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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.…]
Winter Market continues momentum for new Fountain Fletcher District The Fountain Fletcher District will host its first Winter Market in partnership with The Salvation Army Fountain Square on the third Saturdays in January, February and March. The market will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1337 Shelby St. The [Read More.…]
First Friday report: Harrison Center to feature several special exhibitsArtist Johnny McKee has created a meditative collection of skyscape paintings which will comprise Prodigies and Portents, to be on exhibit in the Harrison Gallery when the Harrison Center hosts its initial First Friday of 2023 from 6 to 9 p.m. [Read More.…]
Legendary Chita Rivera not the only highlight of new Cabaret seasonThe 2023 winter-spring season of The Cabaret includes artists representing two Tony awards, 11 Tony nominations, eight Grammy awards and 24 Grammy nominations. The list includes Broadway legend Chita Rivera. A theatrical icon and one of Broadway’s [Read More.…]
What IndyFringe is looking for in its next CEOIndyFringe is in the market for somehow “to carry out our mission – advancing the performing arts year-round by creating access to a multitude of opportunities for artists, audiences, and our community to thrive.” That person is needed following the [Read More.…]
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.…]