It may be for social work professionals, but the topics of workshops and discussions are of urgent concern to all of us.
Ancient cities, as we find them today, are not impressive sights. All that remains of Çatalhöyük (Chat-al Hoo-yook), one of the world’s first city, is a gullied, pitted mound, floating in a rolling plain of wheat fields. Little is left to show that this place was a primary source of Western civilization, a nexus of trade and ideas for two thousand years, the first organized cosmopolitan city-state, and arguably the source of the Great Mother Goddess religion—the universal faith of Europe, the Near East, and the Far East before the great empires of the Fertile Crescent arose. Hear what it can tell us about life and death today.
What was the Kosher duck scandal? Did General Tso have anything to do with the chicken dish that bears his name? Enjoy fortune cookies and tea as you learn the answers from New York Times reporter Jennifer Lee, whose new book includes an entire chapter about the relationship between the Jews and Chinese food.
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Residents and business owners in six developing Indianapolis neighborhoods have recently banded together to improve the quality of life in their areas. This briefing will summarize their neighborhood development plans created with support from the Great Indy Neighborhoods Initiative (GINI).
All the housing news seems to be about middle class families’ homes losing value … but this shouldn’t make us forget that housing crises also involve homeless families perceived as having no value at all.
Joseph Lehner puts on the coolest monthly event in Indy — Wine Wednesday — at his extremely cool house. This month Joseph shifts the happening to Earth House and takes away the wine … and Provocate is invited to be part of the performance art. Yikes!
Col. Dean Esserman of the Providence Police Department discusses the critical role the arts play in public safety and in building a community … at a critical time for Indianapolis. (more…)
Where does imagination reside? Who or what is cultivating the practice of imagination? When are social, religious, and cultural boundaries appropriate? What is needed to unleash public imagination in ways that benefit our communities’ economic, social, and cultural health? These are just a few of the thought-provoking questions that will be explored across the city through performances, dance, panel discussions, exhibits, workshops, and more during the 2008 Spirit & Place Festival. (more…)
Noted chef and restaurant (Chez Panisse) owner Alice Waters speaking on the subject of “Slow Food” (as opposed to fast food), the moral virtues of eating at home instead of going out to Chez Panisse, and “edible schoolyards.” (more…)
The Dignity Center of the Orchard School plans to bring Majora Carter to Indianapolis for a conference to help kids become engaged in the community and the world. They are organizing a community forum to help stimulate action by adults as well as kids. Details are being settled at this moment. (more…)
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