The University of Indianapolis will host one of its largest touring exhibitions in recent memory when a collection of contemporary Asian art goes on display Nov. 12. (more…)
The IMA offers a free screening of the greatest film about the excesses of the Roman Empire (and excesses of the 1960s). (more…)
The IMA sponsors a discussion of the moral lessons the Greek historian Plutarch drew from Rome’s founders … lessons that profoundly influenced the founders of the United States. (more…)
Nov 12 ,2007 , 7:00 pm “Rumi: Soaring to Ecstasy” by Prof Talat Halman, Bilkent University, IUPUI Library Auditorium , FREE
Turkey is in the news a lot these days, and some of the news is distressing Americans. Denying past genocide, threatening to invade the one piece of Iraq that isn’t causing the US grief? This is a good time to step back and remind ourselves why Turkey is America’s best friend in the Muslim world, and why the significance of Turkish Americans is increasing so much. (more…)
Which did Troy in: Wooden Horse or Natural Causes? Turkey’s leading geologist may lack the literary flair of Homer, but this should still be a very interesting discussion. (more…)
Faith-based institutions are some of the wealthiest institutions around. In many religious institutions, philanthropy tends to be more noticeable through its members giving financially to their place of worship and their institutions offer various ministries back to its membership. But how philanthropic are they? How do the different religious institutions measure up to each other in regards to how much and what they give back into the community? Do they give beyond the walls of the worship facility and how? Controversial? Possibly. (more…)
It’s 2007, do you know what your money is doing? Are your investments are fueling the genocide in Darfur, the Liberian war, the Afghanistan war or slaughter of monks in Burma? And if they are, what you can you do to stop them? (more…)
A familiar biblical scripture says to “Love thy neighbor as thyself”. But, can we truly love our neighbors as ourselves? Come on, my neighbor? (more…)
Wrote Aristotle: “To give away money is an easy matter and is within any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large, when, for what purpose and how, is neither in every man power nor an easy matter.” Discuss what small business owners think about this. (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
