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KidsPlay actors go through a dress rehearsal for a previous production. This fall’s play is “The True Story of Hey Diddle Diddle” and tickets are available now.

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Local kids to portray “The True Story of Hey Diddle Diddle”

GREENFIELD – Tickets are available now for the KidsPlay Inc. production of “The True Story of Hey Diddle Diddle.”

The family-friendly production features 26 young actors in a full-length comedy. It portrays seven imaginative stories telling what might be the story behind the nursery rhyme, like why a cow could leap over the moon or why the dish ran away with the spoon.

Show dates are 7 p.m. Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Nov. 16 and 2 p.m. Nov. 17 at the H.J. Ricks Centre for the Arts, 122 W. Main St., Greenfield. Presale tickets online are $6 at crazylakeacting.com. Tickets are also available at Hometown Comics for $5; the store is located at 1040 N. State St., Greenfield. Tickets the day of the performance are $7.

MPD open house Oct. 21

MCCORDSVILLE – Tour the new McCordsville Police Department headquarters in a community open house coming up.

The event is 4-6 p.m. Oct. 21 at 7520 Civic Drive, McCordsville. The event is an opportunity to see the inside of the building prior to opening.

Dinner event to benefit Nameless Creek

GREENFIELD — Tickets are available now for Fall That Jazz, a fundraiser dinner supporting Nameless Creek Camp.

The event is 6-10 p.m. Oct. 26 at the camp just south of Greenfield. Tickets are $60 and includes dinner, drinks and entertainment featuring Duke Blevins-DJ Karaoke Entertainment and Big Poppa’s Pork Pit Catering.

Trivia event to benefit Cops-4-Kids

GREENFIELD – A trivia night benefiting Cops-4-Kids holiday shopping program for underprivileged children is coming up.

The Greenfield Police Department is hosting the trivia night at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Fraternal Order of Police, 400 E. Davis Road, Greenfield.

Cost is $75 per team; registration forms are available at the GPD or by calling Dana Nance at 317-477-4410.

Downtown history tour coming up

GREENFIELD – Take a free guided walking tour of historic downtown Greenfield In a “Now and Then” event hosted by Greenfield Historic Landmarks.

The event is at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 starting at the Hancock County Courthouse. The tour will allow participants to compare what the Hancock County Courthouse Square Historic District looks like now, compared to “then” photos from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The tour will take 60 to 90 minutes and will be about 10 blocks, or one mile, in length. Meet at the Courthouse Plaza Gazebo located on the southwest corner of the Courthouse Square.