The Indianapolis Business and Arts Networking Get-together hosts a lunch discussion of “The Arts and the Young Professional: Making Indianapolis a More Vibrant Community” with Molly Chavers of Indy Hub. (more…)
The first Chinese festival in Indianapolis will celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival with Chinese food, traditional music and dancing, a fashion show, and more. (more…)
ArtSparkle, the Indianapolis Art Center’s main fundraiser, will conclude the IAC’s excellent “Two Worlds, One Language through Art” exhibitions, and will be an excellent way to learn more about the city’s continuing engagement with Chinese culture in the autumn. (more…)
One last chance top bring the whole family to the Indianapolis Art Center to learn that China’s several millenia of culture has produced more than firecrackers and gongs. (more…)
Take your kids to the Indianapolis Art Center where they can get buzzed on gongs and dragon dances, calligraphy and kung fu (with and without pandas) … then discuss why this is an important part of our Hoosier lives. (more…)
Get ready for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics with dragon and lion dances, performances of Beijing Opera, dynasty fashion show, Xinjiang folk dance, much much more! (If you plan to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, all the more reason to get your lion dance fix at the Indianapolis Art Center.) (more…)
Indianapolis has a sister city in Slovenia: Piran. Out of Piran comes Tramontana, the Italian word for “the north wind.” Hear it blow through Indianapolis when the musical group Tramontana gives a concert at the Slovenian National Home. The band will perform Slovenian, Italian, and Croatian folk songs.
When: Friday, July 18
Where: Indianapolis Slovenian National Home, 2717 West 10th St.
Cost: $10/person.
About Tramontana and Piran: “The Indianapolis-Piran Sister City Committee is an all-volunteer group dedicated to promoting their ancestral heritage. Tramontana (Italian, north wind) is a group of musicians and vocalists from the town of Secovlje (Italian, Sicciole) near the salt flats outside Piran (Italian, Pirano) in Slovenia, Italy’s neighbor in the northeast since the demise of Yugoslavia. Their music reflects the history and languages of the area: Slovenian, Italian, and Croatian. Piran, in the region of Istria, is south of the major Italian port of Trieste.”
For more information, contact Steve Fon at 410-7618.
A “Brave Nation” DVD featuring singer Pete Singer and Majora Carter, the young and indefatigable founder of Sustainable South Bronx, an organization that is re-shaping the neighborhood of her youth through pioneering green-collar economic development projects, will be shown at 6:45 pm, preceded by a light meal at 6 pm at North Meadow Circle of Friends, 1710 N. Talbott. For more info, email Ron and Jane Haldeman at ronjane@igc.org
Hoosiers discouraged about violence in Indianapolis now have an opportunity to rally for peace.
Christamore House and Weed & Seed have come together to create
They’re representative of the exuberant organizations of the Haughville neighborhood. And they’re putting on this peace rally, which definitely looks to be an exuberant affair. Inner peaceniks will be satiated, as will stomachs (free lunches are provided).
Downtown at the City Market: 222 E Market Street
12 - 1:30 p.m.
For more information, call Aaron Williams at (317) 635-7211, ext. 239.
Why don’t more of us live greener lives? It’s too expensive? We don’t know what impact our consumption has on the environment? We don’t know which local businesses are ecologically sound? John Steinbach will explain how a simple guide can answer these and many more questions.
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NUVO gives Provocate 2007 Cultural Vision Award
Provocate featured in Indianapolis Monthly
"Award combines film, activism: Festival to recognize social justice of Sept. 11, Congo in discussions,"
Indiana Lawyer April 16, 2008 ... on Provocate's Eric Parker Social Justice Award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival
