Sugar & Booze

See show details and buy your tickets today at THECABARET.ORG/SHOWS.

Immerse yourself in the art of Van Gogh in a new kind of art experience.

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In 1995, Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill was everywhere. If you were among the masses (incorrectly) singing along about a “cross-eyed bear,” get to Ruoff this September to belt out the actual lyrics, which “You Oughta Know” by now.

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LIVE MUSIC RETURNS IN A MAJOR WAY—BIG-TIME TOURING ACTS, INTIMATE CABARET SHOWS, OUTDOOR CONCERTS, AND MUCH MORE.

SEPTEMBER Brooks & Dunn 9/2 With 20 No. 1 hits and more than 30 million albums sold, this duo keeps on kicking during the Reboot Tour at Ruoff Music Center. livenation.com

Brass Transit: The Musical Legacy of Chicago 9/3–4 Enjoy a Friday

(or Saturday) night in the park when this sonic tribute to Chicago takes place at Conner Prairie

as part of Symphony on the Prairie. indianapolis symphony.org

Guns N’ Roses 9/8 Axl. Slash. “Paradise

City,” “Welcome to the Jungle,” and so many more. The mayhem comes to Lucas Oil Stadium. ticketmaster .com

Jonas Brothers 9/9 The JoBros are

joined by Kelsea Ballerini on the Remember This Tour at Ruoff Music Center. livenation.com

Live at the Center 9/9–12/2 The Center for

the Performing Arts continues its successful monthly livestreaming series, now with inperson opportunities. See Josh Kaufman and Cliff Ritchey (9/9), Vickery Chamber Live (10/10), Strangebirds (11/10), and Gordon Bonham and Gene Deer (12/2) at various CPA venues. thecenter presents.org

Alanis Morissette Guns N’ Roses

9/10 Isn’t it “Ironic” that this Ruoff Music Center show also includes Garbage and Liz Phair? livenation.com

St. Vincent 9/10 Fresh off the release of Daddy’s Home earlier this year, the indie rock singer-songwriter stops at the Old National Centre on her supporting tour. oldnationalcentre .com

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Feinstein’s AT HOTEL CARMICHAEL

A primer on the new cabaret venue inside Carmel’s boutique hotel. WHEN CREATING A CABARET, you could do a lot worse than to partner with the Grammy-nominated founder of the Great American Songbook Foundation and artistic director of the Center for the Performing Arts. Especially since that man, Michael Feinstein, already has successful cabarets in New York, San Francisco, and Studio City, California. But Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael, which debuted this spring, is the only Indiana venue in his portfolio. Learn how to make the most of your night. WEAR Most patrons show up on the dressier side. Leave the jeans at home. PARK Use the hotel valet, or park at Carmel City Center or the Palladium or Veterans Way garages. There’s a hotel entrance off the east side of the Monon. SIT Really, all seats are good, so go with your preference—up close and personal with the performer or back of the house to take in the whole scene. EAT Each ticket comes with a food and drink minimum. A music-themed cocktail—like the Lady Ella or Dean Martini—will help get you there. Menus will change seasonally. LISTEN Expect Broadway and jazz performers, but local acts are featured, too, such as Josh Kaufman and Actors Theatre of Indiana’s founding trio. CELEBRATE The hotel is too pretty to leave immediately after the show, so keep the party going at Vivante French Eatery or Adagio Lounge. Or … SLEEP Make it a staycation with an overnight package that includes tickets, which should be offered soon.

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9/10–11 Take a trip through decades of music in this multisensory Symphony on the Prairie experience at Conner Prairie. indianapolissymphony .org

the Schrott Center for the Arts, Clint Breeze & The Groove (9/17) and MonoNeon (9/18) at The Jazz Kitchen, and numerous artists at the MacAllister Amphitheater in Garfield Park (9/18–19). indyjazzfest.net

IndyBluesRevue 9/17 & 10/23 Brenda

Williams and the IndyBluesRevue pay tribute to American R&B and Motown in two shows at the Play Ground at IndyFringe. indyfringe.org

The Voodoo of Hell’s Half Acre

Ali Stroker 9/10–12 Stroker won a

9/17 Lasana Kazembe’s blues poetry opera at The Cabaret tells the story of author Richard Wright’s migration from Mississippi to Chicago

in the mid-1920s and features musical arrangements by Rob Dixon, spoken word, and song. thecabaret.org

Umphrey’s McGee 9/18 The TCU Amphi-

theater at White River State Park welcomes South Bend–based jam band Umphrey’s McGee for a show sure to dabble in a little bit of everything. livenation.com

Carmel PorchFest 9/19 Front stoops

throughout the Carmel Arts & Design District host musicians performing in a range of genres. Move from house to house, or bring chairs and a picnic spread to listen from one spot. carmelporchfest.org

Carmel PorchFest

Sunday Jazz at the Play Ground 9/19 Cap off your weekend with a concert by the Avenue Indy Jazz Quintet at the Play Ground at IndyFringe. indyfringe.org

Blackberry Smoke Gordon Lightfoot

9/23 Special guest The

9/21 The octogenarian

Allman Brothers Band joins this Atlanta-based group for the Spirit of the South Tour at the TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park. livenation.com

2019 Tony for her role as Ado Annie in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Now she brings her act to The Cabaret. thecabaret.org

Cunningham Paterson Jazz Ensemble

The Doobie Brothers 9/11 “Listen to the

9/23–24 Adrian

Music” when this band brings its 50th anniversary tour to Ruoff Music Center. livenation.com

Cunningham and Ben Paterson tackle The Great American Songbook and other jazz favorites in two shows at the District Theatre. indydistricttheatre.org

Toad the Wet Sprocket 9/14 Embrace the return of the ’90s by belting out “All I Want” along with the band at The Vogue. thevogue.com

Dead & Company 9/15 Former Grateful Dead members and a trio of new musicians— including John Mayer— keep the Dead’s work alive during a show at Ruoff Music Center. livenation.com

Indy Jazz Fest 9/16–19 Event highlights

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behind “Sundown” and “If You Could Read My Mind” draws on his 50-year career at the Brown County Music Center. browncounty musiccenter.com

LeAnn Rimes 9/24 You might be

“Blue” if you miss the youngest artist ever to win a Grammy Award performing at the Brown County Music Center. browncounty musiccenter.com

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Holler on the Square SEPTEMBER 12–19

Holler on the Hill pivots to this new weeklong series of shows at the HI-FI and HI-FI Annex in Fountain Square. Among the two dozen–plus acts slated to perform are Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), Tank and the Bangas, and Deer Tick. holleronthesquare.com

Thomas Rhett 9/24 With numerous

No. 1 songs, singersongwriter Rhett will no doubt have Ruoff Music Center rocking. livenation.com

An Evening with Megan Hilty 9/24–26 With roles

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Who’s Bad Music Presents: The Evolution of Pop

in Wicked and 9 to 5, Hilty brings her powerhouse voice and stories from her career to The Cabaret. thecabaret.org

Chris Stapleton

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trio celebrates its 2021 album with an appearance at the HI-FI Annex. hifiindy.com

Brubeck Brothers Quartet

9/25 Pour a glass of “Tennessee Whiskey” in preparation for Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Tour at Ruoff Music Center. livenation.com

10/2 Dan and Chris

Rufus Wainwright and José González

Florida Georgia Line

9/25 This pair of singersongwriters teams up for a tour in support of Wainwright’s recent album, Unfollow the Rules, and Gonzalez’s latest, Local Valley, at the Palladium. thecenterpresents.org

10/2 “Cruise” into

Brubeck pay tribute to their late father, jazz legend Dave, in this multimedia show at the Palladium. thecenterpresents.org

Ruoff Music Center to hear this chart-topping pop-country duo’s many hits. livenation.com

Melissa Etheridge OCTOBER 5

Come to the Brown County Music Center for a show that draws from folk-rocker Etheridge’s threedecade career. browncountymusiccenter.com

OCTOBER Dan + Shay 10/1 Let the “Tequila”

flow when this country duo plays Bankers Life Fieldhouse. ticket master.com

Here Come the Mummies 10/1 Kick off Halloween

month with a concert at The Vogue by this funk-rock ensemble, whose members keep their identities under wraps. thevogue.com

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10/2 Pronounced “bless,”

this Indy-based hip-hop

SEE HEAR

The Art Center launches a new sonic exhibit.

An Evening with Chris Thile 10/3 The Brown County

Music Center welcomes MacArthur Fellow and Grammy winner Chris Thile, a mandolist, singer, and songwriter. browncountymusic center.com

MidCoast Swing Orchestra

the stage at the Play Ground at IndyFringe. indyfringe.org

performs at the Old National Centre. old nationalcentre.com

on its Big Wheels Keep on Turnin’ Tour. livenation.com

Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery

Flor de Toloache

Clay Walker

10/8 The Cabaret

10/7 We hope these

welcomes this New York–based, all-female mariachi band that plays a fresh take on traditional Mexican music. thecabaret.org

10/9 Country artist Walker pulls from his 20-plus-year career for a performance at the Brown County Music Center. browncounty musiccenter.com

stars from Glee and The Office, respectively, find themselves during their Two Lost Souls cabaret act at Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerartscenter.org

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Christopher Cross

Boney James

10/8 The Southern-fried

10/8 Grammy-nominat-

group behind some of rock’s biggest hits revs up Ruoff Music Center

10/13 Go “Sailing” in Nashville when this longtime standard in the adult contemporary

10/3 Hear timeless

big-band music— Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller—when this ensemble takes

ed R&B/jazz saxophonist and songwriter James

AS YOU WANDER THROUGH the sculpture-ﬁlled ArtsPark at the Indianapolis Art Center, you’ll want to keep your eyes and ears open. The center’s new radio station, ArtsParkFM at 101.3 FM, is available only in the outdoor site, acting as what the organization calls an “auditory exhibitions experience.” Tune in via your own radio or a provided headset to hear different styles of sound art; works by sound artists, designers, and composers; and experimental and conceptual music aimed at challenging the relationship between the ﬁne and performing arts. ArtsParkFM currently features local Grammy-nominated artist and composer Stuart Hyatt, with other local, regional, and national sound artists on tap for the future. Each musician will work with his or her own theme, and there will even be group broadcasts with multiple artists. Sounds good. —ELLIE MARGULIS THE TICKET 2021 | IM

POP, ROCK & MORE

Ticket Masters genre plays the Brown County Music Center. browncountymusic center.com

ROCK AND COUNTRY ROYALTY, A “HICK-HOP” DUO, POP BROS, AND A ’90S ALT QUEEN—SOME OF MUSIC’S BIGGEST NAMES ARE COMING TO INDY (AND NEARBY) THIS FALL. HERE’S HOW THEIR STATS STACK UP: TOP SPOTIFY STREAM

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Brooks & Dunn: “Neon Moon,” 112,889,246 / Guns N’ Roses: “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” 983,354,238 / Jonas Brothers: “Sucker,” 960,758,254 / Alanis Morissette: “Ironic,” 260,663,892 / LeAnn Rimes: “How Do I Live,” 119,139,962

Brian Wilson

GRAMMY WINS & NOMINATIONS

ESTABLISHED

Brooks & Dunn and Florida Georgia Line Nashville

BROOKS & DUNN

GUNS N’ ROSES

24 Alanis Morissette Ottawa, Ontario

JONAS BROTHERS

Jonas Brothers Wyckoff, N.J.

ALANIS MORISSETTE

10/22 The Beach Boys

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LeAnn Rimes Jackson, Miss.

NUMBER OF ALBUMS SOLD

30 Million Brooks & Dunn

10/22–23 The Hilbert Circle Theatre transforms into a hopping jazz club when vocalist and pianist Tony DeSare and vocalist Capathia Jenkins perform hits like “The Lady is a Tramp” and

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

17 Million Jonas Brothers

Frank Sinatra and Great Ladies of Song

Guns N’ Roses Los Angeles

LEANN RIMES

4 Million Florida Geo. Line

cofounder, along with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, visits the Brown County Music Center. browncounty musiccenter.com

Florida Geo. Line

John Legend

Florida Georgia Line 1.8 Billion

Brooks & Dunn: Sept. 2, Ruoff Music Center / Guns N’ Roses: Sept. 8, Lucas Oil Stadium / Jonas Brothers: Sept. 9, Ruoff Music Center / Alanis Morissette: Sept. 10, Ruoff Music Center / LeAnn Rimes: Sept. 24, Brown County Music Center / Florida Georgia Line: October 2, Ruoff Music Center

Alanis Morissette LeAnn Rimes

Jonas Brothers 1.5 Billion

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Alanis Morissette 566 Million LeAnn Rimes Brooks & Dunn 206 Million 575 Million

Guns N’ Roses 6.7 Billion

10/20 He’s a Voice coach, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, and, more importantly, an EGOT winner. In support of his recent album, Bigger Love, John Legend brings his smooth sound to the Palladium. thecenter presents.org

COMING TO INDY!

Jonas Brothers

TOTAL YOUTUBE VIEWS

10/16–17 Vocalists perform Broadway and off-Broadway songs with themes of horror, sci-fi, and the supernatural in this spooky show at the Brown County Music Center. browncounty musiccenter.com

1,036,449,154

Guns N’ Roses

Broadway Fright Night

Florida Georgia Line, “Meant To Be”

his Beers On Me Tour for another round at Ruoff Music Center. livenation.com

Brooks & Dunn

10/15 Bentley brings

44 Million LeAnn Rimes

60 Million Alanis Morissette

100 Million Guns N’ Roses *Info current as of July 2021

There’s Always Something to Do at the Indiana Historical Society!

The Indiana Historical Society is open, and we look forward to seeing you! From new exhibits to family-friendly events and delicious dining, there’s something for everyone. Explore our building to discover more about Indiana and its people, from entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C.J. Walker (open now) to Holocaust survivor, educator and advocate Eva Kor (opening March 2022). Or, attend one of our can’t-miss special events like Festival of Trees (Nov. 12 – Jan. 8).

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POP, ROCK & MORE

Telly Leung 10/22–23 Broadway’s Leung makes his Indy debut with fresh arrangements of favorite songs by notable composers. Hear them at The Cabaret. thecabaret.org

Pink Martini 10/23 This group fills the Palladium with a toe-tapping mix of jazz, classical, and old-school pop. thecenterpresents.org

An Evening with Clint Black 10/24 How many of his 22 No. 1 singles will this singer-songwriter perform during his gig at the Palladium? Only one way to find out. thecenterpresents.org

Black Violin 10/28 Clowes Memor-

ial Hall welcomes the Grammy-nominated duo of violinist Kev Marcus and violist Wil Baptiste, who blend classical and hip-hop. butlerartscenter.org

Kristin Chenoweth

X Ambassadors

10/30 Broadway’s

11/5 The band behind “Renegades” and “Unsteady” plays the Old National Centre. oldnationalcentre.com

Chenoweth performs songs by some of music’s most iconic women in this show at the IU Auditorium. iuauditorium.com

The Skivvies 10/30 The duo that performs in their undies takes songs from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and adds a Skivvies twist with mashups of popular songs. It all gets stripped down at The Cabaret. thecabaret.org

Banda MS 11/6 Prolific Mexican ensemble Banda MS stops by Bankers Life Fieldhouse while on its MS Tour Positivo. ticketmaster.com

Elvis Costello & The Imposters 11/7 The British singer-

songwriter swings by the Old National Centre for WTTS’s Rock to Read benefit. oldnationalcentre.com

NOVEMBER Brazilian All Stars 11/5 Veteran and upand-coming musicians alike form this group that brings its combo of sambas, bossa novas, and other globally influenced tunes to the Palladium. thecenter presents.org

Gaither Vocal Band 11/6 Messages of grace, hope, and redemption fill the Palladium when this well-known gospel group takes the stage. thecenterpresents.org

Three Dog Night Craig Morgan 11/5 If you’ve ever want-

ed to be a member of the “Redneck Yacht Club,” get to the Brown County Music Center for this country crooner’s concert. brown countymusiccenter.com

Pink Martini

11/6 Live music is back—“Joy to the World,” indeed. Hear that song and others by this legendary group at the Brown County Music Center. browncountymusic center.com

An Evening with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marc Cohn, and Shawn Colvin

tive release, Leftover Feelings. browncounty musiccenter.com

Ben Folds 11/12 Folds, who frequently mixes pop and classical, tickles the ivories while on his In Actual Person Live For Real Tour at the Palladium. thecenter presents.org

11/7 The artists behind

Well-Strung

hits such as “Passionate Kisses,” “Walking in Memphis, and “Sunny Came Home” perform at the Brown County Music Center. brown countymusiccenter.com

11/13 The singing

John Hiatt and the Jerry Douglas Band 11/11 The two artists visit the Brown County Music Center in support of their recent collabora-

string quartet that fuses classical with pop plays two shows at The Cabaret. thecabaret.org

The Collingsworth Family 11/18 Their True Family Christmas Tour brings seasonal classics and original holiday songs to the Palladium. thecenterpresents.org

Joe Bonamassa 10/29 At 12, Bonamassa opened for B.B. King and has since racked up more than two dozen Billboard No. 1 blues albums. He’ll play the Old National Centre. oldnationalcentre.com

Walk the Moon 10/29 “Shut Up and Dance” when this indie group takes the Egyptian Room stage at the Old National Centre. oldnationalcentre.com

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Cirque Spectacular NOVEMBER 12–13

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performs selections from Carmen while Troupe Vertigo dazzles the Hilbert Circle Theatre audience with acrobatic feats. indianapolissymphony.org

PHOTOS COURTESY BUTLER ARTS CENTER, CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, ISO

“Body and Soul.” indianapolissymphony .org

POP, ROCK & MORE

don’t miss

Beth Leavel

Ana Gasteyer

11/19–20 Broadway

12/11–12 Indulge in

diva Leavel, who has starred in The Drowsy Chaperone and Mamma Mia!, shares songs and stories in her It’s Not About Me act at The Cabaret. thecabaret.org

holidays past with Broadway and TV star Gasteyer’s vintageinspired Sugar & Booze show, featuring a mix of original and classic songs, at The Cabaret. thecabaret.org

Eleanor Dubinsky The King’s Singers

11/20 The multilingual vocalist, cellist, and guitarist blurs the lines of jazz, world, and pop music in her show at Ball State’s Pruis Hall. bsu.edu/web/emens

12/12 The Palladium

hosts a special appearance by this six-man a cappella group. the centerpresents.org

Tonic Ball

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Damien Escobar

NOVEMBER 19

12/16 The violinist

11/21 In support of its

latest release, Inhale (Exhale), this contemporary Christian group blesses Bankers Life Fieldhouse with its tour of the same name. ticketmaster.com

Dozens of local acts play the repertoires of big-name musicians in this fundraiser for Second Helpings. After last year’s virtual version, the in-person experience is back at various Fountain Square venues. tonicindy.com

known for mixing classical, jazz, R&B, and more makes an appearance at the Palladium. thecenterpresents.org

Holiday Pops 12/18 Anderson’s Jon

DECEMBER

12/3–23 Sandi Patty

hosts and pops conductor Jack Everly leads the ISO in a mix of holiday songs accompanied by actors, singers, and tapdancing Santas. The festivities take place at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolis symphony.org

Chimes of Christmas 12/4 Choral, carol, and

contemporary favorites ring out at the IU Auditorium, thanks to the Singing Hoosiers and ensembles from the Jacobs School of Music. iuauditorium.com

A Debby Boone White Christmas 12/4 From the Palladi-

um stage, the “You Light Up My Life” artist puts her spin on holiday music. thecenterpresents.org

Warrant 12/4 Dig into a slice of

“Cherry Pie” when this platinum-selling band rocks the Brown County Music Center. brown countymusiccenter.com

Kenny G 12/5 The biggest-selling instrumental musician of all time brings his saxophone to the Brown County Music Center. browncountymusic center.com

Tommy Emmanuel 12/8 Emmanuel, one

of only a handful of Certified Guitar Players in the world, stops by the Old National Centre to show off his skills. oldnationalcentre.com

38 Special 12/9 Hits like “Caught Up In You” and “Hold On Loosely” will transport you to yesteryear

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during this group’s concert at the Brown County Music Center. browncountymusic center.com

A Motown Christmas 12/9 Hear past and present members of The Temptations, The Miracles, and The Capitols perform Motown classics and seasonal favorites at the Palladium. the centerpresents.org

Postmodern Jukebox 12/10 The group famous for its vintage renditions of pop music songs brings its Grand Reopening Tour to the Palladium. thecenterpresents.org

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas 12/11 Saxophonist Koz

and supporting musicians return to the Palladium for a lively concert spotlighting their take on holiday hits and other selections. thecenterpresents.org

Straight No Chaser 12/18–19 This group

shows off its a cappella sound at the Old National Centre. old nationalcentre.com

Morgan James 12/19 James’s soulful Very Magnetic Christmas Tour comes to the HI-FI. hifiindy.com

A Magical Cirque Christmas 12/19 Holiday music is the soundtrack to acrobatic moves at Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerarts center.org

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Yuletide Celebration

McLaughlin teams up with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra for a performance—two, actually—of seasonal tunes at Westfield High School. carmel symphony.org

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CLASSICAL MUSIC Of Note don’t miss

For 13 months, Kelly Hall-Tompkins was the violin soloist in Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof, after which she released an album of original Fiddlerinspired works. Hear them at her show in December.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC CALENDAR

GLOBALLY INSPIRED CONCERTS, ZACH DEPUE JOINS THE CARMEL SYMPHONY, SHOWS IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS, AND SEVERAL CHANCES TO HEAR YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY CAROLS.

SEPTEMBER

Hairspray

Opera in the Park 9/11 Soprano Angela

South American & African Baroque 9/12 The Indianapolis

Baroque Orchestra goes global with a concert that explores two continents’ music at the Indiana Historical Society. indybaroque.org

Welcome Home: A Spotlight on ISO Musicians 9/17–18 The Indianapo-

lis Symphony Orchestra heralds the return of live performances to the Hilbert Circle Theatre with two shows that place individual ISO members at the forefront as soloists. indianapolis symphony.org 38

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Jacob joyce

The ISO’s new resident conductor and Attention to Detail podcast host aims to help classical music strike a chord with a more youthful demographic. WHAT’S YOUR PLAN TO GET YOUNGER LISTENERS TO ENJOY CLASSICAL MUSIC?

One of the strategies that I’ve tried to take is to meet people wherever they are in terms of their classical music background and in a setting and medium that’s comfortable for them, to present classical music to people in as many different forms as possible. So that if they just take one nugget from one place and maybe one nugget from somewhere else, there’s a better chance that they’ll have an interesting, meaningful, positive experience. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO YOU?

Indiana Wind Symphony

lis Chamber Orchestra hosts two free outdoor concerts: one in Riverside Regional Park (9/23) and one in Holliday Park (9/24). icomusic.org

Phillip Sousa, a work in honor of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and Beethoven’s famous symphony are among the pieces the Indiana Wind Symphony will perform at the Palladium. indiana windsymphony.org

Opening Night Celebration

OCTOBER

ICO in the Park 9/23–24 The Indianapo-

9/24 A cocktail reception

precedes an ISO performance and dinner at the Indiana Roof Ballroom as the organization kicks off its 2021–22 season. indianapolissymphony.org

The Sound of Memory: Sousa and Beethoven’s Fifth 9/26 Marches by John

Welcome to the United States of America 10/1–2 Violinist Augustin

Hadelich joins the ISO for a musical trip through the U.S. via works by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, and others. Book your ticket at the

I think classical music is something that young people are really primed to love and listen critically to. It’s just a question of selling to them that this is something that’s worthwhile, that it’s not boring, but it’s actually really interesting and engaging. SINCE JOINING THE ISO IN 2018, WHAT CHANGES HAVE YOU MADE TO INCREASE EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT AUDIENCES?

Through my work on the podcast, I get a lot of messages and questions from people around the country about the ISO. There’s been more interaction with our stuff on social media. The challenge is to convince people to not only come to one concert, but to really be classical music lovers. It’s something that so many people can love. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THIS FALL?

In October, I’m going to be doing a series of concerts where we’ll be opening up our rehearsals and allowing people to come. We’re going to be ﬁlming the next installment of the [Baroque-focused] virtual docu-series while we’re doing these open rehearsals. —ELLIE MARGULIS

WIND SYMPHONY COURTESY INDIANA WIND SYMPHONY; JOYCE COURTESY INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Brown, Indianapolis Opera’s resident artists, and the organization’s chorus perform operatic and Americana music at the MacAllister Amphitheater in Garfield Park. indyopera.org

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

Sacred Masterworks 10/2 The Indianapolis

Symphonic Choir begins its 85th season by exploring the “musical majesty” of choir and organ at the Schrott Center for the Arts. indychoir.org

others during two Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra concerts at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center (10/14) and Indiana Historical Society (10/15). indy baroque.org

tinues its worldwide musical journey with proper selections by British composers at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolis symphony.org

Greetings from Hungary

11/5–7 At the Tarkington, see Indianapolis Opera’s rendition of this Mozart work that explores power and justice via the story of serial womanizer Don Giovanni. indyopera.org

10/15–16 The ISO wel-

comes violinist Kristóf Baráti to star in pieces from his native Hungary at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolis symphony.org

War in Music

Kenny Broberg 10/3 This year’s Amer-

ican Pianists Awards champ puts on a show at the Indiana Landmarks Center. american pianists.org

Masterworks I 10/9 Pianist Martina

Filjak and the Carmel Symphony Orchestra— with new concertmaster Zach DePue—pair up for a program at the Palladium. carmel symphony.org

Beyond Vivaldi 10/14–15 Hear opera overtures and church sonatas by Vivaldi and

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Don Giovanni

Celebrating Mother Earth

Cassatt String Quartet

10/16 Butler’s artistin-residence, Michael Schelle, is the featured guest in this ICO offering at the Schrott Center for the Arts. icomusic .org

11/10 Concert pianist

Wind Gems in Miniature

11/13 The Carmel

10/16 At the Studio

Theater, the Indiana Wind Symphony presents a variety of new works for small ensembles. indianawind symphony.org

NOVEMBER Greetings from England 11/5–6 The ISO con-

Kristóf Baráti

Ursula Oppens joins the Cassatt String Quartet at the Indiana Historical Society. ensemblemusic.org

11/20 This ICO performance at the Schrott Center for the Arts includes an appearance by 2018 ICVI gold medalist Richard Lin. icomusic.org

Masterworks II Symphony Orchestra fills the Palladium with the sounds of Shostakovich’s Ballet Suite No. 1, Arturo Marquez’s Danzón No. 2, and other works. carmelsymphony.org

Sean Chen 11/19 Chen, the 2013 American Pianists Awards winner, tickles the ivories at the Palladium. thecenter presents.org

DECEMBER Birnbaum and Forter 12/4 Two American

Pianists Awards winners, Adam Birnbaum (2004), and Sullivan Forter (2015), come together for a night at The Jazz Kitchen. americanpianists.org

Handel’s Messiah

12/5 Second Presbyte-

Harlem Quartet OCTOBER 20

The foursome, which includes Carmel native Felix Umansky, is joined by Cuban composer and pianist Aldo López-Gavilán for a concert at the Indiana Historical Society that covers classical music and beyond. ensemblemusic.org 40

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rian Church provides a grand setting for this Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra concert with the Beecher Singers. indybaroque.org

A Most Glorious Season 12/5 Musical guests join this Indiana Wind Symphony production of Christmas music at the Palladium. indiana windsymphony.org

A Baroque Christmas 12/12 The ICO pre-

sents Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah. Check website for venue. icomusic.org

Festival of Carols 12/15 & 17–19 Angela

Brown joins the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir for a slate of familiar holiday carols at the Warren Performing Arts Center (12/15) and the Palladium (12/17– 19). indychoir.org

Fiddler’s Holiday: Expanding Tradition 12/16 Fiddler on the Roof violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins and other musicians perform selections from that musical, as well as holiday favorites, as part of the ICVI’s Laureate Series at the Madam Walker Legacy Center. violin.org

HARLEM QUARTET BY JUAN-MIGUEL HERNANDEZ; BARÁTI BY MARCO BORGGREVE; PIANO FROM GETTY IMAGES

Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolissymphony.org

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Novel Graphic Lively colors, bold lines, and distorted don’t portrayals of the human body deﬁned miss the work of the Chicago Imagists. An exhibit of their creations is on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newﬁelds through December.

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VISUAL ARTS CALENDAR FAIRS AND FESTIVALS, SO MANY LOCAL ARTISTS’ WORK ON DISPLAY, HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS, AND A HEALTHY DOSE OF WARHOL AND VAN GOGH.

QUICK Q&A

rhonda long-sharp The gallery owner previews a new exhibit of Andy Warhol drawings that honors the artist’s 93rd birthday and Long-Sharp Gallery’s 15th anniversary. HOW DID LONG-SHARP GALLERY ACQUIRE THESE PIECES?

Every piece that’s in our exhibit we bought from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. None of them have ever had a private owner. They went from Andy to the foundation to us.

ONGOING Andy Warhol: A Survey of Portrait and Figurative Drawings from the Mid-1950s ENDS 9/25 Raise a

glass to the father of pop art at Long-Sharp Gallery when 23 of his drawings go on display, many for the first time. Several dozen of his photos will also be shown, but at the Conrad. Cheers, Andy Warhol. long sharpgallery.com

Eighteen Artists Exhibition ENDS 10/15 Last fall,

the Indianapolis Art Center invited the 18 artists who worked on the Black Lives Matter mural on Indiana Avenue to showcase their individual artwork in a group show. One year later, they return with new work and reflections on what has (and has not) changed in the city. indplsartcenter.org 44

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Powerful Women II

Hoosier Salon Exhibition ENDS 10/24 Dedicated

to highlighting artistic skills from across the state, the Hoosier Art Salon will host its 97th show at the Indiana State Museum. hoosier salon.org

Private Eye: The Imagist Impulse in Chicago Art ENDS 12/5 Take your eyes, public or private, to the IMA at Newfields to behold a collection of the Chicago Imagists, artists who were mashing up surrealist influence and popular culture to create

their own dynamic style at the Hyde Park Art Center in the 1960s. discovernewfields.org

Powerful Women II

ENDS 1/18/22 The Eitel-

jorg presents work by contemporary female Native, Black, Latino, Asian-American and European-American artists whose work explores issues such as identity, memory, and violence against women. eiteljorg.org

Happy World: On a Cloud ENDS 5/29/22 If you feel

They are a continuous means of recording the world around him. Just like he used to call his camera his ‘date’ in the late ’60s and early ’70s, his sketchbook was his date in the ’50s. As to the subject matter, he was drawing famous people in the ’50s just like he did his screen prints of Marilyn Monroe in the ’60s. So you’re going to see a trajectory of him doing the same thing but doing it in a different way. WHY DON’T WE KNOW ABOUT THIS AS MUCH AS WARHOL’S OTHER ART?

It is becoming more and more well known. It’s being recognized as more and more important, both as to the existence of it, its breadth and depth, and its impact on him. CAN YOU CHOOSE A FAVORITE?

One would be his self-portrait with a butterﬂy on his head. He didn’t like the way he drew, and he didn’t like the way he looked. And yet, he did this pretty rare self-portrait from the mid-’50s. Anytime he thought that something really wasn’t as beautiful as it should be, he would adorn it with a butterﬂy because he thought they were beautiful. —ELLIE MARGULIS

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VISUAL ARTS

Arts for All: Rakeem Cunningham Collage 9/4, 11 & 18 Mix it up at Garfield Park Arts Center learning about mixed-media artist Rakeem Cunningham, and try making your own collage in his fantastical style. gpacarts.org

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The LUME Indianapolis

Indy Arts Fest

ENDS 5/2022 This is your

chance to walk into a painting in the IMA at Newfields’s new 30,000square-foot immersive gallery experience. With floor-to-ceiling digital projections, the work of Vincent van Gogh will be the first featured in this multisensory space, so be sure to stop and smell the sunflowers. discovernewfields.org

BUTTER SEPTEMBER 2–5

The inaugural BUTTER art show, brought to us by GANGGANG, has gathered 30+ Black visual artists, both local and national, for a ﬁrst-of-its-kind art event in the city and state at the Stutz. Najee Dorsey will be there. Kerry James Marshall will be there. Kaila Austin will be there. You will want to be there, too. butterartfair.com

SEPTEMBER

the near-east side, 1000 Words Gallery is dedicated to accessible art experiences and promoting the work of Black artists. This month, you can find the work of portrait and fashion photographer Arria Woolcock. 1000wordsindy.com

It’s an open studio night, too, so feel free to be a little nosy. harrison center.org

Spectrum IV: An LGBTQ+ Exhibition 9/3–25 Local artists of all ages in the LGBTQ+ community will have work in this annual showcase at the Garfield Park Arts Center. gpacarts.org

andowski use their grandfather’s photos from his days as a rural coroner to explore life, death, and ideology. bigcar.org

the last year at Gallery 924. You can expect wearable sculptures and a photographic reflection on COVID times. indyarts.org

DeHaan Artists of Distinction

Fag Family

9/3–10/29 2020 DeHaan

May captures his queer community in a series of oil portraiture. Gaze into these faces at Tube Factory Artspace. bigcar.org

Artists of Distinction Samuel Levi Jones, Eric Lubrick, Mason Archie, and Beatriz Vasquez will present their artwork of

Kate Gahimer Gallery at the Circle City Industrial Complex (CCIC) will be graced with prints by local photog Kate Gahimer through September. circlecityind.com

Justin Vining 9/3–24 A fresh collec-

Pathology

tion of plein air paintings by Justin Vining studying scenes around the city will hang in the Harrison Gallery at the Harrison Center starting this First Friday.

9/3–10/17 Do you see dead people? You will if you come to see this collection of coroner’s photographs at Tube Factory Artspace. Taylor and Grant Lew-

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9/3–11/14 Painter Nick

day returns to Newfields with more than 300 artists booths and plenty of food, drinks, entertainment, and activities for the whole family. penrod.org

Quest for the West 9/12–10/10 Saddle up and ride to the Eiteljorg for their highly anticipated Western art show and sale with this year’s special guest, Oscar Award–winning actor Wes Studi, making a presentation on 9/12. eiteljorg.org

Identidad Dreams Marchas

9/3–26 The Schwitzer

Penrod Arts Fair 9/11 Indiana’s nicest

Arria Woolcock 9/3–24 Newly opened on

9/6 Another all-new event, Indy Arts Fest will be focusing on murals with seven artists painting live and large on site at the Indy Auto Man Service Building (3130 Madison Ave.). You’ll also find chalk artists, body painters, live music, and food. In other words: a great way to spend your Labor Day. indyartsfest.com

Youth and Love by Eric Lubrick

9/15–10/15 Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Artsgarden will be filled with pieces from Mexican and MexicanAmerican artists exploring cultural identity and the immigrant dream. indyarts.org

Broad Ripple Art Walk 9/16, 10/21 & 11/18 Third

Thursdays are the days

IMAGES COURTESY GANGGANG, ARRIA WOOLCOCK; YOUTH AND LOVE BY ERIC LUBRICK; BLUE VESSEL BY JASON SCHNEIDER; THE LUME INDIANAPOLIS (LEFT, CENTER IMAGES) COURTESY NEWFIELDS

stuck under a cloud, don’t worry. It might have a happy message for you. The Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion at the IMA at Newfields is now home to Little Cloud, a literal cloud ready to greet you with a sense of hope and joy. discover newfields.org

to take a stroll through Broad Ripple. Boutiques, restaurants, and galleries will open their doors to you with unique art and live music. Pick up a map at the Indianapolis Art Center or Storefront Theatre and mosey your way through the village. broadripple indy.org

collection of furniture by Jason Schneider at the Herron Galleries made primarily out of cardboard. herrongalleries.org

Color Follows Form Follows Texture 9/17–10/22 Hang on to

your next batch of Amazon boxes. You may be inspired to do some upscale upcycling with this

Black & Blue: On the Road with Jack White 9/17–12/8 To study

graphic arts and illustration, Herron Galleries

will pull selections from a collection of over 100 limited-edition posters from Jack White’s Blunderbuss and Lazaretto tours. herrongalleries.org

Tuguldur Yondonjamts: Separated Geography from a Poem 9/17–12/8 The second

biennial international exhibition and artist-inresidence series at the Herron Galleries highlights Mongolian artist Tuguldur Yondonjamts. Inspired by the epic “Khan Kharangui,” Yondonjamts explores travel, imaginations of space and distance, and various modes of com-

Light Room THE LUME Indianapolis opened in July to much fanfare. The whole fourth floor of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields is now a digital gallery of 30 Vincent van Gogh works coming to life, projected onto the floor and walls. The largest exhibit in Newfields’s history also has an entire cafe inside with “Starry Night” popcorn and “Lumen Tonic” cocktails, the chance for guests to “Van Gogh-ify” their selfies, and the artist’s Landscape at Saint-Rémy on display. There’s a lot to take in. Which is why, on recent trips, we couldn’t help but listen in as visitors shed light on their thoughts and experiences.

“Look at the ﬂoor! There’s moving green stuff! Look at my shirt! The painting is on my arm!”

“Is this the guy who cut off his ear?”

“I’ve seen this a few times and I still get goosebumps.”

“It’s amazing the way he introduces colors into the layers of paint.” “Imagine if you were on psychedelics and saw this.”

“You could dance in here!”

“I’d like to bring in a picnic and watch this.”

“The juxtaposition of the red and the green is beautiful.”

“This would be a great event space.” “Yeah, but I don’t know if you'd want your wedding here— no one would pay attention to you.”

“Well, that was amazing.” *applause*

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munication via research of archaeology, art, and material studies. herron galleries.org

10/2–31 Can you smell

the pumpkin spice in the air? Or maybe it’s just the thousands of pumpkins covering Newfields in their monthlong celebration of fall. Impressive horticultural displays by day and spooky walking trail by night, you can find your quintessential October moment here. discover newfields.org

Art Squared 9/18 Rome wasn’t built

in a day, but maybe your masterpiece could be. Sign up for the Masterpiece in a Day competition and try your hand at this Fountain Square tradition. Or, if art is more of a spectator sport for you, browse the vendor booths and catch the parade. discoverfountain square.com

Jason Schneider: Phillip Tennant Furniture Artisan Lecture

Madiha Siraj

Carmel International Arts Festival

OCTOBER 1–29

The Carmel Arts & Design District will once again be occupied by more than 120 artisans and performers from across the country in a packed two-day festival that routinely attracts upwards of 30,000 people. carmel artsfestival.org

Inspired by traditional Islamic geometric patterns, Madiha Siraj creates bright and playful polymer clay sculptures and the Harrison Center will host large-scale installations of some in their Harrison Gallery. harrisoncenter.org

OCTOBER William Smith 10/1–22 Brooklynbased painter William Smith’s work is abstract and minimalist, and will be installed at 1000 Words Gallery. 1000wordsindy.com

No Rainbows Without Clouds 10/1–29 Chase the rain-

WATER WORKS Painted canoes create a confluence of art and geography.

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10/6 A furniture

maker and artist with an affinity for cardboard, Jason Schneider will be giving a public lecture at Herron School of Art + Design on his craft. herrongalleries.org

NOVEMBER bows to the Schwitzer Gallery at the CCIC where Indy artist Michal Lile presents a conceptual show encouraging his audience toward unrealistic and unwarranted optimism. circlecityind.com

SALI National Abstract Art Exhibition XVII 10/1–30 Garfield Park Arts Center will exhibit the best in 2-D abstract

paintings as decided in this juried national competition now in its 17th year. Awards will be presented on First Friday. gpacarts.org

coming to Long-Sharp Gallery for their first solo exhibition in the United States. long sharpgallery.com

Spiller + Cameron: Alchemy 10/1–1/28/22 UK-based

mother-and-son duo Moira Cameron and Xavier Spiller-Cameron sew painters’ rags into interesting compositions. These cloth collages are

Dia de Muertos

AS YOU TAKE IN FALL FOLIAGE this season at area parks, keep your eyes peeled for colors not typically included in the autumnal palette. When you notice rich blues, greens, purples, and pinks alongside other hues, that’s when you know you’ve spotted one of 10 boats painted by local artists as part of White River Art Canoes. A partnership between the White River Alliance and White River Vision Plan, the vessels serve as a reminder of the importance of the region's waterways and highlight the unique attributes of each of the 10 locations in Hamilton and Marion counties. At Potter’s Bridge Park, for example, Krista Darrow embellished hers with ﬂowers and insects she saw in a nearby prairie, while at Belmont Beach (right), Samuel Penaloza opted for a woman facing the bow, symbolizing the area looking to a more hopeful future. The canoes are on display through October. Find the full list at thewhiteriveralliance.org.

Dia de Muertos 11/2 Celebrate the Mexi-

can Day of the Dead at Garfield Park Arts Center with crafts, storytelling, and food. You can even add your memories of a deceased loved one on the community wall. Traditional dress and face paint are encouraged. gpacarts.org

Imagine Me Beyond What You See 11/3–1/27/22 A manne-

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9/25–26

Harvest Days and Nights

Don’t Miss These Fall Highlights! DeHaan Classical Series

Welcome to the United States of America September 30, 11 a.m. October 1, 8 p.m. October 2, 5:30 p.m. Hilbert Circle Theatre

Conductor Soloist

Miguel Harth-Bedoya Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Day Barber Higdon Copland Johnson

Lightspeed Fanfare for Orchestra Violin Concerto Dance Card: No. 3, Jumble Dance Symphony No. 2 "Short Symphony" Drums: A Symphonic Poem

The ISO travels the world in the 2021-22 DeHaan Classical Series with Postcards from Abroad! Each concert will highlight a specific region in the world. Start planning your globe-trotting adventure at IndianapolisSymphony.org!

Bank of America Film Series

Disney in Concert: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas October 30, 8 p.m. October 31, 2 p.m. Hilbert Circle Theatre Conductor

Jack Everly

Presented by

The Nightmare Before Christmas’ charming, atmospheric score was composed by Danny Elfman and was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The full-feature film, a stop-motion animated movie conceived by Tim Burton, will be projected onto the big screen as the ISO performs the score live to film.

Printing Partners Pops Series

Cirque Spectacular November 12, 8 p.m. November 13, 8 p.m. Hilbert Circle Theatre Conductor Featuring

Jack Everly Troupe Vertigo

Troupe Vertigo returns to the Hilbert Circle stage with a unique symphony experience that brings together the magic of our Orchestra with the breathtaking skill of cirque acrobatics. Among other highlights, you will not want to miss Troupe Vertigo’s legendary choreography as the ISO performs selections from Bizet's famous French Opera, Carmen.

Experience these concerts and more when the ISO returns home to the Hilbert Circle Theatre for a full season this fall.

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VISUAL ARTS

Monumental Changes: History and Power in Public Art 11/5–13 The place of

public monuments has been a charged topic around the country this last year but also close to home with the removal of a confederate statue at the heart of Garfield Park. Garfield Park Arts Center will host a discussion (11/5) around that monument, its history, and the future of that space, with an ensuing exhibit. gpacarts.org

11/5–26 Gather round for a solo show from local painter Kyle Ragsdale exploring meals eaten together around large and, most likely, whimsical tables. First and second helpings served at the Harrison Center. harrison center.org

11/5–28 The original

CCIC artist, Martha Nahrwold has maintained her studio for 30 years and through many changes to the building. Her work, with its signature marbled impressionist style, will adorn the Schwitzer Gallery to celebrate her three decades. circlecity ind.com

Monarchs in a Changing World & Place Festival, help complete a new mural while learning about monarch butterflies and the importance of conservation at Oliver’s Woods near Keystone at the Crossing. spiritandplace .org

11/5–24 Brazilian artist Samantha Ortiz creates wearables, including textiles, jewelry, and clothing, that she encourages patrons to interact with. Do so at Gallery 924. indyarts .org

Sara Hairston 11/5–26 These aren’t your grandma’s homemade cards at 1000 Words Gallery. Sarah Hairston of Thee Black Card takes inspiration from vintage Black publications that celebrate the beauty of Blackness for her unique creations. 1000wordsindy.com

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Hi Ho Silver! 12/3–30 Leap onto your

sparkling white steed and gallop away to the Harrison Center for their annual colorthemed group show. Check out the holiday pop-up shop in the Speck Gallery, too. harrisoncenter.org

Martha Nahrwold

11/7 As part of Spirit

Plant Your Feet

DECEMBER

Some Enchanted Evening

Lion Fish

Ghada Amer: Jane Fortune Outstanding Women Visiting Artist Lecture 11/10 Amer, a contem-

porary Egyptian artist known for embroidery work that explores sexuality, female identity, and Islamic culture, speaks at the Herron School of Art + Design. herrongalleries.org

Bad Art Night 11/12 Leave your talent at home because this event at Garfield Park Arts Center is all about ugly and downright terrible art. Trophies will be given for the worst creation of the evening. gpacarts.org

Autumn Art Fair 11/20–21 Garfield Park Arts Center wants to help you knock out a little holiday shopping early with over 40 regional artisans bringing unique art and handicrafts to this annual twoday fair. gpacarts.org

Winterlights 11/22–1/2/22 Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. Oh, you’re not a star? You’re a million lights blanketing the grounds at Newfields in a glowing winter wonderland? Well, pardon me while I sip this adult hot chocolate and walk on through. discovernewfields.org

Localized 12/3–31 A hyperlocal art show, this exhibition will feature exclusively artists from the Garfield Park area and works that reflect on the neighborhood and will show at the Garfield Park Arts Center. gpacarts.org

TINY X 12/3–1/7/22 You’re not a giant. The art at Gallery 924 in this show is just all really small, less than six inches in any direction. Could even fit in a stocking, hint, hint. indyarts.org

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NOVEMBER 20– JANUARY 17, 2022

Chugga-chug all the way to the Eiteljorg for this winter tradition on rails. Nine model trains will be rolling through miniature versions of iconic landscapes, such as downtown Indianapolis, Mount Rushmore, and the Golden Gate Bridge. eiteljorg.org

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quin art competition established by the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation in 2010, each year brings new submissions promoting healthy body image awareness and acceptance. Herron Galleries will exhibit this year’s pieces. herrongalleries.org

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In His Own Write

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Fans of music and books will ﬁnd a kindred spirit in author Hanif Abdurraqib, whose latest work examines the ways Black performances have been woven into American culture. He appears this December in Butler’s Visiting Writers Series.

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new indiana films HOODOX

A new streaming service, Hoodox offers a curated mix of nonﬁction features, documentaries, shorts, and series on all things Indiana—the closing of Broad Ripple High School, the legacy of the Ball brothers— with a goal of spotlighting creators in the state’s ﬁlmmaking industry. Subscriptions are $10 a month or $100 a year. THE ADDICT’S WAKE

Drag Race visits Clowes Memorial Hall as a stop on her Unsanitized Tour. butlerartscenter.org

Big News In Real Life: An Evening with Ashley C. Ford

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

9/2 Pivot Marketing and Indy Maven host a talk by the writer, host, and Hoosier native, who will share her journey as a storyteller, at The Cabaret. indymaven.com

Rock ’n’ Roll High School (1979) 9/8 The Ramones

star in this flick about rock-obsessed students screening at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. historicartcrafttheatre.org

Lit by Indy Maven

Artcraft Theatre shows this Best Picture Oscar winner about U.S. soldiers in Hawaii during the months leading up to Pearl Harbor. historic artcrafttheatre.org

Cereal Cinema— Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)

9/9 Sip on literarythemed spirits, trade reads, and enjoy author presentations at this Indy Maven event at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library. indymaven.com

9/11 The Basile Theatre

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Bianca Del Rio

9/9–11 The Historic

comic seen on RuPaul’s

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inside the Athenaeum hosts this first release in the Pokémon movie franchise. Before the fun begins, fill up at the cereal buffet. indyfilmfest.org

9/12 The drag queen

9/15 The band’s Roger Waters wrote this live action/animated surrealist musical and psychological drama (whew!) playing at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. historicart crafttheatre.org

Across the Universe (2007) 9/16 Music of The

Beatles permeates this love story, screened at the Indianapolis Art Center in partnership with Kan-Kan Cinema & Brasserie. kankan indy.com

RASHEEDA’S FREEDOM DAY

The Harrison Center and director Dija Henry of The Blue House have teamed up to tell the story of Joanna LeNoir, who, along with her siblings and mother, Rasheeda, moved to Indianapolis in 1963 for a fresh start from an abusive situation. The ﬁlm is expected by the end of the year. SO COLD THE RIVER

Blue Finch Films recently secured worldwide rights to this movie, which claims a trifecta of Hoosier-ness: It was adapted from a Michael Koryta book, shot on location at West Baden Springs Hotel, and co-produced by Bloomington’s Pigasus Pictures. If the tenderloins align, the ﬂick will be out this year. SCRIPTUM

After picking up numerous awards in the 2020 Indianapolis 48-Hour Film Project, this short by Indy-based Team Dharma Productions was one of 13 selected from 48-Hour Film Projects worldwide to show at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. The tale of a boy and a strange cornﬁeld noise can be viewed on YouTube.

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SEPTEMBER

Opioid addiction affects communities across the country, but for this work, a Hoosier ﬁlmmaking group captured the devastating consequences of drug use in Brown County and how residents are banding together for a solution. It’s anticipated to premiere this fall.

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Jo Koy 9/16 The challenges of

parenthood, life’s weirdness, growing up in America with a Filipino mother—comedian Koy draws upon plenty of firsthand experience for his show at Clowes Memorial Hall. butler artscenter.org

Theatre. historicartcraft theatre.org

Women’s Work Comedy Tour 9/18 A trio of funny

ladies—Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, and Tammy Pescatelli— takes the stage at the Schrott Center for the Arts. butlerartscenter.org

Jeanne Robertson 9/17 Clowes Memorial Hall welcomes the 77year-old Robertson, who charms audiences with her family-friendly humor. butlerarts center.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson 9/20 What did the

movies get right (and wrong) in the realm of science? Tyson breaks it down in An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies at Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerartscenter.org

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) 9/22 Boogie down to

the Historic Artcraft Theatre to see a group of dancers try to stop the demolition of a community rec center. historicartcrafttheatre.org

Sullivan’s Travels (1941) 9/17–18 A famous Hollywood director sets out to make a socially relevant drama in this film-industry satire showing at the Historic Artcraft

Night of Vonnegut 9/22 At the Indiana

Historical Society, see artwork by Edie Vonnegut and watch a pre-release screening of Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, a documentary on the friendship be-

tween Vonnegut and co-director Robert Weide. vonnegut library.org

Jo Koy

A Napoleon Dynamite Conversation 9/23 Watch this indie

classic at the IU Auditorium, then enjoy a chat among the film’s Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, and Jon Gries. iuauditorium .com

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 9/24–25

Harry and friends enter their fifth year of Hogwarts and deal with the impending return of Lord Voldemort in this flick at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. historicart crafttheatre.org

Jim Jefferies 9/26 Comedian

Jefferies brings his brand of humor to Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerartscenter.org

activist-in-residence during this time. Other events include Youth and Writing: Young Voices Need to Be Heard! (9/26), Banning Art (9/27), a panel discussion on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (9/28), Censoring SciFi: Ray Bradbury (9/29), Silencing Women: Banned Women’s Poetry (10/1), and the release party of the So It Goes literary journal (10/2). vonnegutlibrary.org

Amy (2015) 9/29 Head to the His-

Banned Books Week 9/26–10/2 New York– based actor Drew DeSimone serves as the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library’s

toric Artcraft Theatre to see this documentary about the life and death of singer Amy Winehouse. historic artcrafttheatre.org

Margaret Kimball 9/30 Indy resident

and graphic memoirist Kimball discusses her latest, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets, about mental illness and family dysfunction, in a talk at UIndy’s Schwitzer Student Center. events.uindy.edu

OCTOBER Chelsea Handler 10/2 Comedian, actress,

writer, TV host, and producer Handler shares her observations on life at the Old National Centre. oldnational centre.com

Heartland International Film Festival

don’t miss

Randy Rainbow OCTOBER 7

Rainbow, a comedian, actor, singer, and satirist with a popular eponymous YouTube channel, brings that online show to life at the Palladium while on the Pink Glasses Tour. Buy a VIP package to meet the man. thecenterpresents.org 56

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theme, Heartland celebrates 30 years of inspiring and uplifting films from around the globe, shown at Living Room Theaters, Kan-Kan Cinema & Brasserie, the Historic Artcraft Theatre, and others. heartlandfilm.org

Heather McMahan 10/8 Comedian

McMahan says goodbye during her Last Farewell Tour at Clowes Memorial Hall. butler artscenter.org

Tom Papa 10/8 With a new book

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10/7–17 With a ’90s

MOVIES, BOOKS, ETC.

10/9 Foxworthy reminisces about time gone by as only he can on the Good Old Days Tour at Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerartscenter.org

Michael Carbonaro 10/22 Prepare to be amazed at Ball State’s Emens Auditorium when this star of The Carbonaro Effect brings his inventive illusions to the stage. bsu.edu/ web/emens

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (2021) 10/25 This influential

Terese Marie Mailhot 10/14 UIndy’s Kellogg

Writers Series continues with a visit from Purdue University assistant professor Mailhot, whose memoir Heart Berries was a 2018 New York Times best-seller. Hear her story at the Schwitzer Student Center. events.uindy.edu

John Crist

10/16 Clowes Memorial Hall welcomes comic Crist as he makes the rounds on his Fresh Cuts Comedy Tour. butlerartscenter.org

Buckets N Boards Comedy Percussion Show 10/17 Combining

instrumentation, comedy, and tap dancing, Matthew Levingston and Gareth Sever entertain with a unique mix at the Palladium. thecenterpresents.org

Kevin Prufer 10/18 Acclaimed poet Prufer, whose The Art of Fiction came out earlier this year, stops by the

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rabbi is the focus of a documentary making its Indiana debut at the Arthur M. Glick JCC as part of the Ann Katz Festival of Books & Arts. The event includes a panel with the filmmaker and Rabbi Heschel’s daughter. jccindy.org

National Geographic Live! 10/26 See unique marine environments through the lens of National Geographic photographer David Doubilet and his wife, aquatic biologist and photographer Jennifer Hayes, as they present their underwater work at Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerartscenter.org

Novel Idea EARLIER THIS YEAR, Indiana Humanities launched Bookmark Indy (bookmarkindy.com), a trail of sorts that guides literary-minded users to nearly 20 local sites that inspired and influenced the city’s famous wordsmiths. Look for the red markers at each location—but before you set out, test your knowledge of some of the featured creators and their work.

1 Eastside waterway Pogue’s Run plays a role in which John Green book? A. The Fault in Our Stars B. Paper Towns C. The Anthropocene Reviewed D. Turtles All the Way Down

5 Poets Etheridge Knight and Mari Evans were prominent ﬁgures in which cultural movement? A. Black Arts Movement B. New York School C. Harlem Renaissance D. Postmodernism

2 Indy native Booth Tarkington drew inspiration for The Magniﬁcent Ambersons from which neighborhood? A. Cottage Home B. Holy Cross C. Chatham Arch D. Woodruff Place

6 Under the pen name C.L. Moore, Catherine Lucille Moore gained fame in the 1930s writing in which genre? A. Romance B. Science ﬁction and fantasy C. Children’s literature D. Poetry

3 A visit to the Catacombs underneath City Market inspired Maurice Broaddus to write which 2019 novel? A. The Usual Suspects B. Pimp My Airship C. Buffalo Soldier D. The Voices of Martyrs

7 Which organization’s headquarters is in the former home of Meredith Nicholson, author of The House of a Thousand Candles? A. Kheprw Institute B. Indiana Artisan C. Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective D. Indiana Humanities

4 Authors Madelyn Pugh, Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Wakeﬁeld, and Marguerite Young all have ties to which school? A. University of Indianapolis B. Herron School of Art + Design C. Shortridge High School D. Park Tudor School

8 Growing up near Jacob Klein Bakery & General Store, Johnny Gruelle created which characters? A. Corduroy B. Winnie the Pooh C. Raggedy Ann and Andy D. Pippi Longstocking

Rachel Beanland 10/26 As part of the Ann Katz Festival, Beanland, author of Florence Adler Swims Forever, about a multigenerational Jewish family in 1930s Atlantic City, speaks at the Arthur M. Glick JCC. jccindy.org

Dennis James Hosts Halloween 10/27 IU alum James brings to life the 1929 silent film The Mysterious Island thanks to the IU Auditorium’s pipe organ in this familyfriendly Halloween event. iuauditorium .com

WAKEFIELD, EVANS, BROADDUS, VONNEGUT, GREEN BY TONY VALAINIS; NICHOLSON HOME, PUGH, C.L. MOORE COURTESY INDIANA HUMANITIES

Jeff Foxworthy

Shelton Auditorium as part of Butler’s Visiting Writers Series. butler .edu/vws

1. D; 2. D; 3. B; 4. C; 5. A; 6. B; 7. D; 8. C

and Netflix special under his belt this year, comedian Papa visits the Schrott Center for the Arts on his Family Reunion Tour. butler artscenter.org

POP QUIZ

don’t miss

The Second City 10/29 Sketches, songs,

and improv make up this show at Clowes Memorial Hall that honors 60-plus years of laughs from the Chicagofounded troupe. butler artscenter.org

Cereal Cinema— Shrek (2001)

Heartland Shorts

11/13 Everyone’s favor-

10/30 If you missed

ite ogre takes on Lord Farquaad and falls for Princess Fiona in this movie, playing at the Basile Theatre at the Athenaeum. indy filmfest.org

Heartland this year, see award-winning shorts from the festival screened at the Arthur M. Glick JCC. jccindy.org

National Geographic Live!

The Nightmare Before Christmas 10/30–31 The Indianapo-

Retired astronaut Terry Virts lands at Clowes Memorial Hall to share photos he took while on the International Space Station, many of which were later used in an IMAX ﬁlm. butlerartscenter.org

NOVEMBER Arthur M. Glick JCC. jccindy.org

Shelton Auditorium. butler.edu/vws

Michael Bar-Zohar

Truthsgiving: Using Food to Dismantle Colonial Myth

Leah Garrett 11/1 The author of X

Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II, speaks at the Arthur M. Glick JCC as part of the Ann Katz Festival. jccindy.org

11/8 Bar-Zohar, an

Israeli historian, author, and politician, visits the Arthur M. Glick JCC in support of his new book, The Mossad Amazons: The Amazing Women in the Israeli Secret Service. jccindy.org

We Can Change the Past 11/8 Watch When

We Were Syrian: Early Lebanese in Indianapolis at Central Library and learn more about Indy’s Arab history in this Spirit & Place Festival event. spiritandplace.org

Joshua Greene 11/3 The Holocaust

G. Willow Wilson

scholar who wrote Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend, speaks at the

11/9 Butler’s Visiting

Writers Series continues with graphic novelist and journalist Wilson, considered among the vital American Muslim literary voices, at the

11/9 As part of Spirit

& Place Festival, the Eiteljorg hosts a cooking demo and conversation that explore why romanticized versions of Thanksgiving can be harmful to Natives and how guests can integrate alternatives into their Turkey Day spread. spiritandplace.org

Sinbad 11/13 Sinbad head-

NOVEMBER 16

lis Symphony Orchestra performs Danny Elfman’s score to this Tim Burton classic while the antics of Jack Skellington and crew play out on the Hilbert Circle Theatre big screen. indianapolissymphony .org

MORGAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC COURTESY BUTLER ARTS CENTER

Cinema & Brasserie kicks off this fest, followed by a mix of live and virtual screenings of films that speak to the LGBT experience. indylgbtfilmfest.com

Whose Live Anyway? 11/9 Improv comedy

pros’ sketches and games will have you in stitches at the Old National Centre. oldnationalcentre.com

Lysley Tenorio 11/10 Filipino-American

novelist and short-story writer Tenorio visits UIndy’s Schwitzer Student Center for a discussion on his work, including 2020’s The Son of Good Fortune. events.uindy.edu

Leanne Morgan 11/12 A wife and mom of three, comedian Morgan shares relatable tales from her busy life while on the Big Panty Tour at Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerartscenter.org

Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival 11/12–21 A premiere

night at Kan-Kan

lines Cancer Support Community’s Laughing Matters fundraiser at the Old National Centre. cancersupportindy.org

Leave Them Something 11/14 Writing and dance inspired by the artwork of Edie Vonnegut come together at the Arthur M. Glick JCC in this Spirit & Place Festival event, a collaboration between Dance Kaleidoscope, the Indiana Writers Center, and the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library. jccindy.org

Spirit & Place Public Conversation 11/14 Robert P. Jones, author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, talks with Christian Theological Seminary’s Leah Gunning Francis on white Christian America. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church hosts. spiritandplace.org

Joshua Jay 11/18 Your eyes may play tricks on you when this illusionist, author of How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception and Why Magic Matters, brings his act to the Arthur M. Glick JCC. jccindy.org

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MOVIES, BOOKS, ETC.

11/19 Gaffigan, who

grew up in Chesterton, brings his Fun Tour to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, which will undoubtedly serve Hot Pockets. ticketmaster.com

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live: Time Bubble Tour 11/21 Host Emily

Connor and movieriffing robots give their feedback on 1985’s Making Contact in this comedic offering at Clowes Memorial Hall. butlerartscenter.org

Bill Burr

his trunkloads of toys to the Brown County Music Center. brown countymusiccenter.org

Fortune Feimster

DECEMBER Hanif Abdurraqib 12/2 The author of March release A Little Devil in America, which chronicles Black performance in American culture, and Butler’s writer-in-residence takes part in the Visiting Writers Series at the Shelton Auditorium. butler.edu/vws

Society, where you can chat with them and browse and buy their fiction and nonfiction titles. indianahistory.org

Holiday Author Fair

An Evening with David Sedaris

12/4 Published writers

12/15 Best-selling author Sedaris, whose next diary compilation is out

Carrot Top 11/30 The longtime

comic famous for using props in his musings on pop culture, music, and current headlines totes

12/16–18 You’ve seen him on TV and in film and have heard his Monday Morning Podcast. Now hear Burr’s comedic rants in person at the Old National Centre (12/16–17) and Clowes Memorial Hall (12/18). oldnationalcentre .com; butlerartscenter .org

descend upon the Indiana Historical

in October, swings by the Palladium for a chat. thecenterpresents.org

Truly Moving Picture Award!

12/18 Indy Film Fest

concludes its Cereal Cinema season as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the Muppets gang do their best Dickens in the Basile Theatre at the Athenaeum. indyfilmfest.org

Fortune Feimster 12/16 The comedian and

actress adds flavor to Clowes Memorial Hall while on her 2 Sweet 2 Salty Tour. butlerarts center.org

Oscar nominee for Best Short Film!

Winner Party THE FIRST Heartland Film Festival (the “International” was added in 2018) in 1992 lasted five days and included 32 screenings. In 2019, the most recent “normal” event before 2020’s pivot to virtual and drive-in showings, 11 days were fi lled with over 300 screenings. Now in its 30th year, Heartland has shown more than 1,800 features and shorts. To commemorate the occasion, we’ve granted some awards to fl icks from past festivals.

Cereal Cinema— The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

BEST INDY CLOSEUP

QUIRKIEST

Night School

World of Tomorrow

Dear Santa

Feel-good Night School, which won the Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature in 2016, shadows three Indy adults working to earn high school diplomas.

One critic called this animated 2015 Crystal Heart Award Short Film winner about a young girl who time-travels to her future one of the 10 greatest ﬁlms of the century.

Queue up this cheery 2020 documentary about the human elves of the USPS’s Operation Santa who help answer the many letters kids write to St. Nick each year.

Best Documentary Feature Winner!

BEST HOLIDAY FILM

Crystal Heart Award Winner!

MOST HEARTWARMING

MOST RELEVANT

BIGGEST SURPRISE

MOST TRANSFORMATIVE

MOST INSPIRING

Young @ Heart

Freedom Riders

Keep Quiet

The 2008 festival screened this tale of a choir of senior citizens, which, despite the passing of two members, sings on, entertaining worldwide with their versions of pop music.

It could easily be a story from this year. 2010’s Freedom Riders shows how Black and white Americans challenged segregation while traveling together in the ’60s South.

Lars and the Real Girl

Climb Against the Odds

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Who would have thought that this 2007 entrant, featuring Ryan Gosling as a mentally ill man in a platonic relationship with a sex doll, would be such a critical hit?

An anti-Semitic political leader, Csanád Szegedi learns his maternal grandparents are Jewish and decides to embrace Judaism in this 2016 entry. Is his spiritual awakening sincere?

You can’t not be motivated by the story of 12 women, including ﬁve breast cancer survivors, attempting to scale Alaska’s Mount McKinley. It showed at the 1999 festival.

FEIMSTER COURTESY BUTLER ARTS CENTER

Jim Gaffigan

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VENUES & MENU GUIDE LISTINGS RESTAURANTS AND LATE-NIGHT COCKTAIL SPOTS IN SOME OF THE CITY’S ARTSIEST AREAS, PULLED FROM INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY’S DINING DIRECTORY.

MAD LIBS WITH

nick johnson

A Butler associate professor of music, Johnson creates cocktails using a guest’s music and drink preferences for the Classical Pairings Host Challenge video series. Here, he fills us in on his own favorites. The pop artist I most want to create a cocktail after is Jason Isbell, his Southeastern album. And that drink would be a peach and mint rye

julep. He’s from Alabama.

(Nearby venues: The Eiteljorg, Herron School of Art + Design, Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indiana History Center, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indiana State Museum, Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library, Long-Sharp Gallery, Phoenix Theatre)

The Eagle’s Nest CONTEMPORARY

This rotating restaurant 22 stories up has been a favorite of specialoccasion diners since it opened in the late 1970s. Skyline eye candy is complemented by the

KEY TO THE SYMBOLS $$$$ $$$ $$ $

$30 and up $20–$30 $10–$20 Under $10 Reservations accepted Open until 11 p.m. or later on Fridays and Saturdays (kitchen may close earlier)

but you can also opt for fresh daily fish, excellent scallops, and generous lobster ravioli with rock shrimp and a tomato cream sauce. Appetizers, including a playful meatball martini, are always good bets. 946 S. Meridian St., 317-974$$$ 1100, iozzos.com likes of herb-crusted prime rib and teasmoked duck. 1 S. Capitol Ave., 317-6166170, indianapolis .hyatt.com $$$$

Harry & Izzy’s STEAKHOUSE

This casual little brother to St. Elmo holds its own as a destination steakhouse itself. The marbled bone-in ribeye sizzles in its juices, a smart umami-rich pick among the high-quality Midwest-sourced prime cuts. 153 S. Illinois St., 317-635-9594, harry andizzys.com $$$

Iozzo’s Garden of Italy ITALIAN

Hearty family recipes fill the menu at this storied Italian spot,

The Oceanaire Seafood Room SEAFOOD Luxury dining takes the form of stuffed trout in tomatochive butter and whole fried fish rising off of the white plate at this high-end chain. 30 S. Meridian St., 317-9552277, theoceanaire.com $$$$

Ruth’s Chris Steak House STEAKHOUSE

Most everything here skews toward over-the-top extravagance, like the 40-ounce porterhouse to the iPadstyle cocktail menu. A la carte sides excel in the starchy, au gratin food groups. 45 S. Illinois St., 317-633-1313, ruthschris $$$$ indy.com

The artist I would pair a domestic beer with is St. Paul and the Broken

Bones. T hey’re sort of a neosoul group. It’s very classic American, goes down smooth. I would love for Myles Turner to be a Classical Pairings guest because he’s

my favorite local athlete. I just really like watching him play defense for the Pacers. The secret to pairing music and drink is

emotion plus geography. My home bar is always stocked with

virtually everything. We always have handles of all the major spirits. We have about 15 bitters on hand, all the vermouths. My favorite pop artist is Beck. He’s a bit of a chameleon. And classical is Mozart. His operas are my favorite works in classical music. You can ﬁnd me at the Chatterbox listening to T he Tucker Brothers.

I do Maker’s Mark there.

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DOWNTOWN

VENUES & MENUS

Spoke & Steele

Salt on Mass

MODERN FRENCH

SEAFOOD

Fresh fish arrives daily at this gleaming restaurant that boasts of not even owning a freezer. That means the menu is written around the latest catch. 505 Massachusetts Ave., 317-638-6565, salt $$$ onmass.com

equal panache. Nosh on beef brisket slowroasted in a Guinness sauce or Japanese blackened shrimp with coconut grits. 6525 N. College Ave., 317-253-0111, northside social.com $$

BODHI: Craft Bar + Thai Bistro

Petite Chou FRENCH-INSPIRED Start

with the chilled asparagus soup before tackling the steak frites, bouillabaisse, or chicken crepe. Toast with a champagne cocktail. 823 Westfield Blvd., 317259-0765, petitechou bistro.com $$

Tinker Street St. Elmo Steak House STEAKHOUSE

The drill at this unofficial ambassador of downtown: a generous martini, a shrimp cocktail, the bean soup or tomato juice, the wedge, and one of the large steaks. 127 S. Illinois St., 317635-0636, stelmos.com $$$$

CONTEMPORARY

This snug eatery puts equal focus on experimentation and execution of precisely flavored creations, from rich braised-lamb cottage pie to a full selection of vegan options. 402 E. 16th St., 317-925-5000, tinkerstreetindy.com $$

Union 50 GASTROPUB

MASS AVE/OLD NORTHSIDE (Nearby venues: The Cabaret, Circle City Industrial Complex, The District Theatre, Gallery 924, Harrison Center, Hedback Theater, IndyFringe Theatre, Old National Centre)

BODHI: Craft Bar + Thai Bistro THAI Three generations of women form the foundation of this restaurant serving a small, focused menu of Thai dishes like Massaman curry with braised beef. 922 Massachusetts Ave., 317-941-6595, bodhiindy.com $$

Bru Burger Bar GOURMET BURGERS The gilded-burger trend is revived to great effect in this stylish spot, evidenced by the Bru Burger with sweet tomato jam and porter-braised onions. 410 Massachusetts Ave., 317-635-4278, bruburgerbar.com $$

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This subtly retro addition just off Mass Ave’s restaurant row showcases sesamesoy sticky chicken wings, kimchi meatloaf with apple-yuzu jam, and steamed mussels in a broth chunky with chorizo and fingerling potatoes. 620 N. East St., 317-610-0234, union-50 $$$ .com

FLETCHER PLACE/ FOUNTAIN SQUARE (Nearby venues: Garfield Park Arts Center, HI-FI, White Rabbit Cabaret, Tube Factory Artspace)

Aroma INDIAN

Familiar tandoori and tikka masala staples mingle with heartier, more elevated offerings at this elegant pan-Indian spot that opened in early 2021. 501 Virginia Ave., 317602-7117, aromaindy .com $$

CARMEL pus, gourmet pork cracklings, and strip loin plated with root vegetable hash, carried out just about flawlessly. 653 Virginia Ave., 317686-1580, bluebeard indy.com $$

Maialina Italian Kitchen + Bar

Mama Carolla’s

ITALIAN

Straw-wrapped chianti bottles and family photos give a throwback trattoria feel to this addition to the city’s Italian scene. Meatballs, from a family recipe, are always a good choice with a solid house marinara. 1103 Prospect St., 317-982-7676, maialina indy.com $$

BROAD RIPPLE & SOBRO (Nearby venues: Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis Art Center, Schrott Center for the Arts, Shelton Auditorium, Storefront Theatre of Indianapolis, The Vogue)

Bluebeard

Delicia

MODERN COMFORT

NEW LATIN

Adventurous diners nibble on grilled octo-

Go-to standards still include tender, smoky octopus tostones and rich, aromatic enchiladas de pato filled with tender shredded duck. 5215 N. College Ave., 317-925-0677, delicia indy.com $$

More-upscale fare here melds all the styles of Latin culture.

Come here for charm galore, most notably the 1920s villa that houses this longtime favorite. The accessible menu includes medallions of veal smothered in Gorgonzola sauce and pestocovered ravioli. 1031 E. 54th St., 317-259-9412, mamacarollas.com $$

Meridian Restaurant & Bar RUSTIC GOURMET

This luxe lodge is known for hearty and elaborate dishes, from duck-leg confit and vegetable roulade to boar Bolognese. 5694 N. Meridian St., 317-466-1111, meridianonmeridian .com $$$

The Northside Social CONTEMPORARY

This swanky neighborhood spot offers cocktails and comfort cuisine with

(Nearby venues: The Center for the Performing Arts, The CAT Theatre, Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael)

Anthony’s Chophouse STEAKHOUSE Lobster

bisque with a hunk of tempura-fried meat and a frilled-up wedge salad begin a meal that might include a bonein cowgirl ribeye or a flight of filets. 201 W. Main St., Carmel, 317740-0900, anthonys chophouse.com $$$$

Divvy SMALL PLATES This City Center favorite boasts at least 100 shareable dishes; do try the sweet corn crème brûlée. 71 W. City Center Dr., Carmel, 317-706-0000, divvy carmel.com $$

Woodys Library Restaurant CONTEMPORARY

Though pork chops and steaks headline the entrees, the menu here still evolves in delicious ways. 40 E. Main St., Carmel, 317-573-4444, woodyscarmel.com $$$

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The menu here is French cuisine with fusion touches, including steak au poivre lavished with bone marrow butter and cassoulet with chicken and butternut squash. 123 S. Illinois St., 317737-1616, spokeand steele.com $$$

2021-22 SEASON

IndyFringe Festival

Aug 20-Sept 5, 2021 The Basile Theatre at the Historic Athenaeum

Coppélia

Sept 24-26, 2021 The Toby at Newfields

New Works

Nov 4-7, 2021 The District Theatre

The Nutcracker

Dec 10-12, 2021 The Murat Theatre at Old National Centre

Nutcracker Sweets

Dec 17-19, 2021 The Toby at Newfields

Love Springs Eternal

Feb 18-20, 2022 The Toby at Newfields

Swan Lake

Apr 22-24, 2022 The Toby at Newfields

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