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Dearest Play Listers,Do you know how you’re spending your summer yet? It’ll be here in a blink. For some, it already kinda is. Prom happened, graduation caps went up in the air, the Chreece headliners were announced and the signups for the public library’s summer reading program started.It’s the perfect time to choose patio seating or get an ice cream cone. Everyone is looking pretty outside. So don’t delay! Catch up your calendar with our May things to do list. And read on for your weekly dose of arts and culture vitamins.Get more Indianapolis arts and culture coverage at MirrorIndy.org/Arts.You can also subscribe to get the Play List email newsletter.

Dear Play Listers,Now that I’m a new mom, I’m looking around in this new-to-me landscape of advertisements and celebrations for Mother’s Day. According to Good Housekeeping magazine (which my mother read religiously from the 1970s until the early 2000s), Mother’s Day started as an anti-war movement. It evolved to what it is now, a $25 billion commercial holiday. This makes me think. How can we make sure Mother’s Day is not another Black Friday?If you read on, you might get ideas to take your special señora to a plant sale or a drag race. Plan to see new art with her or take her to a fancy event that raises funds for a good cause. Get creative and make it meaningful. That’s my humble, newbie advice.Get more Indianapolis arts and culture coverage at MirrorIndy.org/Arts.You can also subscribe to get the Play List email newsletter.

Greetings Play Listers,If headlines about tech bros, the AI takeover and data centers have you feeling like tossing your phone into a sinkhole, you might find this edition of Play List highly stimulating and helpful. But first, this Friday is the first day of May and you know what that means: Reporter Mesgana Waiss combed through thousands of events and made a list with 40 events you can only attend IRL.We have gallery, museum and art fair openings, a book bedazzling event, a gathering that celebrates women with yoga and live music, and a party that makes lemonade out of a big lemon (the construction happening right in front of their hot dog business).We also have a story about an Indy Offline event where people have to put their phones in a lockbox.Let’s get to it.Get more Indianapolis arts and culture coverage at MirrorIndy.org/Arts.You can also subscribe to get the Play List email newsletter.