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BONUS COVERAGE: Harrison Center’s virtual First Friday coming on Feb. 5
Artist Derrick Carter will present a a variety of sand and acrylic layered paintings as part of Gemini, a virtual exhibit which will be part of the Feb. 5 First Friday activities at the Harrison Center. Additionally, William Denton Ray will present [Read More.…]BONUS COVERAGE: First Friday continues in virtual mode at Circle City Industrial Complex
Processed with VSCO with b4 preset Full Circle Nine Gallery will feature Uncredited, a collection of street photography by Peres Shirley, as part of the Virtual First Friday programming on Facebook and Instagram, 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. [Read More.…]BONUS COVERAGE: Indiana Repertory Theatre reveals two more productions in virtual season
The first play in The Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Inclusion Series – NO. 6, by T.J. Young, will be the next virtual presentation, to be available via streaming from March 11 to 28. The IRT has also inveiled the following production – Cyrano, based [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Jan. 1 First Friday to once again be ‘virtual’ at Circle City Industrial Complex.
Glass Arts Indiana will host a hot-glass “party” during the Jan. 1 First Friday activities at the Circle City Industrial Complex – an event which will once again by “virtual” because of COVID-19 safety guidelines. A recent addition to the CCIC, [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Phoenix plans to create two outdoor performance spaces
The Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre hasn’t been able to stage a live performance during the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean its brain trust hasn’t been working to reach beyond its walls. As a result of that work, the Downtown theater plans to launch [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Group show to highlight Harrison Center’s next First Friday
The Harrison Center will help launch 2021 with a virtual First Friday beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1. The group show, Pareidolia, will focus on the wonder of clouds with participating artists Kate Oberreich, Johnny McKee, Megan Jefferson, Josh [Read More.…]Bonus Coverage: December First Friday openings go ‘virtual’ at Harrison Center and Circle City Industrial Complex
The city’s retreat from spreading COVID-19 cases has prompted local galleries to go back to virtual openings on Friday, Dec. 4, after several months of socially distanced First Fridays. At the Harrison Center, Brrgundy is the theme of its annual [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Library displaying and archiving replicas of racial justice murals
Large vinyl replicas of 28 Murals for Racial Justice are on display at the Central Library through Jan. 20, and additionally are available for checkout from the Indianapolis Public Library. Local artists of color were commissioned to create the [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Circle of Lights performers to entertain TV audience ON Friday, Nov. 27
Two celebrated Indy performers from disparate musical genres – Josh Kaufman and Angela Brown – will lend their talents to the annual Circle of Lights presentation. Because of pandemic restrictions, this year’s annual holiday kickoff event is a [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Polk Drive-In Theater honors stories of Martindale-Brightwood
The Harrison Center has expanded the number of curated short films available for free public viewing at the Polk Drive-In Theater, which can be seen from the Provider Coffee parking lot at 16th Street and the Monon Trail. The drive-in experience, [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Presidential Site to help celebrate Veterans Day via virtual event
The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site has invited Hoosiers to join the Old Northside museum home virtually for a 15-minute Veterans Day Salute to all American Veterans past and present at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. The Presidential Site is [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Santa to roll into Children’s Museum on Friday, Nov 27
Santa’s sleigh is packed and ready to make a pit stop at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to visit with good little girls and boys. Santa will arrive at the museum on Friday, Nov. 27, and will greet children through Dec. 24. Unfortunately, he [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Live entertainment venue opens on Mass Ave
A new entertainment venue – Almost Famous – has emerged on Mass Ave, the brainchild of Tini owner Curtis McGaha. The venture is located in the space recently vacated by long-time tenant ComedySportz at 721 Mass Ave. A drag queen show launched the [Read More.…]BONUS COVERAGE: Kyle Ragsdale exhibit to be highlight of Harrison Center First Friday
Friday, Nov. 6, will bring the opening night of Zephyr, a new collection of paintings, drawings and ceramics by resident artist Kyle Ragsdale. Zephyr means “a soft wind,” and the figures throughout the paintings are enveloped in swirling and flowing [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Volunteers sought for Cultural Trail cleanup
THIS JUST IN: Volunteers sought for Cultural Trail cleanup Officials with the Indianapolis Cultural Trail are inviting the Indy community to join in a fall cleanup on the Cultural Trail, taking place from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 17. Sixty [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: IndyFringe to stage Halloween-season outdoor shows
The pocket park at IndyFringe has been enhanced to accommodate late-October events, including two Halloween-themed performances. The park features “cocoons” which will act as windbreaks, with audience comfort also enhanced by outdoor heaters. The [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Circle of Lights – Watch from home this year
Downtown Indy Inc.’s Circle of Lights may be the city’s most time-honored holiday tradition, but in a time of pandemic thousands of people won’t be converging on Monument Circle on Friday, Nov. 27. Instead, amid precautions being taken to [Read More.…]Gallery 924 to present DeHaan Artists of Distinction exhibition in October
A new exhibition at Gallery 924 will present the works of five Indianapolis-based contemporary visual artists who received DeHaan Artists of Distinction Awards in 2019 to pursue risk-taking projects that pushed their careers in dynamic new ways. The [Read More.…]THIS JUST IN: Historic Indiana En Plein Air Art Show to open at the Indiana State Museum
An exhibit featuring the works of 42 Hoosier – all featuring buildings on the National Register of Historic Places – will open Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Indiana State Museum. The Historic Indiana En Plein Air Art Show will be open through Nov. 27 in [Read More.…]KIB and the Arts Council launch Indy Art & Seek with 100+ neighborhood art installations
A new interactive map and mobile app will guide participants through the outdoor experiences Public art is coming to locations and spaces that may currently have little or no such amenities, thanks to Indy Art & Seek, a partnership of Keep [Read More.…]