Big Car

This is NOT a Program
2015-11-06 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | IN
Kick-off the Spirit & Place Festival and DREAM theme with a surrealist party you won’t forget. Costumes, head wear, and other wackiness are encouraged. Big Car joins the Indianapolis Public Library and Indy Reads to kick off the 2015 Festival with automatic writing, collaging and more.

Tailgate for Nothing
2015-11-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Saturday, Nov. 7, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., you’re invited to the parking lot at Big Car’s Tube Factory artspace at 1125 Cruft St. Our buds at Hoosier Beer Geek are collecting $10 per vehicle, with the proceeds supporting Big Car programs.
So grab a grill, some grill-able food, your favorite beverages, and prepare to share. Read Hoosier Beer Geek Jason Larrison’s tailgating tips and etiquette here. And while The Tube is still very much under renovation, the bathrooms are functional.
RSVP here and donate here.

5x5: Dream Indy
2015-11-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Dreams are worth dollars! 5 x 5 is an ideas competition in which a team wins $10,000 for an idea for using art to improve Indy. Five teams–intergenerational teams encouraged–may use five slides and take five minutes to pitch their dream to make Indianapolis a better place, with art as the basis. The winner gets $10K, and the other presenting teams get $500 for participating.
A panel of judges selects the best idea–based on viability, community impact, creativity, intergenerational appeal–and the audience vote counts, too. Show up and vote for your favorite dream!
Who are the five presenters and what are their ideas? Find out here.
Food and drink for sale. Admission is free. RSVP required, here. Share this event on Facebook.
5 x 5 is presented by Big Car, the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community, and Joy’s House Day Adult Service as part of the Spirit & Place Festival. See this event as listed on the Spirit & Place website.
5 x 5 is made possible by Central Indiana Community Foundation, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, the Efroymson Family Fund and Lilly Endowment Inc., along with Plan 2020 and IndyHub.
Read about Big Car’s history with the 5 x 5 program here.

The 5×5 program is supported by the Central Indiana Community Foundation, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, Efroymson Family Fund and Lilly Endowment Inc.

Contemporary Art Fellowship Opening Party
2015-11-13 20:00 - 23:55 | Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W Washington St, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Big Car helps celebrate The Eiteljorg Museum’s will five Native Fellowship winners with a Contemporary Arts Party featuring DJ Kyle Long, Indigenous, and Supaman.

Fall Creek Leaf Jump!
2015-11-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Fall Creek Trail, Fall Creek Pkwy N. & Broadway St., Indianapolis, United States
Come on out and enjoy the FALL weather on FALL Creek! How appropriate! We’re going to rake the biggest leaf pile you’ve ever seen and then JUMP IN IT!
Cider and S’mores will be enjoyed! Bring your picnic baskets and your blankets and lawn chairs!
Let’s celebrate our waterways, our neighborhoods, and the season!
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1044099888973923/

Spirit & Place Public Conversation
2015-11-15 16:00 - 17:30 | IN
Join Big Car as we spice up the 20th annual Spirit & Place Public Conversation with interactive fun before and after the on-stage dialogue featuring four emerging leaders who will discuss their dreams for the future of Indianapolis.
Full event description here.

River: An Exploration of Water and Memory
2015-12-05 14:00 - 18:00 | Rabble Coffee, 2119 E. 10th st, Indianapolis, IN, 46201, United States
Join Pogue’s Run Artist, Bree Gerard and Author, Richard Wehrenberg Jr. for a great writers’ workshop and exploration of Pogue’s Run. Wear your long underwear! After a little meet and greet, we’ll take a little walk down to Pogue’s Run to get some good river vibes and listen a short reading from Richard’s book, River. Afterwards, we will return to the coffee shop for an inspired writing workshop.
This place-based activity is part of our ongoing placemaking innitiative with Reconnecting to Our Waterways.
Invite your friends on facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1642488019354737/

White River Snow Stomp
2016-01-10 14:00 - 16:00 | White River Parkway between New York St. and Michigan St., Indianapolis
ALL DETAILS ARE TENTATIVE DEPENDING ON SNOWFALL
For up to date official information, visit the Snow Stompers’ facebook page!
It’s looking like there may be snow on the ground tomorrow! Details from White River Artist, Lisa Elliot:
If Snow, then…
park and meet at Westside Bait & Tackle Store along White River Parkway between New York St. and Michigan St. We will gather Sunday, January 10th, at 2:00 and finish around 4:00. Late joiners are welcome.
Bring your own boots! We will be stamping out designs in the snow. Each of us will start at a lamppost and make our own tracks flow southeast as the river flows. Each person should take their own path to show how the water flows meandering down the bank. Whirlpools and eddies may dot the land. Be creative!
A word of caution…the riverbank has a steep incline and it should be considered a rigorous hike. So, be careful!
We look forward to seeing other Hoosiers who love to play in the snow and celebrate our city. Let’s hope that this can be the first of many snow stomps.

Chinese New Year Lantern Launch
2016-02-08 19:00 - 20:00 | White River, W. 29th St. and N. White River Parkway W. Dr., Indianapolis
We will be launching 100 beautiful (eco-friendly) paper lanterns into the sky to commemorate the Chinese New Year. Come participate and watch as the lights shimmer off our majestic White River. Featuring hand-crafted lanters by Indy’s own Bob Renicker.
Stay tuned for details: lantern decorating opportunity to be announced shortly in partnership with The Confucius Institute of IUPUI

RSVP on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/960028240700959/

Magic in the Water [writing workshop]
2016-03-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Spade’s Park Library Branch, 1801 Nowland Ave, indianapolis, 46201, United States
Ever hear about George Pogue?

He is the first non-native settler in Indianapolis who mysteriously disappeared!
Was he abducted by aliens?
Did he find a doorway to another world?

That’s for you decided in this fun writing workshop that focuses using local settings in fantasy writing!

Come explore what makes the neighborhoods around Pogue’s Run special through creative writing with local fantasy writer Rose Streif!

This writing workshop is part of the ROW (Reconnecting to Our Waterways) creative placemaking effort. This workshop will culminate in an interactive Choose Your Own Adventure fantasy story about Pogue’s Run that will allow you to explore the area and view history through a unique, creative lens.

Visit the event page on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/1540255122934685/

Prince Rama
2016-04-09 20:30 - 23:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Prince Rama is the musical duo of sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson. They have lived in ashrams, worked for utopian architects, written manifestos, delivered lectures from pools of fake blood, conducted group exorcisms disguised as VHS workouts, installed art installations at The Whitney, Art Basel and various galleries across the U.S. And now they return to Big Car April 9, 8 p.m. at the Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St. in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the south end of downtown.
They will perform Xtreme Now, an album about extreme sports with Indianapolis-based The Icks opening for them. The cost of the performance is $10 and tickets can be purchased on-line (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prince-rama-indianapolis-us-tour-the-icks-tickets-21012549100) or at the door.
Xtreme Now is the most extreme album Prince Rama has ever made. Writing for Xtreme Now began while the Larson sisters were living on a black metal utopian commune on Vȫrmsi, a remote island off the coast of Estonia during the summer of 2012. There, Taraka had a near death experience inside an ancient Viking ruin, which sparked a recurring sense of time-schizophrenia, or the physical sensation of existing in multiple time periods simultaneously.
In this case, she experienced a joint-existence in both the medieval ages and the year 2067. In one of her prophetic visions she describes, “In the year 2067, I witnessed an aesthetic landscape where art museums are sponsored by energy drink beverages and beauty is determined by speed. I saw a vision of ancient tapestries stretched across half-pipes and people base-jumping off planes with the Mona Lisa smiling up from their parachutes. I saw art merge with extreme sports to form a new aesthetic language of ‘Speed Art.’ I realized that time travel was possible via the gateway of extreme sports, and I wanted to make music that would provide the score.”
Perceiving a great void in the world of extreme sports for music that could match the metaphysical intensity of these death-defying feats, Prince Rama set forth to make Xtreme Now, the first real foray by any musician to create a new “extreme sports genre.” For inspiration, the sisters looked to their own flirtations with death and time-dilation, along with countless hours of obsessively watching extreme sports videos and consuming dangerous quantities of Monster Energy drink.
Working with acclaimed dance producer Alex Epton of XXXChange (Gang Gang Dance, Björk, Spank Rock, Panda Bear, The Kills), the new songs take on a more powerful, confident, fierce, infectious, all-encompassing, and accessible dance-club feeling than any other Prince Rama record – a fearless, visionary pop tour de force for the ghost-modern era that celebrates the ephemerality of life, dancing just at the edge of death’s gilded smile.
About The Icks
The Icks utilize electricity to power their instruments. What if John Hughes directed Blade Runner?
John Caldwell-guitar and vocals
Cameron Holloway-farfisa
Joe Ferguson-bass
Amanda Case-vocals
$10
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prince-rama-indianapolis-us-tour-the-icks-tickets-21012549100
This concert is made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. About The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts was established in 1987. In accordance with Andy Warhol’s will, its mission is the advancement of the visual arts. The Foundation’s objective is to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process by encouraging and supporting cultural organizations that in turn, directly or indirectly, support artists and their work. The Foundation values the contribution these organizations make to artists and audiences and to society as a whole by supporting, exhibiting and interpreting a broad spectrum of contemporary artistic practice.

ROWPORT 2016
2016-04-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Barth ave. &Pleasant Run Pkwy. South Dr., indianapolis, United States
Big Car has been a partner in Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW), a collective impact initiative designed to reclaim the benefits of Indianapolis’ waterways, since its inception. Come on out for an interactive art experience on the banks of Pleasant Run! Learn about and celebrate the amazing things ROW has been up to and take a peek at great things to come.

Register at rowport2016.eventbrite.com

WIND AND WATER FEST
2016-04-16 12:00 - 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, Barth Ave & E. Pleasant Run Pky South Dr., Indianapolis, United States
Come celebrate all there is to celebrate!
SPRING!! PLEASANT RUN!! NEIGHBORS!!
bring your kite or make one with us! Team up with friends and family to participate in a slowest boat race! Eat food and listen to music! Make cool art! We’re going to have a great time enjoying the weather and making the most of our amazing public space along beautiful Pleasant Run!

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Flannelly's of the Future Festival
2016-04-30 16:00 - 22:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
To celebrate their marriage and the role music played in bringing them together, artists Brelyn Gerard and John Flannelly organized an experimental music festival. Flannellys of the Future Festival will take place April 30, 4-10 p.m. at Tube Factory artpace, 1125 Cruft St. Several musical acts were part the formation of their relationship so the pair wanted to share the music with Indianapolis by means of a free concert. The bands that will be featured are: Bad Psychic (Bloomington), DJ Littletown, Duncan Kissinger, Exploding Head Scene (Philadelphia, PA), Glitter Brains (Bloomington), Oreo Jones & Sirius Blvck, Jeron Braxton & the Tamagotchis (Bloomington), Rev//Rev (Lafayette), Rob Funkhouser, Sedcairn Archives, Skything (Marlboro, Vermont), Teen Brigade (Lafayette).
“Both of us are the kind of people who strive to view life from as many angles as possible, to feel from all those angles even if it means crawling around the floor of the house to feel the space usually reserved for our knees and ankles, or chilling in the bathroom for a shift in perspective,” says Gerard.
Many of the musicians in the festival were part of Gerard and Flannelly falling in love. Flannelly’s music was the first time experimental music clicked for Gerard. “Sitting in our friend’s living room, watching John deliver the experience of his art, I had an ethereal space to sort through my feelings. It was a space that somehow managed to be safe and challenging at the same time,” says Gerard. “After his set at Free House, he threw the flower he’d been wearing on his vest to the audience. I seized it. To this day, that flower still graces my bookshelf.”
Soon after that, on Valentine’s Day 2015, Gerard and Flannelly enjoyed their first date — at the Fountain Square music venue Grove Haus. Gerard sang back up for the band Memory Foam. She found out that Flannely had toured with one of her favorite bands, Shame Thugs, and that he was in the music video for her favorite Sirius Blvck songs. Eventually, Flannelly moved from Bloomington to Indianapolis into Gerard’s friend’s house. After a recommendation from their mutual friend, artist Erin K. Drew, Flannely got a job at the same place where Gerard worked.
“Now, we’re getting married and we’re doing it our way. With all the art projects in the community we’re involved with, neither of us are interested in fussing over centerpieces and flowers. We want to celebrate our love by sharing the music we love, made by the people we love,” says Gerard. “We can’t wait to groove with Indianapolis at the Flannellys of the Future Festival!”
Gerard has a new book, iForgot, out and Flanney a new album, Peace and Quiet now available. For their honeymoon after the festival celebration, the two will travel the country to promote their works.

The People's 500
2016-05-06 18:00 - 2016-07-16 17:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
The People’s 500 is a celebration of the relationship between the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the people of Indianapolis, marking the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. The exhibit will run through July 16.
In October of 2015, Sugarmann chose 100 residents of the Indianapolis community from a pool of applicants to drive two laps in a pace car — the drivers uniting to complete the equivalent of a single running of the Indianapolis 500. Sugarmann and his crew photographed and interviewed each of the drivers, the resulting documentation serving as the material of the exhibition. Some of the drivers are featured among the 16 large scale photos in the exhibit. There is also video, and a sculptural piece.
“The Indianapolis Motor Speedway serves as a cultural beacon within Indianapolis, a location of shared history and civic identity for all strata of Indianapolis society. Members of the Indianapolis community feel ownership of the Speedway,” says Sugarmann. “In this exhibit, the pace car is the vehicle through which this mutual connection is furthered, the civilian/citizen being able to immerse him or herself in the environment of a professional IndyCar driver. The People’s 500 uses pace cars to bridge the viewer and professional driver and create an even stronger sense of civic ownership.”
This exhibit is the first at Tube Factory, Big Car Collaborative’s new cultural center with a contemporary art exhibition area. Located in what was a boarded-up factory building on a residential street in the Garfield Park neighborhood, Tube Factory will host a variety of conversations, performances, and events — while also serving as the workshop and home base for Big Car artists.
The People’s 500 is curated by Shauta Marsh, funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Creative Capital, and coordinated by Big Car Collaborative staff in partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Framing provided by Editions Limited.
About Jesse Sugarmann: Sugarmann is an interdisciplinary artist working in video, photography, and sculpture. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in venues such as the Getty Institute, Los Angeles; el Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Oregon; the Banff Center, Canada; el Museo de Arte Moderno de Santander, Spain; and both the Paris and Berlin installations of Les Recontres Internationales. Jesse’s work has been written about in publications including ArtForum, Art Papers, the Atlantic, Frieze Magazine, the Huffington Post, and The New York Times. Jesse lives and works in Bakersfield, CA. You can learn more about his work at www.jessesugarmann.com.
About The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts: The Foundation was established in 1987. In accordance with Andy Warhol’s will, its mission is the advancement of the visual arts. The Foundation’s objective is to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process by encouraging and supporting cultural organizations that in turn, directly or indirectly, support artists and their work. The Foundation values the contribution these organizations make to artists and audiences and to society as a whole by supporting, exhibiting and interpreting a broad spectrum of contemporary artistic practice. http://warholfoundation.org/
About Big Car: An Indianapolis-based 501c3 nonprofit, Big Car uses creativity as a catalyst to a better city. By providing and supporting unique, educational, participatory, playful and personal experiences, Big Car engages people of all ages and backgrounds in art making and creative problem-solving — inspiring them to be creative thinkers and involved, connected citizens. Learn more at www.bigcar.org and see examples of our projects at www.bigcar.org/work.
About Creative Capital: Creative Capital supports innovative and adventurous artists across the country through funding, counsel and career development services. Our pioneering approach—inspired by venture-capital principles—helps artists working in all creative disciplines realize their visions and build sustainable practices. http://www.creative-capital.org/
About Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Established in 1909, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the world’s largest spectator sporting facility and has long prevailed as an icon of motorsports excellence. After celebrating its Centennial Era in 2009-11, IMS and racing fans now look forward to the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race this year. In 2016, get ready for an unprecedented celebration of the human pursuit of progress as the world’s eyes turn toward the Speedway. For more information, visit indianapolismotorspeedway.com.

COMMUNITY STAGES at Fall Creek Gardens
2016-05-07 - 2016-06-05 | IN
Presented by SAPPHIRE THEATRE CO. and FALL CREEK GARDENS
in cahoots with Big Car Collaborative and Reconnecting to Our Waterways.
Brace yourself for a month long community stage-stravaganza! we’ve teamed up to bring you this amazing FREE series in the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood. Amazing theatrical and cultural experiences on an amazing outdoor stage in the midst of a beautiful community garden. The Calendar of events is listed below. Don’t miss it!

Community Stage OPENING DAY
2016-05-07 12:00 - 16:00 | FALL CREEK GARDENS COMMUNITY STAGE, 3018 CENTRAL AVE, INDIANAPOLIS, 46205, United States
EVENT SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW
Join us to Celebrate the OPENING DAY of COMMUNITY STAGES, a performing arts playground at Fall Creek Gardens. Check out the imaginative, multi-purpose stages with giant maze, community table and chessboards with sets! Other OPENING DAY Celebration activities include…
12pm
Big Car Collaborative‘s WAGON OF WONDERS activities
The KNOWarrior – DJ Frank Smith III
COMMUNITY Pitch-in from Noon-2pm (Bring something to share! Beverages provided.)
Plant berries and veggies in Fall Creek Gardens: Urban Growers Resource Center!
2pm
Rexercise with Tony Rex at 2pm! Brought to you by Know No Stranger
Indianapolis Indians’ ROWDIE Bear photo opps & paw-bumps!
3pm
Drumming & Dancing around the new Fall Creek Gardens May pole!
COMMUNITY STAGES is a Reconnecting to Our Waterways Creative Placemaking pilot project and proud Indy community partnership betweenThe Sapphire Theatre Company, Big Car Collaborative, Fall Creek Gardens: Urban Growers Resource Center, Reconnecting to Our Waterways.

Little Shop of Horrors - FREE FILM SCREENING
2016-05-10 21:00 - 23:00 | Fall Creek Gardens, 3045 Central Ave, , Indianapolis, Indiana , IN, 46205, United States
Let’s watch Little Shop of Horrors in a garden!
Come on out to this Free Screening! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets. We’ll be selling popcorn from our Welcome Trailer.
This takes place as part of our Reconnecting to Our Waterways spring series as a partnership with Fall Creek Gardens: Urban Growers Resource Center and The Sapphire Theatre Company
Check it out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1032843566801075/

Pleasant Run Futsal Court - Grand Opening!
2016-05-11 06:00 - 20:00 | Unnamed Venue, pin Hide Map E Pleasant Run Pky North Dr and Harlan Street, Indianapolis, United States
Come on out to the opening celebration of the Pleasant Run Futsal Court!
Kick a ball, get some ice cream, and have an interactive art experience with the #WagonofWonders! Meet the artists! Meet an Indy Eleven Professional Soccer player!!!
Help us celebrate and support a new futsal opportunity for the youth and community of near south side Indianapolis!
Local artists Matt Helfrich, Emily Gable, Paul B Pelsue, Alan Goffinski and Rachel Leigh have been hard at work painting Matt Helfrich’s amazing design onto the surface of this lonely old slab of asphalt. And it looks beautiful and fun!! Along with interactive maps, foursquare, hopscotch, and checkers, we’ve also incorporated a FUTSAL COURT!! Now, IT”S TIME TO PLAY! This event is especially suited for kids who love soccer!
Thanks from us!
Indiana Futsal, Indiana Soccer Association, Indy Eleven Professional Soccer, Indy Parks, Big Car Collaborative, Gordon’s Ice Cream Parlor

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Latino Americans-Foreigners in their Own Land (1565-1880)
2016-05-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
One hundred years after Columbus’ arrival in the Caribbean, Spanish Conquistadors and Priests, push into North America in search of gold and to spread Catholicism. With the arrival of the British in North America, the two colonial systems produce contrasting societies that come in conflict as Manifest Destiny pushes the U.S into the Mexican territories of the South West.
Apolinaria Lorenzana provides a window to the Spanish Mission System while Mariano Vallejo personifies the era of the Californio rancheros an elite class who thrive after Mexico gains its independence from Spain. Juan Seguín, a third generation Tejano or Texan, is caught between two worlds; his commitment to an Independent Texas and his identity as a Mexican. Through the Mexican American War, the U.S. takes a full half of Mexico’s territory by 1848. Over seventy thousand Mexicans are caught in a strange land and many become American citizens.
As the Gold Rush floods California with settlers, complex and vital communities are overwhelmed. The elites, including Mariano Vallejo and Apolinaria Lorenzana lose their land. Mexicans and Mexican Americans are treated as second-class citizens, facing discrimination and racial violence. Resistance to this injustice appears in New Mexico as Las Gorras Blancas (The White Caps), burn Anglo ranches and cut through barbed wire to prevent Anglo encroachment. At the same time, New Mexicans manage to transform themselves through education, managing to preserve Hispano culture in New Mexico and their standing in the midst of an era of conquest and dispossession.
Latino Americans: 5oo Years of History, a public programming initiative produced by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), is part of the NEH initiative, The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square.

Fishing Derby & White River Cleanup
2016-05-14 09:30 - 15:00 | IN
HEY! ISN’T THIS GOING TO BE FUN!
Come on out to enjoy a great day on our beautiful White River! Catch a fish and clean up trash! Don’t have a fishing pole or a hefty trash bag? don’t worry, We’ve got plenty to share! We’ll even provide lunch!
Prizes will be awarded for both the morning and afternoon session to families with 1) biggest fish 2) smallest fish 3) most trash 4) weirdest trash.
Adults, don’t forget your fishing liscense. Even if you are just helping a minor fish, it is required. Find out more and purchase online here:http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/2347.htm
This event is brought to you by Reconnecting to Our Waterways Big Car Collaborative Friends of White River and Westside Bait and Tackle
RSVP on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/278372679162565/

Latino Americans-Empire of Dreams (1880-1942)
2016-05-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Widespread immigration to the U.S. from Latin countries begins – first with a small group from Cuba, then a larger one from Mexico. Both flee chaos and violence in their home country and are attracted by opportunities in the United States. In 1898, the U.S. helps liberate Cuba and Puerto Rico from Spain but then seizes Puerto Rico as its colony. The first Puerto Rican arrivals (now U.S. citizens) establish a network in New York.
Juan Salvador Villaseñor whose story is told by his son, Victor, flees the violence of the Mexican revolution of 1910, along with his mother and two sisters. We follow Juan Salvador’s story; first through a grueling journey and poverty, then as a bootlegger, and finally as a successful businessman along with his wife and children in the United States.
During the 1920s, immigration is encouraged with the expanding U.S. economy. Mexicans and Mexican Americans build a thriving community in Los Angeles and look forward to a bright future. But when the economic boom of that 1920s ends with the catastrophic Depression of the thirties, the pendulum swings. Immigrants encouraged to immigrate in the 20s are deported en masse in the 30s. Emilia Castaneda loses her home and her family when she and her father and brother are deported to Mexico, despite the fact that Emilia and her brother are U.S. citizens. Puerto Ricans, also caught in the depths of the Depression, rebel against U.S. rule on the Island, and eventually gain Commonwealth status from the U.S. Government.

Latino Americans: 5oo Years of History, a public programming initiative produced by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), is part of the NEH initiative, The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square.

Nick Redfern
2016-05-21 13:30 - 16:30 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
1:30 p.m. Nick Redfern is the author of 36 books on UFOs, lake-monsters, the Roswell UFO crash, zombies, and Hollywood scandal, including Men in Black; Chupacabra Road Trip; The Bigfoot Book; and Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind. Nick has appeared on many TV shows, including: Fox News; the BBC’s Out of This World; the SyFy Channel’s Proof Positive; the History Channel’s Monster Quest, America’s Book of Secrets, Ancient Aliens and UFO Hunters; the National Geographic Channel’s Paranatural; and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He can be contacted at: http://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com/
3 p.m. Stewart Hill
Stewart 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.
3:40 p.m. Phil Leech
Phil Leech, MUFON Indiana State Section Director, worked 25 years in public service in various departments: city police department 911 communications training officer, fireman, chief fire rescue ambulance, and for the county coroners office. He joined MUFON due to his interest Ufology and desire to search for the Truth. Being able to work with field investigators and those who share their experiences with MUFON creates a unique opportunity to look for that Truth.
Free
See the MUFON Indiana website for more information: http://indianamufon.homestead.com/

Waterworld - FREE FILM SCREENING
2016-05-21 20:30 - 22:00 | White River Greenway, 333 N White River Pkwy West Dr, Indianapolis, IN, 46222, United States
FREE. LITERALLY ON THE WHITE RIVER!
Do you want to see Kevin Costner standing- larger than life- IN OUR WHITE RIVER?! 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 post-apocalyptic-high-budget-flop-turned-cult-classic!
This event is part of our Reconnecting to Our Waterways spring series.
Find out more on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1733397293611861/

Wagon of Wonders - Fishing at Fort Harrison
2016-05-22 09:30 - 17:00 | Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park, 6000 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46216, United States
Come out to Delaware Lake at Ft. Benjamin Harrison State Park where the Wagon of Wonders / Mobile Bait & Tackle Shop will be providing everything you need for a great day of fishing! We’ll provide bait! You can even borrow a fishing pole! All you need is a fishing license and a little bit of luck!

Fishing licenses can be purchased online here: http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/dnr-license/

If you’re not familiar with the Wagon of Wonders… here’s an intro: https://vimeo.com/138498618

Latino Americans-War and Peace (1942-1954)
2016-05-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
World War II is a watershed event for Latino Americans with hundreds of thousands of men and women serving in the armed forces, most fighting side by side with Anglos. In the Pacific, East L.A.’s Guy Gabaldon becomes a Marine Corp legend when he singlehandedly captures more enemy soldiers than anyone in US military history. But on the home front, discrimination is not dead: in 1943, Anglo servicemen battle hip young “Zoot suitors” in racially charged riots in southern California.
After the war, Macario Garcia becomes the first Mexican National to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor for his exploits fighting in Europe, only to be refused service in a Texas diner. The experience during the war pushes Latinos to fight for civil rights back home. A doctor from South Texas, Hector Garcia, organizes the American GI Forum, transforming himself into a tireless advocate for civil rights and the friend of a future president. Although Latinos make significant gains, the journey for equality is far from over.
Latino Americans: 5oo Years of History, a public programming initiative produced by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), is part of the NEH initiative, The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square.

WHITE RIVER SUBMARINE RACE
2016-05-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Unnamed Venue, 3000 N White River Pkwy West Dr., indianapolis, United States
FREE EVENT! COME ONE COME ALL!
The first ever WHITE RIVER SUBMARINE RACE will take place just below the waters of our beautiful White River! You won’t be able to see them… but trust us, they’re down there! Plus, our host, comedian STEPHEN VINCENT GILES will be there to give us the play-by-play action so you don’t miss a moment!
This hiarious narrative storytelling event is hosted by Big Car Collaborative and Reconnecting to Our Waterways.

Check out the facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1097089510347349/

Latino Americans-The New Latinos (1946-1965)
2016-06-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Until World War II, Latino immigration to the United States was overwhelmingly Mexican-American. Now three new waves bring large-scale immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. As the Puerto Rican government implements a historic overhaul over a million Puerto Ricans are encouraged to leave for the US mainland, to alleviate the economic pressure. A young Juanita Sanabria arrives in New York, works hard in the garment district, but encounters hostility and discrimination. Ethnic tensions explode in youth gang warfare depicted in films like West Side Story, etching the stereotype of the knife wielding Puerto Rican in the American consciousness.
In the film, Rita Moreno plays the role of Anita and wins an Oscar. But for most Puerto Ricans empowerment remains elusive. A young Puerto Rican lawyer, Herman Badillo, takes on the political establishment, opening the door for unprecedented Puerto Rican participation in electoral politics. In the early 60s, the first Cubans flee the left-wing Castro regime, a relatively white, middle-class flight that soon forms a refugee enclave in Miami. A child of 11 at the time, Gustavo Perez Firmat believes like most refugees, that it is only a matter of weeks before the American government will wrest Cuba from the Communist regime. But Castro survives. Maria de los Angeles Torres is only six years old when she leaves Havana without her parents, one of 14,000 children are smuggled out through an underground network. Unable to leave legally, Manuel Capo and his two military age sons – make a dramatic journey to the US. With skills honed in the family furniture business in Cuba and support from the federal government, the Capos build thriving business marketing to the growing Cuban population.
In 1965, fearing another Communist takeover in the Caribbean, President Johnson sends Marines to the Dominican Republic, triggering a third wave of immigration. With a US visa in hand, 20 year-old university student, Eligio Peña, flees to New York. Eventually he brings his family to New York as Dominicans build a new home in Washington Heights. Julia Alvarez would take the immigrant experience – her own and that of her fellow Dominicans – to unprecedented literary heights in How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. In her work, she explores the hybrid identity taking shape in a new generation of Latinos, who are now demanding their place in America.
Latino Americans: 5oo Years of History, a public programming initiative produced by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), is part of the NEH initiative, The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square.

Southeast Side Roadway Workshop
2016-06-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
This workshop will take place in anticipation of the arrival of international artist Peter Gibson (roadsworth.com) to Indianapolis. We will engage the following topics and opportunities for Southeast communities:

Roadway art on Pleasant Run

Creating visual interest to reclaim public space
Locating target areas
Introduction to the work of Peter Gibson (roadsworth.com)

Reclaiming Shelby Street

How do we make Shelby Street more pedestrian friendly?
How do we address traffic volume/speed concerns?

Walkability and Bikability Signage

Identifying pedestrian friendly assets
Improving awareness of assets
Mapping wayfinding sign locations

Create Places For People Neighborhood Initiative

Identify bike/walkability goals for the Southeast side
Develop a plan for engaging residents

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Places For People – Southeast Side Roadway Series
The Southeast Side of Indianapolis is first and foremost a neighborhood and a community of people. However, when we look at the roadways, much of the infrastructure is oriented towards prioritizing car commuters.Residents, pedestrians, and cyclists seem largely excluded from the equation. What does it look like to imagine our roadways as something more? How can we include places for people to exist and thrive alongside our neighborhood thoroughfares? Capitalizing on the momentum of previous successful placemaking initiatives, we will look for solutions to these questions and more.
This series is presented as part of Big Car Collaborative’s placemaking initiative with Reconnecting to our Waterways. By using methods gleaned from Spark: Monument Circle and the Rethinking Our Streets project with DPW in Mapleton-Fall Creek, we will be envisioning and enacting positive steps toward a more vibrant and inclusive community.
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Check out bigcar.org for details on these other events from Places For People – Southeast Side Roadway Series:
“Roadsworth” Peter Gibson Artist Lunch Talk- Friday, June 10, 12:00pm
Gibson will give a lunchtime presentation of his work at the Tube Factory Artspace on Friday, June 10 at 12:00pm and will discuss his process and intentions for the street painting workshop that will be held the following day. A light lunch will be provided.

Street Painting Workshop Saturday, June 11, 12:00-5:00pm
Local artists are invited to take part in this hands-on learning experience. International street artist Peter Gibson will share insights into his creative process and techniques for pavement painting. More details can be found at bigcar.org.

Free Fishing Day at Mounds State Park - Wagon of Wonders
2016-06-04 09:30 - 18:30 | Mounds State Park, 4306 Mounds Rd, Anderson, IN, 46017, United States
It’s a free fishing day! No license required!
We’re Heading to Mounds State Park in Anderson IN! Our Wagon of Wonders / Mobile Bait & Tackle Shop will be providing everything you need for a great day of fishing! And fun art! We’ll provide bait! You can even borrow a fishing pole. All you need is a little bit of luck.

If you’re not familiar with the Wagon of Wonders… here’s an intro: https://vimeo.com/138498618
