Keep your fingers crossed, if all goes well Indianapolis will see and hear 14 of China’s finest performers of this traditional multi-disciplinary art form. (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…)
Acrobats, musicians, dancers, all whetting your appetite for the Chinese Cultural Festival the next day. (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…)
If you liked the Music and Dance of China last Wednesday, don’t miss out on this one.
It’s the music and dance of China for the whole family! Featuring dances and a martial arts demonstration by children. They train ‘em up young in the way they ought to go, so that when they’re old and brittle they’ll be stuck in their ways. At the Indianapolis Arts Center.
Wednesday, August 13th at 6:30 pm.
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.
The Garfield Park Arts Center will showcase some of Indianapolis’ finest visual
artists and performers presenting work based on a Brasilian theme. The Gallery
will feature an exhibit of works by Brasilian artists and other local, national and
international artists as well as a performance by internationally acclaimed Afro‐
Brasilian music group New England Brasilian Samba. In addition there will be work
created with Brasilian themes by children of the “Mi Familia” summer arts
program. There will also be a Capoeira performance and a drum and
dance performance by Garfield Park Arts Center dance program
students.
July 11th Opening Event 6:00 to 10:00 PM
Fundraiser Dinner‐‐‐Tickets $40 Available through the Arts Center & FOGP
Exhibit will be open though August 31, 2008 during regular Arts Center Hours.
www.indyparks.org
Julia Butterfly Hill and Seane Corn lead a yoga session to rejuvenate your inner activist.
July 17
9am to 1pm (doors open at 8:30)
City Yoga Studio 936 Indiana Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46202. MAP
$75 (includes July 16 evening event)
40-person limit - register at www.journeysfire.org.
See Nuvo’s interview with Julia.
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
