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Savion Glover at the Madame Walker Theatre Center. 
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Madame Walker Theatre Center
Following up on last year's visit, Glover returns this year to teach workshops to kids and to offer another public performance. Rare is the chance to see a world-class talent, such as Glover, at the top of his game. Take advantage of it. Go. I've rearranged an out-of-town trip to be back in time. For more details, click here. Rush, Aug. 26 at Verizon Wireless Music Center It's been bugging me since high school, but I never bothered checking. Until now. With Rush coming to town, I figured it was high time I figured out what the heck the band's signature song, "Tom Sawyer," is really about. Here's what I found: Apparently "Tom Sawyer" started as a poem by lyricist Pye Dubois called "Louis the Warrior." Dubois presented it to Rush drummer Neil Peart, who expanded it. "[Dubois's] original lyrics were kind of a portrait of a modern day rebel, a free-spirited individualist striding through the world wide-eyed and purposeful," Peart said in a 1985 Backstage Club newsletter, "I added the themes of reconciling the boy and man in myself, and the difference between what people are and what others perceive them to be—namely me I guess." Here's hoping that helps you catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery and, most importantly, catch the drift. For more details, click here.
IndyFringe, Aug. 24-Sept. 2 at multiple Mass Ave venues First, accept the fact that you are unlikely to enjoy everything you see at IndyFringe. That's because IndyFringe plays are "selected" on a first-come/first served basis. In other words, anyone who wanted to perform—and ponied up the entry fee on time—can perform. That's why the best way to enjoy the festival is to plan on seeing at least three shows. Take time in between to check out the art at Visual Fringe. Sit in on one of the programs of FringeFilm flicks. Grab a bite to eat at a Mass Ave restaurant. And, most importantly, don't be shy about talking to other Fringe patrons around you. There's an onslaught of entertainment here and the more you talk to others, the more likely your next pick will satisfy. What do I have the highest hopes for? (I know you didn't ask that, but I'll pretend you did.) Well, when doing the Fringe, I like to mix up the local and the out-of-town shows. This year, I've got my eye on "Different Trains," Indy-based dance company Susurrus' collaboration with videographer David Yosha; and Chicago improv group Cool Table not because they were brilliant last year, but because I got a kick out of their infectious duck-duck-goose song. Also on my to-see list: Big Car's performance piece "I Am Another You," and a Marcel Duchamp-influenced Hawaiian magician going by the name rada dada. Of course, I could change my mind at the last minute. That's the way things are out on the fringe. For more details, click here. Ragtime Music Festival, Aug. 24-26 at the Indiana History Center and other locations It's been a hundred years since ragtime was at the peek of its popularity and while the syncopated sound may have lost its mass audience, it hasn't lost its appeal. For full preview, click here. Dark Carnival Film Festival, Aug. 23-25 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre and other Bloomington-area locations Under normal conditions, I would not send you to Bloomington to watch horror movies. But the creators of the Dark Carnival Film Festival have taken a few interesting, innovative steps to kick this event up a few notches. For full preview, click here. This Week's Contest: Win one of three pairs of seats to the Indiana Repertory Theatre's production of "Our Town." For more details, click here. | |||||||||||||||||||
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