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Marilyn Gatin' s Hands On Indiana
2016-12-02 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Happiness House, 1135 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203 , United States
HANDS ON INDIANA, the pilot project by Hands On Artists, is a public engagement art project celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial in 2016. Together with Sustainable Indiana 2016 and Earth Charter Indiana, they are promoting awareness of sustainable living for now and future generations.This project collected hand tracings from Indiana youth and printed them onto plastic from computer keyboards. These hand tracings are then colored and mapped based on their Indiana county of origin. Their commitment to Indiana’s sustainability will be exhibited through the broad collection of hand tracings in both digital and physical form. Please join us on Friday, December 2nd at Happiness House located on 1135 Cruft Street from 6-10 pm to view the Hands On Indiana collection.
For more information about Hands On Indiana, please contact Marilyn Gatin at email hidden; JavaScript is required

The Nutcracker Presents: Another Twisted Classic
2016-12-01 - 2016-12-18 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Since 2010, Wolfgang Drosselmeyer and his band of misfits have delightfully terrorized Indianapolis with their own twisted rendition of the The Nutcracker. This year, however, Drosselmeyer demands to break the mold and re-tell a different holiday classic. The merry crew has escaped from the Land of Sweets and will again descend upon Indy to capture the imaginations of any willing guests. With elements of vaudeville, circus, magic, and puppetry, NoExit Performance invites Indianapolis to take a twisted journey to the tune of another holiday classic. Whether you’ve payed him a visit before or plan to take your first trip this year, Wolfgang insists you join him on his new delirious adventure. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
Thursdays & Wednesday – Doors at 7pm, Show at 7:30pm
Fridays & Saturdays – Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8pm
Student/Senior – $18
General Admission – $25
Industry Nights (Wednesday’s) – $12.50
Tickets Available at noexitperformance.org

Pop-Up Woodworking Workshop
2016-11-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for a Pop-Up Woodworking Workshop led by Teaching Artist, Brittany Rudolf.
We will begin with cut-and-paste collages and end with our images transferred onto wood!

Family friendly. All materials provided.

Brittany Rudolf is a multi-disciplinary artist who is serving as Public Ally with Big Car Collaborative for the 2016-2017 term. A graduate of Herron School of Art and Design with a BFA in Furniture Design and Sculpture, she combines her various creative interests with a love for community engagement.

DeAmon Harges's Perception: What's Behind the Door Closing Reception
2016-11-18 17:00 - 21:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Please join us for the closing night of Perception: What’s Behind the Door from 6-9 PM at The Tube Factory. There will be a music showcase by Theon Jones as well as a poetry reading and a conversation: Love, Justice and Gentrification.

Day Is Done--Mike Kelley--Screening/Discussion
2016-11-17 06:30 - 21:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Day Is Done is a carnivalesque opus, a genre-smashing epic in which vampires, dancing Goths, hillbillies, mimes and demons come together in a kind of subversive musical theater/variety revue by artist Mike Kelley. Running over two-and-a-half hours, this riotous theatrical spectacle unfolds as a series of episodes that form a loose, fractured narrative. The video comprises parts 2 through 32 of Kelley’s multi-faceted project Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstructions, in which trauma, abuse and repressed memory are refracted through personal and mass-cultural experience. The source material is a series of high school yearbook photographs of “extracurricular activities,” specifically those that represent what Kelley has termed “socially accepted rituals of deviance.” Kelley then stages video narratives around these found images.
In Day Is Done, these restagings take the form of “folk entertainments” that Kelley memorably subverts. Featuring characters such as Motivational Vampire, Morose Ghoul and Devil/Barber, much of the action—antic song-and-dance numbers and dramatic scenes, with Satan as emcee—takes place in a generic school gymnasium and a wooded landscape.
Writes Kelley: “For this project, I limited myself to specific iconographic motifs taken from the following files: Religious Performances, Thugs, Dance, Hick and Hillbilly, Halloween and Goth, Satanic, Mimes, and Equestrian Events. Many of the source photographs are of people in costume singing or dancing, so the resulting tapes are generally music videos. In fact, I consider Day Is Done to be a kind of fractured feature-length musical…. The experience of viewing it is somewhat akin to channel-surfing on television.”
The video reconstructions were originally seen within an ambitious, sprawling exhibition of video/sculpture installations, photographs, sets, props and drawings at the Gagosian Gallery in New York in 2005; the videos were incorporated into 25 sculptural viewing stations. Writes Kelley, “My intention was to create a kind of spatialized filmic montage: a feature-length film made up of multiple simultaneous and sequential scenes playing in architectural space.”
We will discuss Kelley’s techniques for creating psychic distortions and the perceived relationship between the person of the artist and the artistic persona.

Jillisblack
2016-11-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Jill is Black is a writer, blogger, and facilitator/trainer/lecturer, focusing on issues of Race, Power, and Privilege in modern-day America. She amassed a diverse following via her social media account, @jillisblack–where her social commentary is centered around inner and outer-community hierarchies, the myth of white fragility and other words for racism, the endlessly-pending and highly-exclusive revolution, and dating and relationships through the eyes of social media.
It is Jill’s belief that the shift away from anti-blackness will begin with an outpouring of radical, multi-generational, inclusive and validating honesty. This is the revolution she wishes to be invited to.
Jill was born in Oakland, raised in Alabama, and currently resides in Washington State.

Creative Writing Workshop Series
2016-11-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
November’s Creative Writing Workshop theme is Blogging: Narrowing Focus to Create Value.
In this month’s session we will explore how to choose a focused blog topic. We will create a blog that will serve and be valuable to an audience based on your “expertise” and interests. There are many different reasons to start a blog. Often times, writers want to share insight and knowledge of their passion while capturing the attention of an audience. Very easily blog topics can easy get ambiguous and scattered or stray from the writer’s mission.
This event is free and open to the public . All ages and writing levels are welcome to join. Snacks will be provided, coffee and tea will be available for donation.
Amy Sawyer is an published author who is an Indianapolis native. Fellowshipping with other creative minds and exploring the city for inspiration are among her favorite things to do. To RSVP, or if you have any further questions about the Creative Writing Workshop, please contact Amy Sawyer at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Brian Priest Artist Talk--das Andenken "Memory Souvenir"
2016-11-10 18:30 - 20:15 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Brian James Priest will talk on current themes in German Art, about artists he met on his journey/studio visits in Germany, his exhibition at Nina Sagt Galerie and research for future works.
45 minutes–Q&A at the end
Priest is a interdisciplinary artist based in Indianapolis. He has presented his work at Yugong Art Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, White Flag Project Space and more. Priest was a recipient of the Efroymson Contemporary Art Fellowship and is a CICF renewal Fellow. He is a Visiting Professor of Sculpture at Herron School of Art and Design and DePauw University. He is also owner of Kurb Design, a fabrication and design studio. Priest received his BFA from Herron School of Art and Design in 2004 and MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2007.
Image: “Performance 2016. North Korean Embassy in Berlin.”
Starting from the front gate, Priest dribbled a basketball around
the North Korean Embassy, finishing with a long range
jump shot at the basketball goal located behind the
embassy on North Korean territory.

Indy Humane and Spirit & Place: Finding My Forever Family
2016-11-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Whether you own animals or love them from afar, Indy Humane invites guests of all ages to step into Big Car’s Tube Factory facility and to gain empathy and understanding for what shelter animals experience on their journey toward finding a forever home.
You begin the journey by choosing the profile card of a dog or cat. As you move through the room, you will stop at stations to learn a little bit more about your animal’s story. Each stop is a customized and interactive experience that will incorporate either some form of art (music, video, graphics, acting, paintings) or ask you to use one of your 5 senses (taste, touch, sight, smell, sound) before moving on to learn another step in your animal’s process. Each animal’s story is unique, so a person can choose to go through the stations multiple times, should they find the experience interesting. At the very last station in the experience, you will receive a current update on how the animal has been doing since leaving the shelter. To learn more, visit www.indyhumane.org/FMFF.
Walk-ins welcome, but RSVPs encouraged by November 9. Hope to see you there!
WHEN:
Thursday, November 10
6:00pm – 9:00pm
WHERE:
Big Car’s Tube Factory
1125 Cruft Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203
PARKING:
Parking on Cruft is for residents ONLY. Please park in the lot east of the Tube Factory building, or along Shelby Street!
Learn more about the Spirit and Place Festival here!

Carl Pope Artist Talk and Soup Dinner
2016-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for dinner (soup), talk and Q&A about the Mari Evans exhibit.
About Carl Pope: Carl Pope’s artistic practice is committed to the idea of art as a catalyst for individual and collective transformation(s). His multi-media installations were exhibited at prestigious venues including: The Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago; receiving generous support from The Guggenheim Foundation, The Lilly Endowment, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. The installations gained national and international exposure with “New Photography 6” at the Museum of Modern Art and “Black Male” at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Since 1990, Pope’s methodology with public art evolved into ongoing collaborative efforts with artists and communities…producing large-scale public art inventions that stimulate public dialogue and/or community revitalization. Excursions into his internal landscape produced the video/text installation “Palimpsest” commissioned by the Wadsworth Atheneum; with funds from The Warhol and Lannan Foundations, was included in the Whitney Biennial 2000. The essay of letterpress posters: “The Bad Air Smelled of Roses” and his recent billboard campaigns continue his ongoing exploration into public and inner space.
“Carl Pope’s work is at once a form of geography, re-imagining and imaging the forgotten histories, people and places in America, and a new psychology, creating a state of mind capable of sustaining the shocks of the present. It’s soul food for the mind, in sharp contrast to the quick hit of consumer pleasure that dominates the art market, and it’s all the more important for that.”–Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communications, NYU

DAY OF THE DEAD Celebration on Pleasant Run
2016-11-05 11:00 - 14:00 | Barth ave. &Pleasant Run Pkwy. South Dr., indianapolis, United States
Celebrate the vibrant culture of Indy’s southwest side and enjoy beautiful public spaces along Pleasant Run! This is going to be a blast just like last year, so bring the whole family!
Food, Facepainting, Art, Games… and the amazing Wagon of Wonders!
This awesome event is a partnership between Reconnecting to Our Waterways, Sense Charter School, and Big Car Collaborative.
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Mari Evans: Carl Pope
2016-11-04 18:00 - 2017-01-22 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Tube Factory artspace will host an exhibit by artist Carl Pope centering on Indianapolis-based writer Mari Evans. One of the founders of the Black Arts Movement and longtime Indianapolis resident, Evans published her first work Where Is All the Music in 1968 followed by I Am a Black Woman in 1970. During this time, she also worked as a producer, writer, and director of The Black Experience (1968-1973) — a history documentary that aired on prime time in Indianapolis.
The “Mari Evans” exhibit, located in the main Tube Factory gallery space, is a co-curatorial project between Mari Evans, Carl Pope and Shauta Marsh. It consists of a commissioned installation piece by artist Carl Pope related to Evans’s photos, poetry and book of essays, Clarity as Concept: A Poet’s Perspective.
“I referenced the literary theories of Gerard Genette and the insights of scholar Valentine Cunningham to envision “Clarity as Concept” as an Open Book whose narrative extend into the intertextuality of the astral and the casual aspects of the mind; the atomic, ethereal realm where previous reading, feelings and experience fosters transformation which determines the birth of unrecognized forms in the physical,” says Pope. “The text installation “A Reading of Mari Evans’ Book Clarity as Concept: A Poet’s Perspective” and my ongoing meditation about it operate as a single work of visual art and alchemical literature…an active agent in psychic fusion and the evolution of cultural forms.”
Pope wrote an essay about Evans’s impact on his work and life, click on this sentence to read it.
About Carl Pope: Carl Pope’s artistic practice is committed to the idea of art as a catalyst for individual and collective transformation(s). His multi-media installations were exhibited at prestigious venues including: The Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago; receiving generous support from The Guggenheim Foundation, The Lilly Endowment, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. The installations gained national and international exposure with “New Photography 6” at the Museum of Modern Art and “Black Male” at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Since 1990, Pope’s methodology with public art evolved into ongoing collaborative efforts with artists and communities…producing large-scale public art inventions that stimulate public dialogue and/or community revitalization. Excursions into his internal landscape produced the video/text installation “Palimpsest” commissioned by the Wadsworth Atheneum; with funds from The Warhol and Lannan Foundations, was included in the Whitney Biennial 2000. The essay of letterpress posters: “The Bad Air Smelled of Roses” and his recent billboard campaigns continue his ongoing exploration into public and inner space.
“Carl Pope’s work is at once a form of geography, re-imagining and imaging the forgotten histories, people and places in America, and a new psychology, creating a state of mind capable of sustaining the shocks of the present. It’s soul food for the mind, in sharp contrast to the quick hit of consumer pleasure that dominates the art market, and it’s all the more important for that.”–Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communications, NYU
Image: A Reading of Mari Evans’ Book, Clarity as Concept: A Poet’s Perspective, Carl Pope, 2016
Made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Alan Mills, Indiana Arts Commission, Eskenazi Health and Sun King Brewery.

Wagon of Wonders fishing at Mounds State Park
2016-10-30 10:30 - 15:30 | Mounds State Park, 4306 Mounds Rd, Anderson , IN, 46017, United States
Join us for this #ArtsInTheParks event with the Wagon of Wonders. Come mix your passion for fishing (Hoosiers under the age of 12 can fish for free) with an opportunity to experience fantastic art and mysterious creatures. Fishing poles will be available to borrow. We’ll even provide the worms! Various lures will also be available for a nominal fee. The Wagon will be at the Canoe Launch. Come join the fun!
UPDATE! Explore Indiana’s criptozoological oddities and get in the Halloween spirit with a bizarre PUK-WUD-JIE hike starting at 1:00! The hike will wrap up at the WOW where you can pake a clay sculpture of any tricky creatures you hmay have spotted!
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Fandango-Son y Alma,a farewell event for Librería Donceles.
2016-10-22 17:00 - 21:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for a concert and an all-ages workshop that showcase the traditions of el Son Jarocho. Musicians and the general public are invited to bring along their guitars, strings, or percussion instruments and experiment with the rhythms of Veracruz, Mexico during this event. Food and refreshment will be included.
Una celebración con música en vivo, danza, poesía y un espíritu de participación comunitaria. Únase a nosotros para un concierto y un taller para todas las edades que muestran las tradiciones de El Son Jarocho. Los músicos y el público en general están invitados a traer sus guitarras, cuerdas, o instrumentos de percusión y experimentar con los ritmos de Veracruz, México, durante este evento. Proveeremos comida y refrescos.

Tributo a Gabriel García Márquez-Tarde de Realismo Mágico
2016-10-22 15:00 - 17:00 | IN
Saturday October 22. 3pm to 5pm.
Tributo a Gabriel García Márquez-Tarde de Realismo Mágico en la Librería Donceles.
Spanish Professor Michel Trahyn will be leading a conversation about the life and work of Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and Journalist Gabriel García Márquez. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century and one of the best in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.
García Márquez started as a journalist, and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works has achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo (the town mainly inspired by his birthplace Aracataca), and most of them explore the theme of solitude.
This event is a collaboration between SADCO(Sociedad Amigos de Colombia) and Big Car Collaborative.

Textile Dyeing and Water Emersion Workshop
2016-10-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Daren Redman, textile artisan, leads a textile dyeing and water emersion workshop providing all materials. Participants will use bandanas to create unique tie dye designs. To learn more about her hand dyed fabrics please click here.
This event is free and open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome!

Creature from the Black Lagoon from the WHITE RIVER
2016-10-20 19:30 | 333 N White River Pkwy West Dr, indianapolis, Indiana, 46222, United States
OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING
Looks like The Creature found a new home…
WATCH IN TERROR as the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON emerges from the murky depths of the White River.
cozy up in the fall air and get in the Halloween spirit with an outdoor movie projected on the bridge abutment out over our White River. We’ll bring the popcorn!
This frightful event is a partnership between Reconnecting to Our Waterways, Public House Cinema, and Big Car Collaborative.
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Big Car Debate and Draw
2016-10-19 20:30 - 23:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us at Tube Factory located on 1125 Cruft Street to watch the last 2016 presidential debate while creating works of art. We’ll be watching the debate live and creating a variety of political themed works of art.
This event is open to the public and welcomes all forms of political views to engage in discussion. The goal of the event is to discuss the social and civic impact of the current 2016 election while collaboratively creating a memorable work of art. Throughout the series local artist and community leaders will discuss how to positively impact your community and get involved politically.
Doors open at 8:30 pm on Wednesday, October 19th. Beer and wine are available for purchase + free popcorn.

Growing up on a Coffee Farm in Latin America
2016-10-13 19:30 - 20:30 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
If you love coffee, this event is for you.
Kristin Van Busum, founder of Project Alianza (www.projectalianza.org), will host a Discussion + Screening of La Cosecha de Miseria (The Harvest of Misery), a documentary produced by Telemundo, highlighting the global problem of child labor that continues to impact the coffee supply chain.
The documentary is a peek into the rarely explored reality of the million of children who are born and grow up on coffee farms in Latin America. Labeled by industry as “the most vulnerable actors in the coffee supply chain,” coffee farm kids exemplify resilience, resourcefulness and the spirit needed to break out of the generational poverty in which they were born. Yet, more than half will not get the support or services they need to make it beyond third grade. Learn more about grass roots, community-driven efforts to give kids a chance at education and a better tomorrow.
The event is a collaboration between Project Alianza and the Big Car Collaborative.

The Five Obstructions Film Screening and Discussion
2016-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Selected by Cranbrook Art Museum curator Laura Mott to facilitate her interview with artist Scott Hocking, who is currently exhibiting at Tube Factory artspace, we will screen The Five Obstructions and The Perfect Human then reference the interview between her and Hocking.
The Five Obstructions is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is that von Trier has created a challenge for his friend and mentor, Jørgen Leth, another renowned filmmaker. von Trier’s favorite film is Leth’s The Perfect Human (1967), and von Trier gives Leth the task of remaking The Perfect Human five times, each time with a different “obstruction” (or obstacle) imposed by von Trier.
In partnership with Public House Cinema:
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The Day The Earth Stood Still
2016-10-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for an outdoor movie!
The Day the Earth Stood Still (aka Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein, directed by Robert Wise, and starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe and Sam Jaffe. The Day the Earth Stood Still was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story “Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates.The notable score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.
In The Day the Earth Stood Still, a humanoid alien visitor named Klaatu comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful eight-foot tall robot, Gort, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race.
In 1995 The Day the Earth Stood Still was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Part of the Indiana MUFON conference.

MUFON Symposium-Bill Konkolesky- UFO Abductions and Encounters
2016-10-08 13:30 - 14:45 | IN
While other people’s first memories are of birthday parties and dental visits, Bill Konkolesky’s first memory is a visit from a strange, little man with giant eyes — an alien. It would be the first of many visits he would receive over the years. And, thanks to MUFON Indiana, (Mutual UFO Network) Konkolesky will share his expertise on encounters and abductions with the public.
Konkolesky spent the last two decades actively investigating these otherworldly phenomenons, trying to make some sense of the bizarre events that have happened to him and others. What he’s discovered is that the truth is far stranger than what he first assumed.
“At our meetings, we have people from all sorts of professions, including pilots and law enforcement, that have seen things but don’t talk about it at their work,” Konkolesky told the Oakland County Daily Tribune.
United States presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, NASA Astronaut Gordon Cooper, actor Jackie Gleason, and former Beatles member John Lennon have all openly discussed their UFO sightings.
“The thing about the phenomena is that many people have the luxury of disbelief. Culturally, you don’t have people talking about it, it’s not in the news, they live their life completely without any need to buy into something like this,” Konkolesky continued. “If you tell someone about it and ask them to believe it, you’re really asking them a lot because then they have to process it —what does this mean to my place on Earth and our place in the universe, what does that mean for my religious beliefs, my political beliefs, or our future. Unfortunately, some people lose that luxury of disbelief when something goes way beyond the point of explanation, and they have to re-evaluate everything.”
In addition to the presentation by Konkolesky, State Director for the Indiana chapter of MUFON, Stewart Hill will speak about technology in his talk “Exoplanets, A Fine Tuned Universe? Physics and the 4th Dimension and Omega 3.” This will be followed by a free screening at dusk of the 1951 film The Day The Earth Stood Still.
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￼The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film. In the movie, a humanoid alien visitor named Klaatu comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful eight-foot tall robot, Gort, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race.
In 1995 The Day the Earth Stood Still was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
The afternoon schedule will go as follows: Konklesky at 1:30 p.m., followed by Hill at 3 p.m. and the movie at 7:30 p.m.
About Bill Konkolesky
Bill Konkolesky is State Director of the Michigan Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network and the author of the autobiographical “Experiencer: Raised in Two Worlds” and his personal abduction experiences have been chronicled in the SyFy documentary “Abduction Diaries,” DVD documentary “Abducted by Aliens: UFO Encounters of the 4th Kind,” and the ABC news special “UFOs: Seeing is Believing.”
He has also served as consultant to the History Channel’s “Hangar 1” and “UFO Hunters,” as well as the Science Channel’s “Uncovering Aliens” and “Close Encounters.”
About Stewart Hill
Hill has been the State Director for the Indiana Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network for the last six years and served previously as the state Chief Investigator and a state section director. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering and worked for 26 years in the medical diagnostics industry working with state-of-the-art technology and chemistries. Prior to that he worked with commercial and military electronic applications and spent six years in the U.S. Air Force working in airborne navigation. First interested in UFO’s with the 1952 national wave, he lost interest when the subject of “flying saucers” was discontinued in the popular media but regain interest when the Internet became an informational tool in the 1990’s. He has managed, investigated, researched and documented hundreds of Indiana UFO reports over the last sixteen years.
About MUFON Indiana
MUFON Indiana is a dedicated group of MUFON certified field investigators donating their time and expenses to the investigation of submitted reports and to the study of UFOs. Read more about them at: http://indianamufon.homestead.com/

Leaving The Cube-Alternative Art Spaces
2016-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Writer and curator, Ben Valentine, will talk about how alternative art spaces are used for creative and free expression for artists in Southeast Asia. He will focus on several sites he’s encountered, especially in Vietnam and Cambodia, but also Myanmar and online communities.
In conjunction with his talk Valentine will show art pieces from four artists:
–Ying Miao, Chinese net artist, – http://thedeadpixelofmyeye.com/
–Lim Sokchanlina, Cambodian, video, “Urban Street Night Club,” (2013)
–Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Vietnamese, video or digital prints, Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, from her “Day By Day” project dealing with Vietnamese living in Cambodia.
–Nge Lay, Myanmar,
“The power of art rests in its serious consideration and respect of the alternative, the outsider perspectives and platforms so necessary for society,” says Valentine. “In an increasingly interconnected world redefining itself within a neoliberal economy, where authoritarian governments can be internationally lauded for financial successes, these outsider voices are vitally important, yet go largely unheard.”
About Ben Valentine
Ben Valentine is an independent writer and curator studying how technology, media, and politics intersect around the world. He’s written and spoken for SXSW, Salon, SFAQ, Hyperallergic, and The New Inquiry, to name a few. Valentine organized several exhibitions on networked culture, including the World’s First Tumblr Art Symposium, with Hyperallergic at 319 Scholes, in Brooklyn; and Unmasking the Network for A Simple Collective, in San Francisco. He’s helped non-profits and arts organizations on three continents with marketing, bolster their online presence, and organize public events.

Fashion Global Village-Presented by DirectEmployers Institute
2016-10-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
As part of the Midwest Fashion Week festivities, you can support the Indianapolis fashion scene by spending the evening hanging out with former Indianapolis Colts Superbowl Champion Marlin Jackson! Enjoy food and a fashion show presentation featuring garments from various countries. Purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/directemployers-institute-presents-fashion-global-village-tickets-28185538705

West Michigan Street Festival
2016-10-01 11:00 - 16:00 | West Michigan Street, 2546 W Michigan St , Indianapolis, IN, 46222
On Saturday, October 1st from 11 am – 4 pm West Michigan Street will be transformed into a thriving, connected business and cultural corridor.
Near West neighbors and Great Places 2020, in partnership with Big Car Collaborative, have been working to create a new and improved community for all to enjoy!West Michigan Street Festival will provide the opportunity for neighbors and visitors to engage with one another – to share ideas –and to challenge ourselves and our community to develop this space into an area we can all enjoy. Free and open to the public—this is a chance to experience an historic community reignite its vision for what is possible in an underutilized commercial area.
From North Tremont Street to Triangle Park at North Holmes Avenue – West Michigan Street will be transformed!
During the festival there will Music performances by MOOR DUB (reggae), Mannish Boy (alternative rock), La Buena Onda (Latin alternative music/Cumbia), JT Sifuentes (bilingual pop), Andres Mares (spanish classical guitarist), and Eric Salazar and friends from Classical Music Indy (classic music performances)./
At the West Michigan Street Festival, Discover Near West Indys is excited to be presenting a family-friendly theatre production called “Folk Tales.” Made partially of bilingual artists, this group is focused on bringing free arts programs to the Near West Indianapolis neighborhoods of Haughville, Hawthorne, Stringtown, and We Care in an effort to enhance quality of life for the residents. Programs include visual arts workshops and theatre performances, as well as dance & music performances.
As part of the West Michigan Street Festival, the River West Alley Art Gallery will be featuring an art exhibition, featuring local artists Samuel Penaloza, Eric Whisler, Juan Gabriel Tiscareno, Andrea Ettinger, Ashley White and huge paper picado banner created by Hawthorne Community Center summer school students facilitated by Beatriz Artist aka Beatriz Vazquez.
During the West Michigan Street Festival,Indy Convergence, an international arts collaborative space opening soon in the Near West, will we featuring a Haitian art gallery with paintings, sculptures and textiles. Free Yoga classes will be offered throughout the day.
Also Featuring:
Dedicated Bike Lanes
Easy to See and Use Cross Walks
Food Trucks
River West Art Alley Gallery
Pop-up Retail Shops
Local Food
Beer Garden
Kids ActivitiesAnd more!
We need your support! For volunteer information or if your business would like to participate, please contact Eduardo Luna at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

The Andy D Electric Wilderness Varie-D Show Premiere
2016-09-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Andy D and Victoria left their jobs and home behind to tour the United States and Europe with their exuberant party music. They’ve had countless adventures and met many interesting characters along the way, and now they are sharing their experiences with you! This variety web series will make you laugh and give you all the feels by showcasing folks doing the amazing work of making the places they live richer in music and culture. The series will be filled with interviews, performances, sketches, animation, tutorials, and sometimes the just plain weird stuff that spews out of this power couple’s minds. Enter the Electric Wilderness with Andy D and Victoria!
Come Join us for a cook out and the premier of Andy’s new critically acclaimed web series

Tailgate Party
2016-09-18 15:30 - 19:30 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
We’d like to invite you to join the Garfield Park Neighbors Association, Big Car staff and friends to our tailgate party this Sunday, September 18th from 3:30-7:30 pm at Tube Factory artspace (1125 Cruft Street).
Big Car will have wine and beer available for sale while you enjoy watching our beloved Colts beat the Denver Broncos. Big Car will also be providing the grilling equipment for the cookout and Garfield Park Neighbors Association is providing hot dogs and buns. Please bring your favorite vegetarian and meat options to cook on the grill, side dishes or dessert to the party too. Cook out starts at 3:30!

Rivers and Streams: Free Film Screening on the White River
2016-09-17 20:30 - 23:00 | New York St Bridge Abutment, 333 N White River Pkwy West Dr, Indianapolis , IN, 46222, United States
FREE. LITERALLY ON THE WHITE RIVER!
Andy Goldsworthy – IN OUR WHITE RIVER! Come see this indie documentary about the mesmerizing, ephemeral earth art of Andy Goldworthy. The film will be projected out over the White River onto the off-shore abutment for the New York St. bridge! Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and we’ll provide the popcorn for this must-see, visually compelling film!
Movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njbYDlIguDw

Volunteer Day at The Tube Factory
2016-09-17 11:00 - 15:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
We’ve had a great summer and would love for you to help on our next BIG mural project. We will be assembling paint by number mural kits of artwork created by people with cancer and their care takers. Come join us in our effort in the fight against cancer and spreading awareness on Saturday, September 17th from 11 AM- 3 PM. The Tube Factory is located in the Garfield Park neighborhood on 1125 Cruft Street.
If you would like to volunteer on September 17th or have any further questions about volunteer opportunities with Big Car please contact Channie, Program and Administrative Manager, at email hidden; JavaScript is required. Thank you for supporting Indy Arts!

Creative Writing Workshop Series
2016-09-17 11:00 - 12:30 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
At September’s Creative Writing Workshop session we will take a close look at our own natural writing voice and experiment with new ways to express ourselves! Creative voice is the unique personality of a writing piece. By understanding how our voice shapes our writing we ensure we create cohesive and engaging works.
This event is free and open to the public . All ages and writing levels are welcome to join. Snacks will be provided, coffee and tea will be available for donation.
Amy Sawyer is an published author who is an Indianapolis native. Fellowshipping with other creative minds and exploring the city for inspiration are among her favorite things to do. To RSVP, or if you have any further questions about the creative writing workshop, please contact Amy Sawyer at email hidden; JavaScript is required
