1. The need for connection is a timely theme for nearly anything amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, and that relational thread runs through Columbus North High School’s presentation of "Almost Maine" to be presented at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday at North’s Judson Erne Auditorium, 1400 25th St. The crowd will be limited to 200 people, and attendees are required to wear masks. Tickets, not being sold at the door, are $8 and available at https://northdrama.seatyourself.biz
2. Former Columbus painter Carole Wantz, of St. Louis, Missouri, is featuring an eclectic mix of her primitive art in a 30-piece show called “The Artwork of Carole Wantz: Collected Stories from Columbus, Indiana” displayed at the Indiana State Museum’s Thomas A. King Bridge Gallery in downtown Indianapolis. Wantz’s work, done for corporate leaders such as the late J. Irwin Miller and many other people during her time here from 1975 to 1985, highlights a homey, warm, folk-art feel. Your museum admission price gets you into the exhibition. Information: indianamuseum.org
3. The band Cornfields and Crossroads will perform what it calls :hard-driving bluegrass," including some original songs, at 7 p.m. April 17 at The Pixy Theatre at 111 S. Walnut St. in Edinburgh. The group has been together since 2007. Tickets are $5.
