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Christkindlmarkt set to open Friday / Jolly Days returns to Children’s Museum / And a few of the many other holiday happeningsInvited guests received a sneak preview on Nov. 22 of the Athenaeum Foundation’s first-ever Christkindlmarkt, which will open on Friday, Nov. 25, with the first weekend running through Sunday, Nov. 27, in the Biergarten. Christkindlmarkt will [Read More.…]
Tube Factory artspace exhibit to explore extinct and endangered species in IndianaOpening on First Friday, Nov. 4, Docey Lewis’s Living Threads will take the viewer on a journey of contradiction. Said the artist, this technologically enhanced culture facilitates our ability to see and create both real and virtual connection while [Read More.…]
State Museum exhibit illustrates the need to protect Indiana’s water resourcesIn August 2020, after the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association had cancelled several outdoor painting events due to the pandemic, five members got together for a barbecue. Those artists – Avon Waters (from Converse, pastels), John Kelty (Fort [Read More.…]
Athenaeum to host traveling exhibit on centuries of Jewish life in the RhinelandAn exhibit illustrating 1700 Years of Jewish Life in German-Speaking Lands will open on Friday, Nov. 4. Hosted by the Athenaeum Foundation, the Shared History Project of the Leo Baeck Institute will continue through Nov. 27 in the Atheneum Artspace. [Read More.…]
Two exhibits opening Oct. 7 at Big Car’s Tube Factory artspaceJustin Cooper started a series of paintings when he relocated from Fountain Square to the Garfield Park neighborhood to be part of Big Car’s Artist and Public Life Residency. Now, the Tube Factory artspace will showcase that work in Justin Cooper: [Read More.…]
Indy Jazz Fest returns this weekend with an outdoor festival at Garfield ParkCelebrating more than 20 years as innovators in the Indianapolis arts and culture scene, the annual Indy Jazz Fest returns as a two-day outdoor festival. The event will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1-2, at the MacAllister [Read More.…]
New exhibit to tell the sad but important story of a young Black man’s murderOn Saturday, Sept. 17, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis will unveil an exhibit three years in the making. Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See, which will soon begin a national tour, is a collaboration of the Emmett Till and [Read More.…]
Three-day Oktoberfest event coming to Monon 30 venueThe recently launched community-based event center, The Cradle at Monon 30, will host a three-day Oktoberfest on Friday, Sept. 30, through Sunday, Oct. 2. The event will showcase Bavarian culture with a biergarten, food, live music, activities and a [Read More.…]
Celebrate the end of summer at a ‘Grown-Up’ party to remember at Children’s MuseumWant to dance with dinos, learn about the science of beer, team up with friends to test your athletic ability and eat and drink a libation or two along the way? That’s just some of what 21-and-older revelers can expect when they party at Museum by [Read More.…]
32 Indy artists accepted into this year’s Hoosier SalonKyle Ragsdale of the Harrison Center and Martha Narhwold of the Circle City Industrial Complex will be joined by 30 other Indianapolis artists to have their work displayed at the 98th annual Hoosier Salon exhibition. The event will open Saturday, [Read More.…]
Images of Afghanistan to be featured in one of three Big Car openings on First Friday, Aug. 5Qahar Behzad paints about life in his native land in The Colors of Afghanistan, to be on display in the Tube Factory artspace beginning Friday, Aug. 5. An Afghani artist’s paintings about life in his native land – from Kabul’s busy bazaars to [Read More.…]
Cabaret’s calendar includes two Tony Award winners and two Tony nomineesThe Cabaret’s 2022 fall-winter season will kick off in August and include Tony Award-winning Broadway stars Santino Fontana and Matt Doyle, Tony nominees Jeremy Jordan and Jennifer Simard, along with Abby Mueller, star of a Tony-winning production. [Read More.…]
Program to analyze Frederick Douglass speech on slavery and ‘the Fourth’The Center for Black Literature & Culture at Central Library will host a community gathering on Saturday, July 9, to read and discuss What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass. This event, from noon to 2 p.m., is a [Read More.…]
Joint initiative giving Monument Circle a summertime ‘SPARK’Monument Circle is a livelier place now – and for the rest of the summer – thanks to a partnership between city leaders; Downtown Indy, Inc.; Big Car Collaborative and the Capital Improvement Board. The initiative launched Friday – SPARK on the [Read More.…]
Traffic calming and public safety is goal of Kan-Kan’s ‘Paint-In’Over 100 volunteers have signed up to help create a street mural outside of the Kan-Kan Cinema at the intersection of Windsor and Commerce streets Friday through Sunday, June 3-5. The mural’s goal is to create neighborhood safety measures and to [Read More.…]
Adventure awaits when Scooby-Doo exhibit opens June 4 at The Children’s MuseumFamilies will be able to analyze clues and put their problem-solving skills to the test as part of an immersive experience in the new Scooby-Doo Mansion Mayhem exhibit opening Saturday, June 4, at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The exhibit, [Read More.…]
Indy Reads seeks $50,000 to boost Fountain Square operationAs Indy Reads officials gear up for a new program year of courses in job readiness, English literacy and high school equivalency, they are also aiming to build a more accessible and equitable home in Fountain Square – the Open Doors Project. If Indy [Read More.…]
Black cuisine to be on display at Benjamin Harrison site on June 17 The hidden history of diverse Hoosiers from the 1860s to the 1890s will be highlighted when the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site hosts the inaugural Juneteeth Foodways Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the Old Northside historic site. [Read More.…]
Two viewpoints to be celebrated at Indiana Landmarks Center on First FridayWorks by glass artist Judie Sloan and Clayton “The Wall Guy” Hamilton will showcase their distinct viewpoints in Transparency, an exhibit opening on First Friday, Jun e 3, in the Indiana Landmarks Center’s Rapp Family Gallery. The free reception [Read More.…]
June is a big month at the Indiana State MuseumAmong other things, June is LGBT Pride Month, African American Music Appreciation Month and National Safety Month. For the staff at the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, June also means several things – including Canal Nights, a new gallery [Read More.…]