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This Week Around Indy
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FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 6-13, 2008
ALL OUTDOOR EVENTS ARE WEATHER PERMITTING
Indiana Black Expo News Release from Indianapolis Downtown, Inc. (MS Word)
Sat: 30th Annual Arts in the Park
Sat: Metrogaine Urban Scavenger Hunt
Sat: Cumberland Farmers' Market
Sat: Broad Ripple Farmers' Market
Sat: Binford Farmers' Market
Sat: Carmel Farmers' Market
Sat: Hancock Harvest Council Farmers' Market
Sat: Greenfield Farmers' Market
Sat: Meals on Two Wheels Poker Run
Sat: Lanthier Winery Midsummer Celebration
Sat: Dinner in the Diner Train
Sat: Pizza Train
Sat: Movies in the Park
Sat-Sun: Campus Sculpture Walk
Sat-Sun: 38th Annual Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration
Sat-Sun: UniverSoul Circus
Sat-Sun: Indianapolis Museum of Art Garden Walks
Sat-Sun: Weekend Express Train
More Special Events...
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Sat: Acoustic Catfish
Sat: Marsh Symphony on the Prairie
Sat: Joby Hurst
Sat: Mo-Betta Jazz
Sat: Groovin' in the Garden
Sat: Michael Beck and Kenny Kipp
Sat: Midtown Wave
Sat: They've Shot Flannigan
Sat: Indiana Black Expo Music Heritage Festival
Sat: Keyshia Cole, KEM, Chrisette Michele
Sat: Billy Crash Craddock
Sat: New York Voices
Sat: Summer Sounds on the Square
Sat: Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Sat: Tammy Malone
Sat: One in the Same
Sat: The Benders
Sun: Jazz Jam with Cathy Morris
Sun: Tom Young
Sun: The Tides
Sun: Dave Miller
Sun: WhiteLies.tv Free Concert at American Legion Mall
Sun: Cameo, ConFunkShun, The Whispers
Sun: Brooks and Dunn
More Live Music Events...
More Concerts...
Sat: Johnson County 4-H Fair
Sat: 71st Annual St. Christopher Mid-Summer Festival
Sat: Oldenburg Freudenfest
Sat: St. Susanna Parish Festival
Sat: Lanthier Winery Midsummer Celebration
Sat: 13th Annual Indiana Microbrewers Festival
Sat-Sun: 38th Annual Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration
Sat-Sun: 40th Annual Three Rivers Festival
Sat-Sun: Hamilton County 4-H Fair
Sat-Sun: Marion County 4-H Fair
Sat-Sun: Boone County 4-H Fair
Sat-Sun: 13th Annual Middle Eastern Festival
Sat-Sun: Hendricks County 4-H Fair
Sun: Madison County 4-H Fair
More Fairs and Festivals...
Actors Theatre of Indiana, ends July 20: And the World Goes Round
American Cabaret Theatre, ends Aug. 17: The Wiz
Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, ends Aug. 3: Smoke on the Mountain
Belfry Theatre, Aug. 1-10: Bye Bye Birdie
Brown County Playhouse, ends Aug. 3: How the Other Half Loves
Brown County Playhouse, Aug. 8-24: The Boys Next Door
Buck Creek Players Theatre, July 25 to Aug. 3: Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.
Carmel Community Players, July 25 to Aug. 10: Seussical the Musical
Coachlight Musicals (ongoing): A Sentimental Journey
Coachlight Musicals (ongoing): Frankie, Annette, Elvis and Me
Coachlight Musicals (ongoing): Higher The Hair II
Epilogue Players Theatre, ends July 27: The Turn of the Worm
Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival, Aug. 22-31: IndyFringe 2008
Mainstage Theatre, ends July 26: Wait Until Dark
Myers Dinner Theatre, ends Aug. 30: The Hillsboro Sorehead Murders
Our Town Players Theatre, ends July 20: Zombie Prom
Phoenix Theatre, ends July 19: Some Men
Pike Performing Arts Center, Aug. 15-16: Superhero (by Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre)
Star Plaza Theatre, July 19-20, 25-26: Chicago the Musical
More Live Theatre Events...
Sat: See What Moves You ends July 26
Sat: You Are There: 1945 Hoosier Home Front ends Dec. 31
Sat: The Contemporary Midwest ends Aug. 2
Sat: Piecing Together an Era: An Exhibit of 19th Century Quilts ends Sept. 13
Sat-Sun: Animation ends Jan. 4, 2009
Sat-Sun: Ansel Adams in Yosemite ends Dec. 31
Sat-Sun: Butterflies ends Sept. 2
Sat-Sun: Comic Book Heroes ends May 3, 2009
Sat-Sun: Curious George™: Let's Get Curious ends Aug. 3
Sat-Sun: Footprints: Balancing Nature's Diversity ends Aug. 3
Sat-Sun: Harlem Goes West ends July 27
Sat-Sun: Koalas presented by Citizens Gas ends Sept. 1
Sat-Sun: Planes, Trains and Automobiles ends Aug. 1
Sat-Sun: Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting ends Aug. 24
Sat-Sun: The Indiana Story Ongoing exhibit
Sat-Sun: Two Worlds, One Language Through Art ends Aug. 23
Sat-Sun: Great Frame Up Art Show ends Aug. 24
Sat-Sun: Memory: A Major New Exhibition at Central Library ends Sept. 7
Sat-Sun: Yosemite: Art of an American Icon ends Aug. 3
Sat-Sun: To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum ends Sept. 7
Sat-Sun: On the Road Again with Jack Kerouac and Robert Frank ends Sept. 21
Sat-Sun: Paris Posters: The Art of the Streets ends Aug. 24
Sat-Sun: Shared Beauty: Eastern Rugs and Western Purses ends Jan. 4, 2009
Sat-Sun: Hats of Africa: From Asante to Zulu ends Sept. 28
Sat-Sun: Lida Abdul Video Installation ends Sept. 28
Sat-Sun: Cirrus Editions/Crown Point Press ends Nov. 30
Sat-Sun: On the Road Again with Jack Kerouac and Robert Frank ends Sept. 21
Sat-Sun: Simply Halston ends Nov. 2
Sat-Sun: On Procession ends Aug. 10
Sat-Sun: Irvington Guild of Artists' Collector's Show ends Aug. 3
More Exhibits...
Indiana Black Expo News Release from Indianapolis Downtown, Inc. (MS Word)
2008 Outdoor Summer Concerts Downtown: 83K Word .doc | 47K Adobe PDF
2008 Summer Festivals Downtown: 78K Word .doc | 45K Adobe PDF
2008 Summer Savings Downtown: 205K Word .doc | 82K Adobe PDF
Jul-Aug 2008 Event Listings(134K Adobe PDF, updated 6/25/2008)
Aug-Sept 2008 Event Listings (94K Adobe PDF, posted 5/23/2008)
Sept-Oct 2008 Event Listings (56K Adobe PDF, posted 6/25/2008)
IDI Web site: http://www.indydt.com
Tennis Championships, July 12-20
Some of the world's best tennis players compete for a purse worth $525,000. July 12-20: Hours, matches, and other activities vary daily. Info: See Web site below or call 800-622-LOVE (5683). Indianapolis Tennis Center, 815 West New York Street, Indianapolis, Marion County. www.tennisindy.com. Tennis Center on AroundIndy.com...
'And the World Goes Round' at Pike PAC
Actors Theatre of Indiana presents And the World Goes Round at Pike Performing Arts Center, 6701 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, July 10-20, 2008.
This sexy and sassy musical revue showcases the hits from Broadway’s longest collaborating team, songwriters John Kander and Fred Ebb. The show includes such showstoppers as: Cabaret, New York, New York, Maybe This Time, Coffee In A Cardboard Cup, Colored Lights, And All That Jazz, Class, Mister Cellophane, Me And My Baby, Ring Them Bells, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, and many more from the Broadway musicals of Chicago, The Happy Time, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Cabaret, The Rink, Funny Lady and the movie New York, New York. Sometimes slick, consistently clever, often insightful and always moving, this revue is a celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.
Producing Artistic Director and Co-Founder Don Farrell will direct and co-choreograph, Co-Founder Cynthia Collins co-choreographs, and Terry Woods directs a stellar cast. Show times are Thu-Sat at 8 pm and Sun at 2 pm).
Tickets for this engagement are $32 ($27 seniors ages 65+, $25 group rate for groups of 10 or more, $19 students), and are available by calling the Pike Performing Arts Center Box Office at 317-215-5455 or via the Actors Theatre of Indiana Web site at http://www.actorstheatreofindiana.org, or the Pike PAC Web site: http://www.pikepac.org. Pike Performing Arts Center on AroundIndy.com...
ABOVE: Photo provided by the performance group.
'Smoke...' Gets in your Eyes at Beef and Boards
Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 Michigan Road, presents Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming, now playing through Aug. 6, 2008.
The lovable Singing Sanders Family returns to Beef and Boards for this sequel, written by Connie Ray, that reveals what happened in the years after their fateful first “Saturday Night Sing” in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
The original Smoke on the Mountain cast returns to reprise their roles. They include: John Vessels as Mervin Oglethorpe, Sarah Hund as June Sanders, Bob Payne as Burl Sanders, Pam Pendleton as Vera Sanders, Jayson Elliott as Stanley Sanders, Jennie Malone as Denise Sanders and Andrew M. Ross as Dennis Sanders. As with the 2007 production, the show is directed by Jeff Stockberger.
Show times vary by performance date. For more information, visit the Beef and Boards Web site or call 317-872-9664. Beef and Boards on AroundIndy.com...
Lock and Key Singles Event, July 26
Meet the opposite sex in a fun and different way at Subterra Lounge, 250 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, on Saturday, July 26, 2008, from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Every woman gets a padlock. Every man gets a key. Your goal is to match the right key with the right padlock. The party includes two extra raffle tickets (prepays only), one free Smirnoff Vodka cocktail, free appetizers until 8:30 pm, over $1,000 worth of prizes, free admission into Subterra Lounge (no additional cover to stay after 10 pm), and the opportunity to mix, mingle and make new friends.
$30 at the door. Register and prepay online with the code AROUNDINDY and attend for $20 at this Web site: http://www.lockandkeyevents.com/indy. For more information, call Courtney at 574-298-0043.
County Fair Schedule
Remaining county fairs in the 9-county metro area include:
Boone County, ends July 24, Lebanon
Hamilton County, ends July 21, Noblesville
Hendricks County (Adobe PDF), July 19-26, Danville
Johnson County, ends July 19, Franklin
Madison County, July 20-26, Alexandria
Marion County, ends July 26, Indianapolis
Morgan County, July 26 to Aug. 2, Martinsville
Fairs and Festivals on AroundIndy.com...
Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival, Aug. 22-31
The 4th annual Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival is scheduled for Aug. 22-31, 2008, featuring more than 200 shows in 10 days at five Massachusetts Avenue venues: American Cabaret Theatre, ComedySportz Arena, Theatre on the Square Main Stage, Theatre on the Square Stage 2, and the Phoenix Theatre.
In addition to live shows, IndyFringe features Visual Fringe (an art show beginning Aug. 1), FringeNext featuring teen performance groups, free street theatre with buskers and other street performers, Fringe Film in association with the Indianapolis International Film Festival, and lots more. The Opening Night party is scheduled for 5:30 pm on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at the Indianapolis Historic Fire Museum at 748 Massachusetts Avenue, with previews of the shows and lots more. This is a two-hour free party open to the public.
IndyFringe headquarters opens on Aug. 1 at 425 Massachusetts Avenue for copies of the official program, tickets, a printed copy of the schedule of shows, merchandise, advance information, backer buttons, and more. The complete show schedule is online right now on AroundIndy.com: Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival.
For complete information, visit the IndyFringe Web site at http://www.indyfringe.org, or call 317-822-4386.
PICTURED ABOVE: Brent McCoy from Vermont brings his remarkable skills back to IndyFringe in 2008 as a clown, street performer, juggler and entertainer, in Clown at Work. Photo provided by the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival.
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