April 23: Spotlight 2007 – One Night, One Stage, One Reason
- Blurb
- April 23: What would make me undergo the terrible and traumatic experience of listening to Elton John’s “Can you feel the love tonight”? One Night, One Stage, One Reason: HIV/AIDS relief in Central Indiana.
- Event Main Title
- April 23: Spotlight 2007 – One Night, One Stage, One Reason
- Event Subtitle
- Arts Organizations’ Benefit for Indiana AIDS Fund
- When
- When: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:30 p.m.
- Where
- Where: Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University Indianapolis
- RSVP info
- TICKETS: $25, $65 and $125 at the Clowes Hall box office, by calling 317.239.1000, at all Ticketmaster locations or ticketmaster. FOR SHOW INFORMATION ONLY, call the Clowes Hall box office at 317-940-6444. Go here for more information about the event. And check out a multimedia message here.
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- Twenty of Indianapolis’ performing arts organizations, including leaders from the local theatre companies, will take the stage at Clowes Memorial Hall on April 23 to benefit HIV/AIDS education, prevention and testing programs across Indiana.
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- Janet Allen, artistic director Indiana Repertory Theatre, has assembled five leaders from the theater community to read excerpts from “God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian” as part of The Year of Vonnegut, Indianapolis’ 2007 tribute to native son Kurt Vonnegut. Other collaborative acts include a performance of “Easter Hymn” from Cavalleria Rusticana by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Opera, as well as a finale created by local pianist and arranger Gary Walters that incorporates “Circle of Life” and another Elton John song, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” from Disney’s The Lion King. The finale will be performed by Drums of West Africa, tenor Steven Stolen, soprano Brenda Williams, the Butler University Percussion Ensemble and Kenyettá Dance Company.
- If you like this event, you should check out…
- For another view of how music and motion can play a role in healing wounds, see the Ugandan Documentary “War/Dance” April 29 or May 1
- You should know before you go…
- Read breaking news stories about HIV/AIDS.
The Indiana AIDS Fund began in 1994 and has become the largest private funder of HIV and AIDS programs in the state of Indiana. It is a fund-raising and grant-making organization dedicated to supporting programs and services that help educate and assist Hoosiers with HIV/AIDS. To date it has provided more than $3.8 million to more than 60 organizations across Indiana. - For more information
- The webpage for the PBS Frontline program Paul Babcock recently spent two years working on AIDS in Uganda, now is working on the issue in Marion County
- Get involved
- To get involved in solving the HIV/AIDS crisis in Indiana, contact the Indiana AIDS Fund.
To help fight HIV/AIDS worldwide, contact the marvelous program Indiana University Medical School has in Kenya.
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