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Children’s Museum saying ‘batters up’ to exhibit opening SaturdayAn indoor exhibit that highlights the movers and shakers of the baseball world will open on Saturday, July 31, at the The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The exhibit, Baseball Boundary Breakers, will feature baseball trailblazers who have risen [Read More.…]
Labor Day weekend show to highlight Black visual artistsTickets are now on sale for Butter, a a multi-day fine art fair that will showcase the works of 30+ Black visual artists from across the country. Organized by GangGang, a local cultural development firm, Butter will take place over Labor Day [Read More.…]
First Friday report: Updates from the Harrison Center, Circle City Industrial Complex and moreWorks by Becca Ito will be on display in the Harrison Gallery from 6 to 9 p.m. First Friday, Aug. 6, in the Harrison Center, which will be open for full capacity and without any requirements for advance registration. Ito’s exhibit, In This Sign, [Read More.…]
Indiana Repertory Theatre returns to in-person season beginning in OctoberThe upcoming live, six-play season at the Indiana Repertory Theatre will feature hybrid offerings as well as the return of plays missed because of the pandemic. After a season of producing an entirely virtual experience, the IRT’s new season [Read More.…]
First Friday, July 2: Reports from the Harrison Center and Circle City Industrial ComplexThe Harrison Center will become a three-ring circus on First Friday, July 2, with three shows related to the fabled Big Tops. The event runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Registration is required for entrance to this social distance event. Guests can register at [Read More.…]
Mural works will return to Fountain Square’s ‘Graffiti Alley’Artwork will return to the alley wall in Fountain Square known as “Graffiti Alley” – following the unfortunate event in which workers painted over the well-known artwork. The walls will be repainted with the building owner’s permission on [Read More.…]
Chatham Brew Fest rescheduledChatham Brew Fest – originally scheduled in June – will now be staged on Saturday, Sept. 25, to give breweries a bit more time to get up and running and fully staffed post-COVID. “There’s an overwhelming amount of interest in the event as indicated [Read More.…]
Library to host annual Summer Reading Program for patrons of all agesThe Indianapolis Public Library is encouraging its patrons both young and old to learn more about the world around them via Discover – the 2021 Summer Reading Program to be launched Monday. The program runs through July 31. During the Children’s [Read More.…]
The Cabaret to launch new venue and The Alley Sessions on Friday, July 9The Cabaret will launch its long-anticipated outdoor space – The Alley at Library Square – on Friday, July 9, with a performance by The Christopher Pitts Trio + 1. Like subsequent performances in The Alley Sessions, the event will be free of charge. [Read More.…]
ROW REPORT: Explore city’s six major waterwaysBy Julie L. Rhodes / Collective impact director, Reconnecting to Our Waterways Reconnecting to Our Waterways announces a new initiative to encourage individuals, groups and families to safely visit and explore all six of Indianapolis’ major [Read More.…]
Garfield Park to host 2021 Earth Day Indiana Festival on June 5 / Volunteers neededThe Earth Day Indiana Festival is experiencing two big moves ths year – from the unpredictable weather of March to June, and from Downtown to the pastoral setting of Garfield Park. The festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June [Read More.…]
New Saturday afternoon market to offer more than stuff to eatThere is more than one element to The Farmer & The Flea Outdoor Market, which debuts Saturday, June 5, and continues through Oct. 30 on the expansive parking lot at the Circle City Industrial Complex. Element one is the usual – healthy, locally [Read More.…]
Independent Music + Art Festival – and Handcraft Exchange – coming to Harrison Center on June 19Local and regional musicians will perform at the Harrison Center on Saturday, June 19, as part of the 20th annual Independent Music + Art Festival – alongside the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange. The free event will run from noon to 8 p.m., and will [Read More.…]
First Friday, June 4: Reports from the Harrison Center and Circle City Industrial ComplexThe Harrison Center will continue with its “social distanced” First Friday openings on Friday, June 4, with a show headlined by Jonathan McAfee, a painter and Herron School of Art and Design graduate who returns to Indianapolis with Oh! Happy Day, [Read More.…]
IndyFringe to return in August – with a few new wrinklesAfter a year of pandemic-induced darkness, the IndyFringe Theatre Festival will return to Mass Ave with a revamped format to showcase local and Midwest talent while providing a safe theatre-going experience with both indoor and outdoor venues. [Read More.…]
Mural seeks to capture the experience of relocated Latin American peopleNationally known artist Justin Favela’s mural, Al Aire Libre, is now on display at the CityWay Gallery located in the Alexander Hotel in Stadium Village. A multidisciplinary artist, Favela is known for grand murals of desert landscapes, sculptures [Read More.…]
Original Farmers Market returns to its original home – almostFor 23 years, the Indianapolis City Market hosted its annual Original Farmers Market on the 200 block of East Market Street between the markethouse and the City-County Building. But last year that convenient spot was derailed by a major [Read More.…]
Library CEO to embark on 2021 ‘Love Your Library Tour’Library patrons will have their annual chance to share what they love about the Indianapolis Public Library – and how the Library can better serve their needs – during the “Love Your Library Tour” which will get under way the first week of May. [Read More.…]
‘Still We Reach’: Kennedy King Memorial Initiative Unveils New Permanent ExhibitThe historic events surrounding Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s famous speech in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968 – the night Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed – are commemorated in Still We Reach, a permanent exhibit now housed in the [Read More.…]
First Friday: Reports from Harrison Center, Circle City Industrial Complex, Studio Alchemy Gallery and Storage Space GalleryThe Harrison Center will kick off the “porching” season with an in-person ceremony to take place Friday, May 7, in partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Harrison Center has a new front porch of its own, which will be dedicated at 6 [Read More.…]