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Annual holiday happenings begin in NovemberFrom the pages of the November edition of Urban Times, here’s the lowdown on Downtown-area holiday events which begin in November – at the Eiteljorg Museum, Indiana History Center, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis Zoo, Children’s Museum, [Read More.…]
Center for Black Literature & Culture to mark its sixth anniversaryThe Indianapolis Public Library will celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Center for Black Literature & Culture from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Central Library. The event will commemorate the Center’s creation and its [Read More.…]
Propylaeum events continue its centennial celebrationThe July 2023 edition of Urban Times featured the first of a two-part series celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis Propylaeum being housed in the stately home on N. Delaware Street in The Old Northside. The women’s organization was [Read More.…]
Coming Sunday: Vendors, artists and performers on Mass AveThe 600 block of Mass Ave will be closed to vehicles for the July 30 festival. The Mass Ave Cultural Arts District will host at lease 40 vendors at its inaugural Mass Ave Mile Summer Festival, taking place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 30. The [Read More.…]
SPARKing new pedestrian life on Monument Circle’s southwest quadrantPHOTO ABOVE: Visitors to Monument Circle for the July 11 grand opening try their hand at ping-pong. City leaders, community stakeholders, independent artists, project designers, and developers gathered on Monument Circle’s southwest quadrant Tuesday [Read More.…]
Tickets now on sale for the first shows of The Cabaret’s new half-seasonTickets are now on sale for the Thursday, Aug. 10, performance of the American Patchwork Quartet, the group which will launch the next half-season of The Cabaret. A major highlight of the season comes in September with veteran Broadway, movie and [Read More.…]
Phoenix Theatre’s new season boasts a wide variety of offeringsThe Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre has unveiled its highly anticipated 2023/2024 season, marking the 40th anniversary of the downtown theatre. With a lineup of exceptional plays and productions from our Cultural Centre Collectives, “this [Read More.…]
Indy Parks offering a variety of summer music and moviesA wide variety of summer entertainment is being featured at Indy Parks venues this summer, including at two parks within the Urban Times zone – Garfield Park and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The activities got under way May 31 when the [Read More.…]
A bridge not too far: Time to cut the ribbonAfter a five-year fundraising campaign, the grassroots organization Pathways Over Pogue’s is gearing up to celebrate the reopening of the Nowland Avenue Bridge in Spades Park, just west of Rural, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday May 7. Organizers are [Read More.…]
The Indiana Repertory Theatre has announced its 2023-24 seasonThe Indiana Repertory Theatre has announced its 2023-24 season – its first under the leadership of Benjamin Hanna as artistic director after Janet Allen’s retirement. An IRT press release noted that the “new artistic journey features a lineup of [Read More.…]
Powell to lead Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center as search begins for its first full-time CEOThe Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre has embarked upon a mission to hire its first chief executive officer by Jan. 1, in the meantime naming an interim CEO. William Powell, a long-time business leader and arts management consultant in Indianapolis [Read More.…]
Program will commemorate Dr. King’s death and Sen. Robert Kennedy’s Indianapolis speechState Rep. Gregory Porter will be the keynote speaker at a Tuesday, April 4, program at MLK Park marking the 55th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination – and the speech Sen. Robert Kennedy made that evening very near the site of [Read More.…]
IRT unveils who will succeed Janet Allen at the artistic helmJanet Allen will leave big shoes to fill when she retires July 1 after more than 25 years as the Indianapolis Repertory Theatre’s artistic director and co-CEO. But the IRT has found the person to fill those shoes – and didn’t have far to look [Read More.…]
State Museum exhibit to relive Indiana’s glory days of auto-makingIndiana was once a mecca of automobile manufacturing and, wow, Hoosier manufacturers turned out some beauties. Ten of them will be on display as part of Vintage Vision: Cars of the 1920s, which runs from Feb. 18 to Oct. 15 at the Indiana State [Read More.…]
For Black History Month: Twin poets laureate tell stories from the front linesStorytelling Arts of Indiana will honor Black History Month by hosting two of the most respected artists in the poetry/spoken-word genre to Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center on Saturday, Feb. 11. Al Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha – [Read More.…]
Book club for the ‘scientifically curious’ resumes on Feb. 7Since this item was posted on Jan. 28, the first session, for The Martian, has been changed. This post reflects that change. The 12th season of Books, Booze & Brains will return on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with a lineup featuring books about [Read More.…]
$5 million in upgrades planned for Kennedy-King Memorial SiteA plaza, pavilion and public art are among the improvements coming to the Kennedy-King Memorial Site, city officials announced on Jan. 17 – most appropriately on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The memorial is located in Dr. Martin Luther King [Read More.…]
‘Kings & Queens’ is theme of 27th annual Art & Soul celebrationFour featured artists highlight the schedule of the 27th annual Art & Soul celebration showcasing Black visual art and music in February. Since 1996, Art & Soul has helped expand the City’s awareness and appreciation of African-American art [Read More.…]
Walker Legacy Center to celebrate MLK Day of Celebration in styleAward-winning social justice leader and movement strategist Tamika D. Mallory will speak at the 41st Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration at the Madam Walker Legacy Center at noon Monday, Jan. 16. The event will return for the first time [Read More.…]
Live theaters offering a variety of productions in JanuaryFresh off the holiday season, theaters in the Urban Times zone are preparing for a new round of opening nights. Those include: * Wednesday, Jan. 11 – The Indiana Repertory Theatre’s OneAmerica Mainstage will host Flyin’ West by Pearl Cleage, a tale [Read More.…]