April 28: Evolver April Spore — Intentional Communities & the Transition Movement |

Evolver Indianapolis will be approaching the topic of Sustainable Change in Community. In choosing to first work towards an inclusive movement, they will be introducing Indianapolis to the Transition Movement by screening “In Transition 1.0″ … Following the film showing, they will introduce some notable members of the community who are working in areas that are key to the Transition Movement.

April 28: St Malachy’s Walk/Run with Haiti |

The Walk/Run with Haiti in Williams Park, Brownsburg, IN will fund expansion of the St Malachy medical clinic in Port Margot. This is a great family event with door prizes and a silent action.

April 27: John Gosney discusses Narrative in a Virtual World |

Local game designer and cultural theorist John Gosney will discuss the intersection of technology and contemporary storytelling.

April 27: Rally for Syria in Indianapolis |

Join a rally to denounce the brutality of Assad in Syria. Meet members of the influential young Syrian American community of Indianapolis. Do what you can to stop the genocide and demand protection for women and children.

April 27: “Working Together: Theatre, Collaboration, and Cardenio” |

One of the great theatric events of the season is the first performance of the latest reconstruction of the last Shakespeare play, The History of Cardenio. Hear what went into reconstructing and staging the play at IUPUI.

April 27: Meet the next generation of Shakespeare scholars |

“The History of Cardenio: Spain and England, Then and Now” graduate colloquium showcases contributions by young scholar that broaden current understanding of early modern Anglo-Spanish relations, especially the relationship between Cervantes and English drama, in order to better contextualize Cardenio within the early modern imaginary.

April 27: “California Rising: Plain-folk Politics and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism in Modern America.” |

Darren Dochuk sees politics of labor, business and free enterprise, suburban space, youth, and education for clues to evangelicalism’s mobilization in the modern era. In the process, he will show how a new “Sunbelt” conservatism took root in California by the time of Ronald Reagan’s governorship in the mid-1960s before sweeping the rest of the country with Reagan’s presidential win in 1980.

April 26: Indiana—The Birthplace of Translational Research in Mental Health |

Lucy Jane King, MD and Alan Schmetzer, MD will discuss and sign copies of their new book Dr. Edenharter’s Dream: How Science Improved the Humane Care of the Mentally Ill in Indiana, 1896-2012.

April 26: Microfinancing Opportunities for Home Business |

Have you always thought about starting your own business? Do you want to work out of your home? Kayla Rhea, from Grameen America, will discuss the small, low-cost loans that are available to women who want to start their own home-based businesses.

April 26: “Shakespeare, Indianapolis, and Race” |

Before performances of The History of Cardenio, the lost play by Shakespeare being premiered at IUPUI, you can hear free public lectures about the significance of the play for us, here and now.

April 25: Benjamin Ball—Artist, designer and founder of Ball-Nogues Studio—”Fast, Cheap & In Control” |

Best known in Indianapolis for the last season’s brightly colored string installation “Gravity’s Loom” at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Benjamin Ball is an artist, designer and founder of Ball-Nogues Studio in Los Angeles.

April 25: Global Indy SPEA students discuss immigration in Central Indiana |

Food, music, stories, and serious discussions at the Service Center. Details to follow.

April 25: Indianapolis School Chooser Coaching Program |

Parents and families can receive an introduction by Stand for Children to the Indianapolis School Chooser Coaching Program, a comprehensive program that equips them with the tools and resources they need to make well-informed school decisions.

April 25: Behind the Indiana Experience — Neighborhood of Saturdays |

While coincidentally researching the south side neighborhood the Kaplans lived in (You Are There 1950: Making a Jewish Home), IUPUI professor Susan Hyatt was surprised to uncover a fascinating story of integration, community support and tolerance between Indianapolis’s Jewish and African-American communities

April 25: Flash Mob for Syria at IUPUI |

What’s going to happen at IUPUI is thus not a flash mob but a smart mob. It has a goal: to help raise awareness and to stand in support with the Syrian people’s aspiration for freedom

April 25: Transitioning with RecycleForce @ IUPUI |

This event is a Collaboration with community partner RecycleForce – of Indianapolis that investigates struggles faced by former inmates trying to rejoin society upon release. This event will allow students to hear the first-hand perspective of someone who has had the experience of reintegrating into society and offer an opportunity to discuss these issues and investigate ways to alleviate the burden faced by former prisoners upon release.

April 25: Discuss the challenges Mexico poses for the US (and for Mexico) |

Mexico’s border with Central America, as well as the border it shares with the U.S., has been a pathway for people, goods, crime and contraband in both directions. How can Mexico address these transborder challenges? What is the future of Mexico’s relations with its northern and southern neighbors? How will Mexico’s foreign relations affect its domestic politics?

April 24: Veteran journalist and diplomat Liz Colton on “Diplomacy, Global Politics and the Media” |

Liz Colton has been one of the US’s most experienced diplomats, with senior diplomatic posts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and Bahrain. Colton also boasts considerable expertise as a journalist: She worked as Middle East correspondent for Newsweek, the Cairo office of which she managed. She has reported for a number of major US news agencies, including ABC, NBC and National Public Radio

April 24: Immigrant Community Meeting with Frank Straub |

The Immigrant Welcome Center has put together a meeting with Public Safety Director Dr. Frank Straub.

April 24: Science on Tap — Farming and the City |

Local, sustainable food production is cited as one strategy for addressing urban health and environmental concerns. Local food has the potential to reduce the energy needed to grow and transport food – but does it actually do so?