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Spectators meandered around the exhibit regarding the art that adorns the walls of the Vonnegut Library. Excited fans gathered around Tim O’Brien outside as he signed books while leafs swirled about on a sunny morning in early November.

By its own admission, G.B.F. makes for a perfect marriage of Stephen King’s Carrie and Mariah Carey’s ill-fated Glitter flick. And as that flick is already in this film fest’s rear-view mirror, here are three worth viewing yet this weekend.

“Why won’t the government intervene to stop this Carrie Underwood ‘The Sound of Music’? I worry about the world we’re leaving our children.” —@colefarrell

We expected. She delivered. She even penned her own dispatch to the world at large about her time in Indy. But what to make of Tuesday’s comments, comparing her personal strife to a mass tragedy? Sorry, Martha—that’s not “a good thing.”

This year’s edition of the Vonnegut-inspired literary journal includes contributors such as Lewis Black and Ralph Steadman.

A number of attendees, whether in homage to Pardo and his love of color or else seeing the evening as a chance to break away from typical Midwestern style, turned out in eye-catching styles.

Dig out a dandy outfit and don’t miss this side of British biking culture.

The native Hoosier and Ball State grad plays a character now who’s a far cry from the previous role she revealed to local audiences. See her thoughts on obsessed Wicked fans, life on the road, and more.

During its first two runs in Indy, Wicked cast a spell on local audiences, sweeping in 120,000 people and $8.6 million. Those numbers got us interested in other figures from the hit musical, which returns to the Murat Theatre on Nov. 13.

The former ISO musical director joins his old colleagues for a reunion concert Nov. 1–2 at Hilbert Circle Theatre. We conducted a brief interview before the show.

“One cannot get into, or out of, the spacesuits as quickly as shown, but that’s okay,” he says.

On Oct. 4 at iMOCA, the local rockstar and architecture buff launched an exhibit of works by his grandfather Jan Ruhtenberg, a modernist designer. Here, a minimalist interview.

Fan-favorite pieces and drawings that reveal the artist’s thought process are on display from Oct. 13 through Jan. 12, 2014, in one of the most comprehensive collections of his work to date.

Lily & Madeleine made their debut on national TV Saturday, performing songs from their upcoming album on CBS This Morning.

This world premiere did not disappoint. Beth Leavel, a Tony Award winner, commanded every song she took on, moving fluidly among touchingly romantic and randy, handsy numbers.