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April 2019
The Area
A screening of David Schalliol's The Area will mark the close of his exhibition, Three Communities at Tube Factory artspace. The Area is a five-year odyssey of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, where more than 400 African-American families are being displaced by a multi-billion dollar freight company. The documentary film follows homeowner-turned-activist Deborah Payne, who vows to be "the last house standing," and the Row Row Boys, teen friends who must start a new life across gang lines. A production…
Find out more »Current State
CURRENT STATE is a showcase of young electronic musicians and producers from IUPUI's music technology program. Throughout the evening, 14 performers will display a diverse selection of original solo works. Performances happening from 7-8 p.m. will also broadcast live on WQRT-LP 99.1 FM Indianapolis. An encore broadcast of the entire event will air at a later date. SCHEDULE: 7:00-7:10 P.M. - Kyle Barkes 7:10-7:25 P.M. - Michael Hanley 7:25-7:37 P.M. - Jared Nematollahi 7:37-7:44 P.M. - Galileo Asher 7:44-7:49 P.M.…
Find out more »May 2019
Divine by Sylvia Thomas -Chapbook Release Reception
Sylvia Thomas is releasing her first chapbook into the world, DIVINE! Please join us as we celebrate her book release! This will be the the first release party where people can buy the chapbook! There will be performances by incredible poets, a reading of the chapbook, and available autographed copies of DIVINE. Book Description:DIVINE (written by Sylvia Thomas, foreword and edited by Elle Roberts) is a series of poems reflected on my experiences with sex, religion, love, divinity, and my…
Find out more »Yvette Mayorga-High Maintenance
Yvette Mayorga’s multi-media installation High Maintenance is a flamboyantly chilling revelation, offering unsettling insights into how the forces of violence, make-believe, and consumerism infiltrate the contemporary immigrant experience, and subvert our understanding of identity. Drawing inspiration from the politics of America’s southern border with Mexico, her own life as a first generation Latinx-American, and her parents’ often dangerous experiences as immigrants in the 1970s, Mayorga’s work examines how pain and uncertainty are covered with a veneer of celebration. High Maintenanceconjures up…
Find out more »Indiana MUFON Spring Symposium with Barry Gaunt
Barry Gaunt will speak about alien abduction and the effect of the phenomenon on one's life. Barry, currently serves as a member of the renowned Society of the Supernatural. He is the MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) State Director of Kentucky and is a STAR Team Certified Field Investigator for MUFON. He is also a Cohost of “Into The Fire” a podcast on Blog Talk Radio. He is the Managing Director of the NightStalkers Paranormal Research Team, which researches, and investigates…
Find out more »Pints for Parks – Featuring Indy Shakes
Our Indy Parks are beautiful, but it is our programming partners and park users (you) who give them life! Join us at the Tube Factory artspace the second Wednesday every other month for Flat12 Bierwerks Indianapolis beer, and tons of fun! 6:30pm-7:30pm: "As You Like It" - Performed by TRAVELING TROUPE and Directed by Zach Neiditch $1 per beer supports the Indianapolis Parks Foundation! https://www.indyshakes.com *Family Friendly*
Find out more »99.1 WQRT’s Rhinestone Country presents The Country Side of Harmonica Sam
The Country Side of Harmonica Sam represents a rare and unique branch of contemporary country music. This is country music like it sounded in the late 50’s and early 60’s; more modern sounding than the 40’s Hillbilly style some@mes seen on the rockabilly scene around Europe. At the same @me it’s far from the contemporary Nashville sound of country music. With a steady 4/4 shuffle, steel guitar and @c-tac bass, the band performs their own original songs right alongside classics…
Find out more »WQRT Rhinestone Country Presents-Smokey & The Bandit
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason are in high gear and hot water after a cross-country road challenge results in one of the wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed! The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a maverick racecar driver, makes an 80,000-dollar bet that he can transport a shipment of Coors beer from Texarkana, TX, to Atlanta within 28 hours. It's important to note that in 1977, it was illegal to sell the Coors brand east of the…
Find out more »June 2019
99.1 WQRT’s Rhinestone Country presents Town Mountain
Making their second trip to Duke's Indy, do not miss one of our favorite Bluegrass Bands around. Raw, soulful, and with plenty of swagger, Town Mountain has earned raves for their hard-driving sound, their in-house songwriting and the honky-tonk edge that permeates their exhilarating live performances, whether in a packed club or at a sold-out festival. The hearty base of Town Mountain's music is the first and second generation of bluegrass spiced with country, old school rock ‘n’ roll, and…
Find out more »99.1 WQRT Rhinestone Country Film Series-Urban Cowboy
"You a real cowboy?" John Travolta traded disco for a mechanical bull in this adaptation by James Bridges and Aaron Latham of Latham's article on Western nightlife. Texas country boy Bud (Travolta) moves to Houston to work on an oil rig with his Uncle Bob (Barry Corbin), and he swiftly becomes indoctrinated in the nighttime rituals of drinking, dancing, and showing off cowboy duds at Gilley's, the enormous local honkytonk. There he meets and marries the sassy Sissy (Debra Winger),…
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