Sunken Beer Gardens
2018-08-09 18:00 - 21:30, 2018-08-16 18:00 - 21:30, 2018-08-30 18:00 - 21:30, 2018-09-13 18:00 - 21:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Garfield Park Sunken Gardens, 2505 Conservatory Dr., IN, 46203, United States
Celebrate one of our city’s most beautiful gardens and public places every Thursday evening. Play some games, relax, get creative, and socialize at this family friendly place while taking in the sunset and fountains. And enjoy local craft beer. In partnership with Indianapolis Parks Foundation and Indy Parks and Recreation. And we’re excited to team up, as well, with Friends of Garfield Park, Inc. and multiple local breweries including Sun King Brewing Company, Centerpoint Brewing, Upland Brewing Company, Flat12 Bierwerks Indianapolis and our neighborhood’s own Garfield Brewery. Part of Big Car’s Spark Placemaking program with promotional support from 99.1 WQRT FM.
Kids and dogs are allowed. You can bring in a picnic. Food trucks will be on hand most nights. All ages. Beer is for 21-plus only and must be purchased. Otherwise free to attend. Some seating available, including hammocks. You can bring your own blanket or lawn chair. The Conservatory will be open to visitors with restrooms at no charge. Art activities, projects, and low-key performances will vary each week. You can always decorate and write your own special sunken garden postcards that we’ll mail for you for free.

Movies at the MAC-Black Panther with Clint Breeze & Groove
2018-08-10 19:00 - 23:00 | MacAllister Amphitheater at Garfield Park, 2450 Conservatory Dr., IN, 46203, United States
Each year, Indy Parks produces a full season of music, movies, and more for you and your family.
Featuring a wide variety of artistic styles – jazz, classical, blues, and Shakespeare in the Park – Indy Parks is excited to kick off its Summer Concert Series. From the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at Ellenberger Park to Garfield Park’s Music in the Gardens, they are offering an impressive selection of concerts and artists for all. Big Car will be present at this free concert and movie with art activities and more.
Concert starts at 7 p.m., movie starts at about 9 p.m.
Pre-show concert with Clint Breeze & The Groove
About Black Panther
After the death of his father, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king — and as Black Panther — gets tested when he’s drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people.

Yoga on East Plaza
2018-08-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2018-08-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2018-08-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Indianapolis City Market, 222 E Market St, Indianapolis
Yoga on the East Plaza of Indianapolis City Market! Kick-off your work week the right way by taking a moment to center yourself, with instructor Katy Newton. Don’t have your own yoga mat? No problem, we’ve got plenty! If it rains, we will move indoors to the upper mezzanine.
Katy Newton is a RYT200 yoga teacher with 5 years of experience. She is a creative teacher that incorporates fun and engaging concepts into her classes. Katy specializes in community based yoga which serves to make yoga affordable and accessible to all people. She currently teaches at the City Market and Irsay Family YMCA. She is a local artist and fashion designer, consummate upcycler and table tennis enthusiast.
Free and open to the public // All ages
Brought to you by Spark Placemaking and Indianapolis City Market with support from Southwest Airlines and Project for Public Spaces through the Heart of the Community program.

Yoga at Lockerbie
2018-08-14 18:00 - 19:00
Join us every Tuesday evening in August for FREE YOGA at Lockerbie Marketplace provided by The Hot Room Downtown! Step away from the hustle and bustle of Indianapolis for a relaxing experience in one of the city’s hidden green spaces. Take a moment to find your calm with instructor Joel Wayman and continue your week feeling relaxed and refreshed.
About Wayman
I have been in a relationship with fitness for over ten years. I am always finding ways to stay flexible, lean, strong and in the end transform my body to be healthier and my mind to become happier. My love for yoga started young with my mom, who learned from her mom, showing us children how to do stretches she used before the start of her days. It was not until 2016 that I started practicing yoga consistently. I was introduced to hot yoga by my best friend and cousin Bria. We decided on taking Bikram yoga class at The Hot Room. It felt incredible and my body and mind were feeling things I’d never felt before. I immediately signed up and started coming regularly as much as I could. It was transformative. I continued with my practice daily and tried not just Bikram, but Vinyasa and Pilates as well. I found it to be incredibly important to practice as many different styles as I could and found my body to start changing and my mind to start healing.
Within 6 months of practicing I became an instructor at The Hot Room by going through an Inferno Hot Pilates training in Chicago. Two months later I started my 200 RYT at The Hot Room.
I love teaching Inferno Hot Pilates because it’s like a workout party. Results are also noticeable within a short period of time as long as you commit to the practice.
I love teaching Hot Power Vinyasa because the continuous flow of the class connects you to your breath and movements at the same time. As a dancer it makes it feel like doing a beautiful choreographed dance and my heart creates that connection with my mind and body.
As long as you’re doing the work you will create strength and find healing. Every style is different and every teacher brings something different to the table and I am honored to be apart of the team at The Hot Room.
This program is brought to you by Spark Placemaking and The Hot Room Downtown in partnership with Citimark, Gershman Partners, and Big Car Collaborative.

Old Soul Presents:The DOJO
2018-08-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
The DOJO; a (MONTHLY) Hip-Hop showcase that highlights the art of REAL MCing. The DOJO honors tradition and provides a platform to strengthen the local HIP-HOP CULTURE.
All ages welcome. Appropriate for ages 16 & over.
​Hosted by Indy artists, Gritty N’ The Craftman.
Every month, they feature the best Indy emcees.

Yoga at Lockerbie
2018-08-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2018-08-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Needler’s Market, 320 N New Jersey, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, United States

Sunken Beer Gardens
2018-08-23 18:00 - 21:30

Wagon of Wonders at The Feast of Lanterns
2018-08-25 16:00 - 23:00 | Spade’s Park Library Branch, 1801 Nowland Ave, indianapolis, 46201, United States
Join us for one of Indianapolis’s most beautiful evenings in one of our most beautiful neighborhoods, Windsor Park. Big Car will be there with our mobile museum and activities,The Wagon of Wonders.
About the Feast of Lanterns
The Feast of Lanterns is a historic festival based on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis. Its earliest incarnations in the late 1800s were of small gatherings and decorated front porches in nearby neighborhoods like Woodruff Place. By 1909 these neighborhood events had morphed in to a single, larger festival that took place in Spades Park. Neighbors came out to hang paper lanterns—lit first by candles and later by electric lights. The park, historic bandstand, and numerous bridges were illuminated by the colorful lantern lights. Nearby homes would participate by decorating their porches. As time passed—through World War I, the Roaring 20s, and Prohibition—the event continued to be celebrated. But by the 1940s the event was held only sporadically and eventually not at all.
In the early 2000s local neighbors from Windsor Park and Springdale were looking to begin an outdoor music festival and re-discovered the historic Feast of Lanterns festival. The theme of colorful lanterns lit throughout the park was incorporated with local music, craft vendors, and neighborhood booths. Eventually the event was hosted by Near Eastside Community Organization (NESCO) for more than a decade. In 2015, NESCO announced they would not be hosting Feast as part of their efforts to reorganize and refocus as an organization. This year’s Feast of Lanterns, hosted by Lanterns Foundation, brings a refocus on the origins of the event, local neighbors and neighborhoods working together to not only put on a festival but also to build community.

Walking Wednesday-Indianapolis Oddities with Kipp Normand
2018-08-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Indianapolis City Market, 222 E Market St, Indianapolis
Believe it or not, Indy is full of oddities. Explore what’s weird with artist Kipp Normand on this themed walk.
Free and open to the public // All ages
Brought to you by Spark Placemaking and Indianapolis City Market with support from Southwest Airlines and Project for Public Spaces through the Heart of the Community program.
About Normand
Normand has no formal training in art. His grandfather taught him to paint, and his father taught him to build things. Normand is a scavenger and an obsessive collector, searching streets and alleys, junk stores and abandoned buildings looking for clues to explain the mystery of our world. He finds stories in discarded things: stories about himself and stories about all of us; our cities and our shared history. He first began making assemblage, shadow boxes and collage images as a way to justify his relentless collecting. They soon became much more. They are Normand’s way to dig deep into the vast museum of this world and share his finds with anyone who cares to look. He works out of his studio at The Harrison Center for the Arts.

Sound Lab with Oreo Jones
2018-08-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us the last Wednesday of every month for SOUND LAB- An evening of sound exploration. Bring your synths, drum machines, pedals, theremins, or whatever you use to express yourself.
A re-occuring workshop where we explore ways to communicate and express ourselves through sonic waves, each attendee will be encouraged to play a piece that they have been working on and share ways of how they approached their work. The group will then attempt to work on a collaboration by placeing your name in a bowl. We will draw 2 names at a time and you and your partner will team up in a inprovosation set.

Red Line Block Party
2018-09-01 15:00 - 18:00 | LLDM, 2842 Shelby St., IN, 46203, United States
Join Big Car Collaborative and LLDM Indianapolis, IN for another Red Line engagement event! As a part of a project to increase awareness about the new rapid transit system coming to Indianapolis, Big Car and LLDM are teaming up to bring you a Saturday celebration!
In addition to LLDM’s family-friendly activities and food, Big Car will bring out the Wagon of Wonders and other interactive art projects to encourage dialogue and discussion around the Red Line. Stop by, experience food + music, and visit the Wagon of Wonders!
This event will be a way for Big Car staff to engage with South Indy residents and gain useful feedback on our Red Line Public Art Project.
Made possible by the Arts Council of Indianapolis in partnership with Transit Drives Indy (TDI).

Walking Wednesday-Market East Neighborhoods with Marjorie Kienle
2018-09-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Needler’s Market, 320 N New Jersey, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, United States
Explore one of Indianapolis’ oldest neighborhoods and Downtown’s first historic district in the National Register of Historic Places with heritage steward Marjorie Kienle of Historic Urban Neighborhoods of Indianapolis (HUNI).
This is walking tour to learn how Market East: the Lockerbie Square, Mass Ave and Cole Noble neighborhoods rose from urban decay to the inviting places to live, work and play that they are today. Beginning at Lockerbie Marketplace, 333 N. Alabama and ending at the City Market, 222 E Market Street, participants learn how these neighborhoods changed from 1970s to what’s happening today.
Free and open to the public // All ages
MEET at Lockerbie Marketplace (the green space next to Needler’s Fresh Market). We don’t walk if the weather is terrible. Walks are free but bring some money if you’d like to stop for a snack or drink in the middle.
Brought to you by Spark Placemaking and Indianapolis City Market with support from Southwest Airlines and Project for Public Spaces through the Heart of the Community program.
About Kienle
Marjorie Kienle is a heritage steward and preservationist that has been living in Lockerbie Square since 1975. Growing up in a small historic neighborhood of Westerville, Ohio, Kienle became interested in historic preservation at a very young age. While living in several historic districts around the country, Kienle learned about restoration, its history, and found her place in the home restoration movement. After moving to Lockerbie, Kienle served as President of the Lockerbie Square Peoples Club, President of HUNI, and continues her advocacy efforts in both organizations as well as the Rethink 65/70 Coalition.

KnitNights
2018-09-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
The Immigrant Yarn Project
KNITNIGHTS at The Tube Factory
EVERY THURSDAY | 5-6pm
Free admission—all ages and skill levels
Would you like to be part of a nation-wide community art project?
If so, every Thursday evening, 5-6 pm, the Tube Factory is the place for you!
The Immigrant Yarn Project is the nation’s largest yarn-based work of public art, and it’s dedicated to our rich, immigrant history. Based in San Francisco, The Immigrant Yarn Project will be exhibited first at Fort Point Historical Site, Spring 2019, and then go on the
road in a traveling exhibition around the United States.
“Hundreds of artist / knitter / activists from around the country are
collaborating in a single, magnificent gesture of unity, solidarity, and yarn-based creativity in a celebration of our nation’s glorious diversity. The Immigrant Yarn Project…represents a cross section of the American experience. We think it’s time to rise above division and come together to celebrate what we all have in common – citizenry in a nation composed of diverse backgrounds, families, politics, faiths, identities and ideas.”
—Cindy Weil, Founder of Enactivist, the San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) responsible for organizing The Immigrant Yarn Project
YARN DONATIONS WELCOME
Contact Mary Jo Bayliss at email hidden; JavaScript is required
For more information about The Immigrant Yarn Project and it’s
founding organization, Enactivist, go to https://enactivist.org/

Four, an exhibition
2018-09-07 18:00 - 22:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Four is an exhibition of eclectic mediums of Kevin Hofmiester, Kayla Pappas, Sean Smith, and Jeremy E. Tubbs

Flava Fresh
2018-09-07 18:00 - 22:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Annual juried exhibition contemporary art with over 50 participating Artists curated by D. Del Reverda-Jennings. At Tube Efroymson Gallery, 6-10 pm

Sew, WHAT?
2018-09-10 17:00 - 18:30, 2018-09-17 17:00 - 18:30 | Indianapolis City Market, 222 E Market St, Indianapolis
A free sewing program at City Market! Bring your items that need repair or mending, learn how to do it yourself, and receive a free dewing kit. Get creative and learn how to make your own designs and easy-sew garments, too!
“Sew, WHAT?” is a project of local costume designer and artist, Katy Newton. Join us every Monday night from September 10 to October 1, 5-7pm on the East Plaza of Indianapolis City Market for free, friendly sewing guidance. If it rains, head indoors to the upper mezzanine of City Market.
This reoccurring event is for all ages and all skill levels.
Brought to you by Big Car Collaborative, Spark Placemaking and Indianapolis City Market with support from Southwest Airlines and Project for Public Spaces through the Heart of the Community program.

Breakout: Voices From The Inside
2018-09-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Every year PEN America sets aside an evening to celebrate and recognize excellence in writing from people in prison. This year’s program, “Break Out: Voices from the Inside,” commemorates the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising and PEN’s Prison Writing Program, which was founded in its aftermath and now reaches more than 20,000 incarcerated writers annually.
As part of PEN America’s national outreach initiative, PEN Across America, the Indiana Writers Center has invited local writers to read writing by people incarcerated in the Indiana prison system, and writing by winners of the PEN America Writing Contest on Monday, September 10 at 7:00 pm. The free reading will be held at Tube Factory. Please join us in honoring the struggle for free expression in prison and the importance of writing as an act of creative resistance and triumph.
Guest Readers include:
Debra, Des Vignes, Devon Ginn, Angela Jackson-Brown, J.L. Kato, Karen Kovacik, Michael McColly, Rachel Sahaidachny, Barbara Shoup, Celeste Williams

Walking Wednesday-Public Art with Julia Muney Moore
2018-09-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Indianapolis City Market, 222 E Market St, Indianapolis
Public art is everywhere, but sometimes we miss it when we are in a hurry or are quickly driving by. Take time to relax and enjoy our city’s public art in this themed walk led by Julia Muney Moore of the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
MEET on the East Plaza of City Market. We don’t walk if the weather is terrible. Walks are free but bring some money if you’d like to stop for a snack or drink in the middle.
Free and open to the public // All ages
Brought to you by Spark Placemaking and Indianapolis City Market with support from Southwest Airlines and Project for Public Spaces through the Heart of the Community program.
About Julia Muney Moore
Moore is an arts administrator, curator, educator, and art historian. She has curated, selected, and managed public art projects since 2000. Driven by a belief that public art should both inspire and reflect its community, Julia’s favorite projects are those that challenge traditional approaches to bring a mixture of surprise, thoughtfulness and joy into public space.
At the Arts Council, Julia oversees community and civic public art projects, public art master planning, and ongoing programming to improve artists’ capacity to create public art. She is currently developing a new Public Art for Neighborhoods program with the City of Indianapolis, integrating both grant funding for neighborhood organizations and percent-for-art-style installations in private development.
Prior to her work at the Arts Council, she served as the Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services at the Indianapolis Art Center, curating over 250 gallery and public projects in 14 years. As the Public Art Administrator for Blackburn Architects, Inc., she oversaw the selection, fabrication and installation of public art in new construction; key projects included developing multi-million-dollar public art programs for Indianapolis International Airport and Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, and planning public art for cultural districts and other civic initiatives. Julia has also taught art history and art appreciation at colleges and universities in Central Indiana. She received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and her M.A. in Art History from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, in addition to a M.B.A. from Ball State University.

KnightNights
2018-09-13 17:00 - 18:00 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States

Teacher Story Slam
2018-09-13 19:30 | Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Listen to true stories from Indy area educators told live at this free event at the Tube Factory Artspace! Indianapolis’ sixth Teacher Story Slam kicks of the school year with hilarious, heartbreaking, and inspiring tales from Hoosier teachers.
Co-sponsored by Big Car Collaborative, Chalkbeat Indiana, and Teachers Lounge Indy.

WQRT DJ TRAINING
2018-09-14 09:00 - 16:00
A private one day DJ Workshop with resident sound artist Oreo Jones. This will be the first of many workshops offered to the public, You will have a chance to step into the booth with Oreo as he answers any questions about studio equipment, how to go live #ontheactualair and you will record a station ID!

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Data Void Video Premier/Clothing release
2018-09-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Data Void Premiers their first skate team video along with a new clothing line performances by Nagasaki Dirt, Old World, and The WIKI.

Walking Wednesday-German American Landmarks w/ Bill Selm
2018-09-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Indianapolis City Market, 222 E Market St, Indianapolis
Free and open to the public // All ages
MEET on the East Plaza of City Market. The tour will end at the Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street. We don’t walk if the weather is terrible. Walks are free but bring some money if you’d like to stop for a snack or drink in the middle.
Brought to you by Spark Placemaking and Indianapolis City Market with support from Southwest Airlines and Project for Public Spaces through the Heart of the Community program.
About Selm
Bill Selm is an Indianapolis-based architectural historian and fifth-generation German-American. Selm is an instructor at IUPUI and former historian for the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission. For the historic district surrounding Monument Circle, he prepared the nomination that resulted in its listing on the National Register of Historic Places. In the early 1990s, Selm was a key figure in the crusade to save the Athenaeum, which by then had declined dramatically. Selm continues to teach, explore, and advocate for historic places and preservation.
