Around the Arts

Gordon Bonham and Jim Richter
WHEN 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
WHERE Peoples Park
MORE INFO This week’s installment of the Peoples Park Concert Series, a free weekly lunchtime concert series, features a duet performance of Bonham and Richter with “electric and acoustic blues.”

Glass art demonstration
WHEN 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
WHERE The Venue Fine
Art & Gifts, 114 S. Grant St.
MORE INFO Ryan Hoffman, a local glassblower, will give a free demonstration of glassblowing on the porch of The Venue and discuss his process. In addition, there will also be several of Hoffman’s pieces for sale and a reception after the demonstration.

Summer Music Festival: Symphony Orchestra
WHEN 8 p.m. Tuesday
WHERE Musical Arts Center
MORE INFO The final concert of this year’s Summer Music Festival will be a performance of the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Cliff Colnot. Colnot is the principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and of the MusicNOW series from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The free concert will feature works by Schubert and Hindemith.

‘Present Laughter’
WHEN 8 p.m. August 12-15, 19-22 and 3 p.m. Aug. 15, 16, 22 and 23
WHERE Brown County Playhouse, 70 S. Van Buren St. in Nashville, Ind.
MORE INFO This Noel Coward-written play focuses on aging actor Garry, played by Paul DeBoy, and his exploits dealing with romantic overtures, his wife and his work as an actor. The cast includes national and regional-level professional actors and several theater MFA candidates. Tickets are $12 for children and students and $20 general admission. They are available at www.theatre.indiana.edu.

International Year of Astronomy Summer Film: ‘Moonraker’
WHEN 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
WHERE Swain Hall West 119
MORE INFO “Moonraker,” the final film of this summer’s International Year of Astronomy Summer Film Series, is a 1979 James Bond film wherein Bond, played by Roger Moore, tries to thwart an international genocide plan after a suspicious midair space shuttle theft. The International Year of Astronomy is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first telescope use. The film is free and is followed by open viewing hours at the Kirkwood Observatory.