Ryan’s Picks

RISING STARS, 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville.

Help support the arts during a special concert event benefiting the Center Grove Performing Arts Academy, a youth musical theater organization. Rising Stars will feature performances by singer-songwriter Isaac Penrod, as well as the band Henle And The Loops.

People are welcome to bring their own picnics, and food trucks will be available for people to purchase items as well. Mallow Run will be selling drinks as well. The suggested donation is $10 per car, with all proceeds going to the academy.

ART TO FINISH, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Richard’s Brick Oven Pizza, 229 S. Main St., Franklin. $10 advance, $12 day of.

Harness your creative spirit and watch art unfold in real time. The art-in-a-day event encourages people to create something, with the only limitations being you have to do it between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, within the boundaries of downtown Franklin set by the organizers, the Creative Council of Franklin.

The contest is open to all mediums of art including writing, music, dancing, as well as traditional arts. Register online at a link through the Creative Council of Franklin’s Facebook page, or sign up the day of at Richard’s Brick Oven Pizza.