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Check out a recent blurb on Mehter Takimi, the 700 year old Turkish military band coming to Indianapolis August 19 — www.provocate.org/archives/941. We are learning to integrate music and videos. The purpose is not to provide a substitute for actually attending the events … the point is to give you a taste of what you will experience, and to engage you in deeper conversations. Watching these Turkish musicians (many of whom, said a Turkish friend, looked like they had stood at the gates of Vienna), in their three foot tall hats, posing with the mayor of Indianapolis … it was a treat. And several people in the crowd were carrying printed up Provocate blurbs so they could follow the intricacies of the performance. A couple of other music- and video-laden Provocate blurbs:

• September 12 the Jiangsu “Silk & Bamboo Troupe” performs at Clowes … Provocate is curious about how it will all fit together!
• September 18 Gabriela Lena Frank will perform at the University of Indianapolis … part of her process of composing an original orchestral work based on the experience of immigrant kids in Indianapolis
• November 21 music by the great Chinese composer Tan Dun performed by virtuosi on the violin and pipa

But it’s not only particularly musical events that deserve a soundtrack. Provocate is fueled by coffee and music, and while we can’t share our coffee with you over the ‘net, you can hear some tunes. Go to the bottom of blurbs for events and you may find something that looks like this:

Click on the button and listen to the music. Sometimes the tunes have been selected by the event speakers, more often they are choices by Provocate. Listen, you’re certain to find music you have not heard before.  Partial Provocate Playlist 

Sep. 3	The ACLU ask “What should schools teach in sex ed?”	“How babies are made [1950]” Da Bomb: “Sex Education part 1”
Sep. 3	Youth Activism and Public Spaces: Social Change in Egypt and the Middle East”	“Sha’abi by night”
Sep. 4	HobNob with Indiana’s main political candidates	Killing Joke: “Democracy”
Sep. 4	See the scathing Colombian satire, “Golpe de Estadio”	Los Supremos: “Van a Colombia”
Sep. 5	“Urban Times” Artist Reception and Open Studio Night at the HarrisonCenter	Stevie Wonder: “Living for the City”
Sep. 5	Going Local Week + Invoke Studio + Slow Food Indy + Goose the Market = Slow Flow, Slow Food Night	ExMachina: “Slow Food”
Sep. 5	Child slavery and exploitation benefit concert	Radiohead: “All I Need”
Sep. 6	“Ken-Ya Help Us” fundraising carnival	Ayub Ogada: “Kothhbiro”
Sep. 8	Conference on “Balanced Transportation for Healthier Communities”	Janis Joplin: “Roller-skate Song”
Sep. 9	Conference on trends in Indiana shaping Life Sciences and their startups	Timbuk 3: “The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades”
Sep. 11	Explain Indiana elections to a Chinese diplomat … over breakfast	Gun ‘n’ Roses: “Chinese Democracy”
Sep. 11	Stress systems in the ancient world: Çatalhöyűk, Turkey	Goran Bregovic & Sezen Aksu: “Erkekler men”
Sep. 11	Brazilian film “Eu Tu Eles”	Gilberto Gil: “Futurivel”
Sep. 12	Exporting the Soul of Dixie: Billy Graham and the Expansion of Southern Culture	The Soul Converters: “Just As I Am” Billy Graham: “John 3:16”
Sep. 13	Chinese Cultural Festival	Zhao Xuan: “Bury fallen flowers” Yao Lee: “This Love is not for me”
Sep. 14	Former minister John Loftus explains why he became an atheist	The The: “Armageddon Days are Here (Again)”
Sep. 15	Challenges of theological education for women in South Africa	Simphewe Dana: “Ndiredi”
Sep. 16	Poet Frank Bidart	Nat King Cole: “Stardust” Hoagy Carmichael: “Stardust”
Sep. 16	The International Center honors the links connecting Indiana and Kenya	Kenyan national anthem Les Wanyika: “Kasuku” Les Wanyika: “Sina makosa”
Sep. 17	HIV/AIDS, violence, and masculinity in Africa	Miriam Makeba: “vungwini (Down in the Dumps)”
Oct. 3	German MP discusses global challenges and new leadership in the US and Europe	Advanced Chemistry: “Geh zur Polizei”
Oct. 8	“Trends in Arab Philanthropy: Gulf Oil and the Emergence of New Philanthropies”	Ziad Rahbani: “0007”
Oct. 15-17	Educating, Understanding and Responding to Domestic Violence: The Role of the Faith Community	Fiona Apple: “Sullen Girl”
Oct. 21-22	Eboo Patel builds interfaith bridges for kids	Santana & Everlast: “Put your lights on” Mos Def: “Fear not of man” Lupe Fiasco: “Muhammad walks”
Oct. 21	Women in Muslim societies	Umm Kulthoum
Oct. 23	Porter Shreve reads from his novel, When the White House was Ours	Crosby. Stills, Nash & Young: “Our House” Joni Mitchell: “My old man” Marvin Gaye: “Got to give it up” Bob Dylan: “Tangled up in Blue” Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash: “Girl from the North Country”
Oct. 29	Tour the IMA’s galleries with poet Kevin Young	TV on the Radio: “Wolf like me” The Pixies: “Gigantic” R.E.M.: “World Leader Pretend” Uncle Tupelo: “I want to be your dog” Death Cab for Cutie: “I will follow you into the dark” Sonic Youth: “100%” Silversun Pickups: “Kissing families (live)” Nirvana: “Jesus doesn’t want me for a sunbeam” Radiohead: “True love waits”
Oct. 29	Dan Pink explains why the future belongs to right-brainers	Yoko Kanno: “Blue” Yoko Kanno: “Tank!” Yoko Kanno: “The real folk blues”
Oct. 29	Environmental issues in Indiana	Marvin Gaye: “Mercy Mercy Me (The ecology)” Eddie Vedder with the Strokes: “Mercy mercy me”
Oct. 29	Hear Kevin Young read his poetry	Otis Redding: “That’s how strong my love is” De La Soul: “Eye Know” Prince: “Anotherloverholeinyohead” Lauryn Hill: “Ex-Factor” Outkast: “So fresh, so clean” DJ Danger Mouse: “Dirt off your shoulder” Tricky: “Christiansands” Joe Jackson: “Breaking us in two” Besk: “Ghettochip malfunction” Donny Hathaway: “Someday we’ll all be free”
Nov. 1	CS Lewis and the early Church Fathers on education of the imagination	Arvo Pärt: “De PacemDomine”
Nov. 1	Richard Rodriguez on “The Hispanic immigrant in American culture”	Mexicano ft.Cosculluela: “La calle llora”
Nov. 1	Brian McLaren on “Everything must change”	Asm & Skrein: “Everything must change”
Nov. 4	John Dewey, America’s most influential philosopher	Charles Ives: “The Unanswered Question”
Nov. 5	The ACLU asks about the election: What just happened?”	Arcadia: “Election Day”
Nov. 5	Trends in Arab Philanthropy: Charity and Change	Oud music from Saudi Arabia
Nov. 6	Re-Imagine the Future: Midwest Voices for Congo	Toto Bona Lokua: “Lisanga” Luky Gomes: “(baka) zeze e toto kuduro remix” Rumba Tres: “Rumba tru la la” Bongs: “Balumukeno”
Nov. 7	Sexuality and Imagination	Prince: “Kiss” Madonna: “Erotica” Jackson Five: “Never can say good-bye”
Nov. 8	Helping Hands Festival	Patricia Kaas: “Black Coffee”
Nov. 9	Exploring the spiritual mandate for creation care	Jefferson Airplane: “Crown of Creation” Violinaires: “God’s Creation”
Nov. 11	The Gospel according to Kurt Vonnegut	Kurt Vonnegut: “Mona’s Funeral Music”
Nov. 13	Beyond religious stereotypes	Dc Talk: “Angel with no wings” Kevin Max: “Deconstructing Venus”
Nov. 13	“Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in an Age of Globalism”	John Mellencamp: “Rain on the Scarecrow”
Nov. 29	IMA’s showing of films “Brazil” and “Idiocracy”	Arcade Fire: “Brazil”
Dec. 7	Museums, Fame, Money	Tori Amos: “Starry Starry Night”
Dec. 10	Corporate social responsibility in the Middle East: Citizen business leaders	George Wassouf: “Keeda Kefaya”

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