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Classic filmmaker Stanley Kramer dies at age 87\nProducer-director Stanley Kramer, whose nearly three dozen films included such classics as "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Inherit the Wind," died Monday at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills. He was 87 and had been ill with pneumonia. \nIn the 1950s and '60s, first as producer and later as producer-director, Kramer explored such issues as race in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "The Defiant Ones," Nazi war crimes in "Judgment at Nuremberg," fundamentalism versus modern science in "Inherit the Wind" and nuclear holocaust in "On the Beach." \n"He stood for things that nobody else ever stood for in those days," Karen Sharpe Kramer, his wife of 35 years, said.\nOrchestra marks Black History Month with concert\nThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will perform its 16th annual "Celebration of Black History" concert with Raymond Harvey, former ISO Exxon Arts Endowment Assistant Conductor and violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis.\nDance Kaleidoscope to present 'Passion'\nContemporary dance ensemble Dance Kaleidoscope will perform "Passion" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Indianapolis Civic Theatre. Tickets range from $23 to $27, but student and senior citizen discounts are available. Tickets are available at the box office by calling (317) 923-4597. For more information, call (317) 940-6555 or visit www.dancekal.org.\nStudio Operas canceled\nThe Studio Operas, originally scheduled for Feb. 28 and March 1, have been canceled. For more information, call 855-9846. \nFormer IU Soul Revue director to host WFIU NPR series\nFormer IU Soul Revue director William Blanfield hosts a new series on WFIU, "Landscapes in Color." The program's second installment, featuring a performance of "The African-American Epic Suite" by Yusef Lateef, will air at 7 p.m. Sunday on 103.7 FM. For more information, call 855-1357 or visit www.wfiu.indiana.edu.\nBrown County Playhouse musical auditions Saturday\nAuditions for the Brown County Playhouse's musical production "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" will take place at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Aydelotte 195 (on the corner of Union and Seventh streets). Actors should prepare a 90-second contemporary monologue, followed by "16 measures of your best musical comedy stuff" and should bring a score with the 16 measures clearly marked. Pianist will be provided. To reserve an audition time, call 855-4535. For more information, contact Audience Development at 855-3047 or 855-0514.