March 9 — Latinas Talk! with Juana Watson |

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Juana Watson arrived in Indiana in 1978 from a small village in Mexico with little English, and only the equivalent of a junior high education. Now Dr. Watson is Gov. Daniels’s senior adviser on Latino …

March 24 — Shadow and Substance: A Conversation with Collector Dr. Stanley B. Burns & Curator Modupe Labode |

Dr. Stanley B. Burns has been a collector of tens of thousands of photographic images for more than 30 years. With the help of curator Modupe Labode, over 100 of his photographs of African Americans …

The Yuval Ron Ensemble plays Mystical Music of the Middle East |

Butler students will be forced to choose between Yuval Ron’s interethnic Middle East music and Susan Youens’s discussion of fin-de-siecle Viennese music. Tough choice.

March 28 — Celebrate Cesar Chavez Day with Award-Winning Author Gary Soto |

Join members of the Haughville community in a celebration of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez. Gary Soto will give a lively talk on the work of Chavez and discuss the importance of peace …

March 5 — Watch “A Powerful Noise” … A documentary about women changing the world |

A Powerful Noise goes inside the lives of three women to witness their daily challenges and their significant victories over poverty and oppression. Their stories are personal yet illustrate larger issues affecting millions of marginalized …

May 17 — Nica Lalli discusses her memior, “Nothing: Something to Believe In,” a personal history of nonbelief |

Nica Lalli is the author of a memoir, Nothing: Something to Believe In (Prometheus Books, March 2007), which traces her personal history of non-belief. Raised as a “nothing” and always feeling like an outsider, the …

May 27 — Provocate’s John Clark explores how Indiana can help solve the world’s trickiest problems |

May 20 — 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrates its 60th anniversary, events in the Balkans, Sudan and Myanmar continue to challenge its idealism, while raising new questions about the prospects for humanitarian interventions. Do human …

May 13 — Cuba’s future without Castro |

Since Fidel Castro handed over the presidency of Cuba to his brother, Raul in early 2008, signs of greater economic openness have led to much speculation. Will Raul seek to reopen ties with the U.S.? …

May 6 — Jim Morris addresses the global food crisis |

April 29 — US-Egyptian relations |

Great Decisions asks: Egypt has long played an important role in the Arab world while maintaining a strategic relationship with the U.S. With elections scheduled for 2009, how will Egypt deal with serious domestic issues, …

April 22 — New international politics of the Arctic |

Rising global temperatures have created new opportunities in the Arctic for resource extraction and inter-continental transport. How will sovereignty disputes among the five countries that border the Arctic affect its potential development? What impact will …

April 15 — Purdue’s Wallace Tyner on global energy politics |

The FPA’s Great Decisions series asks: Rising energy prices, driven by instability in key producing regions such as the Middle East and increasing demand from developing countries, are affecting the global economy. What are the …

Mid-North Shepherd Center discusses Afghanistan and Pakistan |

Milind Thakar explores what has gotten itself into, and whether the new Administration can do any better than the old one.

April 1 — Mid-North Shepherd Center kicks off its Great Decisions series with Dave Mason discussing the Rise of New Global Powers |

Author of the fine new book, The End of the American Century, Dave Mason argues that US dominance of the world is over … which is a good thing for the world, and maybe for …

March 1 — Conclusion of U Indy’s Spanish Song Project features original compositions … including by Gabriela Lena Frank. |

The Spanish Song Project concludes with a grand finale of a year-long creative effort joining students and faculty from the UIndy Music, English and Spanish Departments.

March 19 — IMA shows the Japanese film of fear and self-discovery “Train Man” (Densha Otoko) |

When computer engineer Otaku (the Japanese term for a person obsessed with comics and video games) encounters a young woman and saves her from an unwanted overture, she returns the favor with a gift. Inexperienced …

Looking Ahead (and Back) to Provocate’s Picks |

Provocate is often asked: “Dozens of great events happen every week, which should I choose to attend?” If every week you want to attend one music performance, see one film, make one trip to the …

May 15 & 17 — Richard Wagner comes to Indy with a symphonic performance of “Das Rheingold” |

An Indianapolis Premiere presented in collaboration with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

May 7 — Pass the SALT: IUPUI’s Scholarship at the Lunch Table features religious scholar Philip Goff |

The Center aims at increasing awareness and understanding of the diversity of American religious life and the manifold forms in which religion reveals itself in culture. By placing Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and …