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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
 June 10
Music Mill
Charity albums and cause-focused music tend to be well-meaning, but without much shelf life and replay value. They also tend not to offer much interest musically.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, with its "What's Going On?" disc, proved an exception. Released a year after Hurricane Katrina and, in part benefiting its victims, the ambitious recording offered DDBB's take not just on the title song, but on Marvin Gaye's entire 1971 album of the same name.
You may like or dislike the use of Public Enemy rapper Chuck Dee on the lead song, but there's no denying the musical integrity of the project - or of the band itself, which will be performing at the Music Mill on Tuesday.
To hear the band jamming, click here.
For more details on the concert, click here.
"Honk!"
 June 6-22
Buck Creek Players
The Olivier Awards are the British equivalent of the Tony Awards. And in 2000, "Mamma Mia!" was up against "The Lion King" for the title of Best New Musical.
Guess what won?
Not the Abba hit parade nor the "Circle of Life" extravaganza. No, the winner was an unassuming little charmer called "Honk!," which retold the story of The Ugly Duckling.
Is it really a better show than those two blockbusters? Buck Creek Players, a southeast side community theater with a penchant for producing contemporary musicals unseen elsewhere in town (next season brings "Grey Gardens"), will attempt to make the case for "Honk" - albeit on a tighter budget - when it opens the barnyard musical Friday. For more details, click here.
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Yank Rachell Tribute
June 8
Indiana Historical Society
Blues mandolin legend Yank Rachell has been gone for 10 years, but the former Indianapolis resident's legacy lives on.
That legacy is being celebrated with a new CD that's being launched with a Sunday afternoon concert. Performers scheduled to appear include Andra Faye of the Uppity Blues Women, Gordon Bonham, Governor Davis, Karen & the Beast, and Rich DelGrosso (who you can hear here if you skip the first two minutes of dialogue).
For more details on the concert, click here.
Remembering Jack Gilfoy
June 8
Jazz Kitchen
In early May, Indiana - and the music world - lost another beloved entertainer. |  | | | |
|  Drummer Jack Gilfoy made a name for himself playing with the likes of Jimmy Dorsey and Nelson Riddle as well as a who's who of popular recording artists, from Cher to Andy Williams. Even while serving as director of jazz and music business services at the Indiana University School of Music at IUPUI, he maintained a steady schedule of gigs with bands of seemingly every size.
He often appeared at The Jazz Kitchen, which is serving as the home for this tribute concert. Brent Wallarab and Mark Buselli host a lineup set to include Mary Moss, Everett Green and many others. For more details, click here.
"Helvetica"
June 5
Indianapolis Museum of Art
OK, so it isn't an "Iron Man"-level summer blockbuster. But this unusual documentary about, yes, the typeface, has been a hit at festivals and museums around the country.
The film looks at how the 50-year-old font has become so ubiquitous - and how it has helped shape advertising, psychology and design. Julia Wallace of The Village Voice said the documentary "... keenly distills the eternal aesthetic battle between the classical and the baroque and explores what happens when a revolution goes mainstream."
For more details, click here.
This week's contest
This week, win a pair of tickets to opening night of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Symphony on the Prairie season. The concert? An evening of ABBA music.
For more details on the concert, click here.
To enter our contest, just fill out the form here. We'll pull one name at random next week.
Oh, and while filling out the entry form, answer this week's question: Who of today's actors would you want to see in a remake of "Little House on the Prairie"?
Last week, we offered a pair of tickets to Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre's June 13-14 presentation of "Hooray for Bollywood," a celebration of the film musicals of India. The winner? Brandy Wood.
We also asked entrants to fill in this blank: "Hooray for _____________." Our favorite responses are here.
And don't forget to visit Lou Harry's A&E blog here.
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