Shakespeare fans consider different angle of playwright\nAt 4 p.m. today, the IU Art Museum will give audience members a chance to consider Shakespeare from different angles. "Shakespeare in Art, Music and Word" is a special Arts Week program that will bring together performers from the Indiana Shakespeare Festival and the Early Music Institute, IU Dramaturg Tom Shafer and Jenny McComas, the IU Art Museum curator of Western Art after 1800. Henry Fuseli's painting Prospero, Caliban and Miranda in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," Act 1, Scene 2 (ca. 1806-10), and James Fittler's print "Measure for Measure," Act 3, Scene 1 (1794), both in the IU Art Museum's collection, are the inspiration. See these acts performe, listen to music from Shakespeare's time and hear brief discussions about the role of 18th century theatre and Shakespeare in the visual arts. The event will take place in the Special Exhibitions Gallery at the IU Art Museum. Admission is free. Cookies and punch will be served following the program. For additional information call 855-5445.\nExhibit tells history of local black heritage\nThe traveling exhibit, "This Far By Faith: Black Hoosier Heritage Exhibit" explores the distinctive and lasting contributions black Hoosiers have made to Indiana culture. The exhibit also features a photo collage containing over 50 photographs of events, people and places of importance in Indiana history. The photos range from 19th century portraits of black families to pictures of contemporary civil rights activities, sports and entertainment figures. \nThis short-term exhibit can be seen at the Monroe County History Center throughout February. The History Center, 202 E. Sixth St., is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.
'Jekyll and Hyde' Tour pokes fun at classical music\nThe composer, musician, author and satirist Peter Schickele presents "P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour" at 8 p.m. Sunday at the IU Auditorium. For decades, Peter Schickele has kept audiences in stitches with his presentations of the alleged music of P.D.Q. Bach, who was "discovered" by Schickele as being the "last and least" of Johann Sebastian. Bach's musical offspring. His presentations of P.D.Q.'s extensive repertoire have included the full-length comic operas "The Abduction of Figaro," "Oedipus Tex," "Music for an Awful Lot of Winds," "Percussion" and other comedic pieces that poke fun at some of classical music's pretensions with musicological parody and slapstick. Tickets for the event are $19 and $12 for IUB students with reserved seating. For more information, call 855-1103.
Kid Rock arrested for punching disc jockey at strip club\nNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kid Rock was arrested Wednesday by Nashville police on charges that he punched a disc jockey at a strip club. The 34-year-old performer was released after posting a $3,000 bond on a charge of simple assault, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.\n"Everything is wonderful. It was a beautiful night," Kid Rock said as he left the Criminal Justice Center.\nHe had appeared a few hours earlier before Night Court Commissioner Howard Taradash. Kid Rock laughed and joked with the two officers who arrested him and two others there for the hearing. Authorities said he was charged after a 3 a.m. altercation at Christie's Cabaret near downtown Nashville.\n"Inside the establishment there was a squabble concerning, I guess, the selection of music," Nashville police Sgt. James Smith told reporters. "Again there are no major injuries but an assault did take place."\nTelevision footage from outside the club showed the DJ, identified as Jay Campos, with a red mark on his face and holding his broken eyeglasses.
