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Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery

For: Historical Buffs

Pricing: $3 for students

Location: 700 W. 38th St.

Phone number: (317) 925-3800

Hours: see crownhill.org/events for specific dates and times

If you are looking for unconventional forms of entertainment, Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery is the place you want to visit. The third largest non-government cemetery in the United States, Crown Hill offers themed public walking tours that take visitors through its 555 acres of land. “Cemetery Art and Architecture at Crown Hill” gives you a visual history of how Victorians viewed death. Another popular tour, “Crown Hill’s Actors, Artists, Architects and Musicians,” brings you to the grave sites of some of Indianapolis’s ragtime musicians and the city’s first artists. Plus, you will get to see the eastern side of Crown Hill, which is usually not included in other tours. Finally, the “Heritage Tour,” Crown Hill’s most famous tour, presents the history of the facility. In addition, the tour shows the graves of interesting people buried there and highlight certain monuments throughout the cemetery.

During spring break, Crown Hill is offering a tour for all those who are not satisfied with their historical pursuits here. See your studies in U.S. history come to life at Crown Hill’s new “Civil War Tour” at 3 p.m. on April 10. All tours start at the Gothic Chapel at the 38th Street Gate in Indianapolis.

Netheads

For: Gaming fanatics

Pricing: $6/hour (non-member), $10 for a membership

Location: 1017 W. Main St.

Phone number: (317) 815-6635

Hours: Thursday 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday 3 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Sunday 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Netheads, an Internet café and game center that emphasizes “social gaming,” is a unique facility new to Carmel. Customers can play over 70 of the newest multiplayer and interactive games on its 45 computer, Xbox and Wii stations. But don’t think titles are restricted solely to “Halo: Reach” or “Call of Duty: Black Ops.” Netheads offers a wide variety of games in action, racing, sports, strategy, puzzles and other genres.

And, if your stomach starts grumbling as you battle it out on Wii’s “Super Smash Bros. Brawl,” the facility also offers burgers, shakes and other food at its cash register.

Groups are especially welcome to the facility. A Netheads party may not have the same atmosphere as spring break on the beach at Puerto Vallarta, but for video game lovers, it can be your own version of paradise.

Plus, Netheads will reward you for your good grades. With a $10 membership, you can get one free hour of play for every A on your report card and a free day of play for straight A’s.

Most appealing are the center’s hours. Open until 11 p.m. on Thursday and 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, Netheads is the perfect place for late-night entertainment.

Indianapolis Museum of Art

For: Artsy Folk

Pricing: Free general admissions, slight cost for specialty exhibits

Location: 4000 Michigan Rd.

Phone Number: (317) 923-1331

Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday: Noon to 5 p.m.

Main attraction: “And the Whole Yard Said Amen”

One highlight at the IMA that falls during spring break is “And the Whole Yard Said Amen.” Theaster Gates and his ensemble, The Black Monks of Mississippi, will perform a response to the visual art of Thorton Dial, who used art and inspiration from the southern United States to explore political and social issues. The performance on April 8 at 7 p.m. will merge black spiritual music inspired by the gospel with blues and Eastern chanting traditions to create a musical collage effect that parallels the impact of Dial’s art.

An additional appealing event that is perfect for any hands-on, creative museum visitor is the museum’s drop-in art making at the Star Studio.  Take advantage of your free time during spring break to stop by from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Plus, you can return home with a work of art inspired by a current collection at the museum.

The museum and grounds consist of the IMA itself, Virgina B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park and the Oldfileds-Lilly House & Gardens.

Visit the IMA for films, lectures and other specialty exhibits. The museum houses a collection of over 50,000 works of art, while the 100 acres that surround it provide free nature walks and outdoor art exhibitions for visitors.