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SUMMARY:Will Higgins: Museum of Fabulosity
DESCRIPTION:June 6 through Sept. 21 | Guichelaar Gallery at the Tube Factory artspace campus | 1135 Cruft St.\n“It’s widely held that Indianapolis is a boring place with a dull\, vanilla past.\nThat notion is wrong.\nYes\, the city is a “good place to raise a family” and yes\, it’s a “sports capital.”\nBut it’s also freaky.\nPeople don’t realize this because staid\, well-meaning chamber-of-commerce types have swept the weird bits of Indianapolis’ history\, the truly interesting and truly human stories\, under the rug.\nFinally\, along comes the Museum of Fabulosity to look under the rug.\nIncluded in this pop-up museum\, made to resemble a small-town history museum\, are 16 amazing stories\, many so strange they may seem made-up. But they are not made up. They are all absolutely true. They are paired with amazing photographs and also fabulous objects that approximate long lost Indy icons — boxing gloves worn by Lou Thomas the night he killed Arne Andersson; the chair Cannonball Adderly tipped back in the night he discovered Wes Montgomery; James Snow’s Panama hat; Jinx Dawson’s skull; Max Emmerich’s spikes…”\n\n\n— Will Higgins
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/will-higgins-museum-of-fabulosity/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Lockerbie Place Pop-up | Sept. 2
DESCRIPTION:Lockerbie Pop-Up Public Place\nSept. 2: Sister Sinjin + The Latin Flavor food truck \nLunchtimes at Lockerbie Place\nStop by to enjoy the peace and quiet and various activities that this downtown green space has to offer — along with a soundtrack provided by live musicians or a a 99.1 FM WQRT DJ Mix from right here in your city. It’s free to attend! Challenge a friend to a game of ping pong \, play giant Jenga\, and find your new favorite musician or food truck. \nWhen? Every Tuesday from May 6 through Oct. 7\, 2025. Food trucks and activities on site from 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. and live music or WQRT DJ (alternating weeks) 12-1 p.m. Games are out all of the time! \nWhere? This program happens at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural Trail\, next to Needler’s Fresh Market. \nWho? This creative placemaking project is by Big Car Collaborative and made possible by CitiMark and Gershman Partners. \nCheck @BigCarPix on Instagram for Lockerbie lineups + updates!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lockerbie-place-pop-up-sept-2/
LOCATION:Needler’s Fresh Market\, 320 N New Jersey St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mo Gio: Picnic at the Park — a wearable art performance
DESCRIPTION:RESCHEDULED FROM 6/8/2025 TO 9/5/2025 \nJoin us for this powerful performance that explores the unpredictable nature of life and the strength it takes to move forward in the face of adversity. A seemingly perfect picnic on a sunny day turns to chaos\, reminding us that faith is a choice\, and joy is a decision: even in the most unpredictable of circumstances. But as the storm rages on\, so does our resilience. \nGuests are encouraged to bring their picnic blankets and snacks to enjoy the show. And\, 3 Marias Mexican food truck and Juicy Pop-up will be on-site serving Mexican cuisine and fresh-pressed juice.  \nPerformances will take place outside on the Tube Factory campus. There will be performances at 6:30\, 7:30\, and 8:30 p.m. with meet-and-greets with the artist and performers — including photo opportunities — in between shows. (Performances last around 15 min.) \nAdditionally\, there will be a limited number of picnic baskets for guests to personalize\, embellish\, and take home. Early arrival is suggested! \n\nAbout the artist: \nMonique Burts is a wearable artist with a background in sculpture and a 2025 Art & Soul-featured artist through the Indy Arts Council. She received her degree in sculpture from Herron School of Art + Design and now works as a wearable artist and costume designer\, presenting shows for all under the alias “Mo Gio.” She uses unconventional materials and methods to create wearable art for shows and the runway. Her work is accompanied by live models\, music curation\, choreography\, and glamour. She has exhibited at various Indianapolis galleries and venues including the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center\, The Vogue Theatre\, and the Indy 500 Snakepit Ball. \n“Art and fashion is revealed in everything from daily interactions to ordinary objects. Even as a young girl\, I had a particular interest in design and fashion. This longtime interest has shaped my career as a professional artist. I create wearable art using various unconventional techniques and materials\, including — but not limited to — paper\, plastic\, wood\, metal\, hair\, plaster\, and ordinary found objects. My creative process involves trial and error\, problem solving\, risk taking\, research\, and material analysis. My ability to trust my unique process allows me to transform materials beyond what initially seems possible and create multifaceted\, wearable sculptures. I draw much of my inspiration from the possibilities that appear when perspective is altered. In addition to the art of manipulation and seeing the beauty in the unseen\, my artistry is also shaped by my culture and lived experiences as a Black woman. The wearable art performances that I produce reflect the theme of unconventionality seen throughout my body of work. Viewers can expect an immersive experience with glamorous live models\, music curation\, and supporting props that bring the story to life.” — Mo Gio \nMade possible by the Indy Arts Council and the City of Indianapolis’ Art & Soul program\, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/picnic/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sept. 2025 First Friday at Tube Factory
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for First Friday festivities on Sept. 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Tube Factory campus! \n\nWe have a picnic-themed wearable fashion show by Mo Gio outside in our outdoor greenspace\, with performances at 6:30\, 7:30\, and 8:30 p.m. EST. Guests are encouraged to bring their picnic blankets and chairs to enjoy the show \n\nWe also have two brand new exhibits opening: \n\nSOMA in the Main Gallery\nKeren Cytter’s Rose Garden in the Video Gallery\n\n\nWill Higgins’ Museum of Fabulosity continues through Sept. 21. \n\nAnd\, 3 Marias Mexican food truck and Juicy Pop-up will be on-site serving Mexican cuisine and fresh-pressed juice. \n\nAnd\, as always\, enjoy coffee\, beer\, and wine available for purchase from Normal Coffee.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/sept-2025-first-friday-at-tube-factory/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOMA
DESCRIPTION:Main Gallery \nThis exhibition explores the supernatural and ethereal states of somatic responses. Inspired by Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World\, where soma was a fictional drug used to pacify civilians in a state of existential bliss and disassociation. Exploring the socialized perceptions of figures occupying space\, Soma takes on confronting perceived utopia and dysmorphia in this exhibition. \nIn the works\, moments of adolescent innocence are paired with surrealist and folkloric expressions of figuration. Satirically\, this speaks to resisting and transcending moments that are out of alignment as people grow; without physically being dismissed. \nFeatured artists: \nJo Archuleta (Kansas City\, Missouri) \nTommy Lomeli (Helena\, Montana) \nKatherine Looney (Kansas City\, Missouri) \nOctober Sharify (Chicago) \nIsaac Tapia (Kansas City\, Missouri) \nCesar Velez (Kansas City\, Missouri) \nGuest Curator: Yashi Davalos\nDavalos is an Afro-Puerto Rican-Mexican\, Atlanta Native\, based in New Orleans. Her practice began in the Americana Deep South. She attended HBCU\, Savannah State University\, where she studied Vocal Performance. Yashi’s curatorial research centers socio-cultural epistemology\, the south and the global south\, through an interdisciplinary arts praxis. \nDavalos was the 2023-2025 curatorial fellow and interim grants and awards coordinator at The Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City\, Missouri. She was previously a member of collective run gallery The Front New Orleans. Davalos has designed and facilitated programming in collaboration with various institutions including Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art\, Prospect New Orleans\, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans\, UMKC Music Conservatory\, and MDW Artist Coalition. Her art has been exhibited throughout New Orleans\, ATL\, KCMO\, and at MECA Art Fair in the Dominican Republic. Yashi’s writing has been published via Sixty Inches From Center\, Burnaway\, and Intervenxions at Latinx Project NYU. \nArtist Bios: \nJo Archuleta (b. Taos\, New Mexico 2000) is an artist living and working in Kansas City\, Missouri. Her work explores the complexity of identity and mythology of womanhood found within leisure\, desire\, pleasure and the specificity as a state of being. By acknowledging rules within the landscape of femininity\, gender roles and their societal expectations. Archuleta has found that there are multiple approaches to transgressive and transformative definitions of these identities. Her specific approach to this critique has been to use humor\, jokes\, and satire. Archuleta is interested in exploring how the figure is perceived and how she sees herself\, a constant battle between self-awareness and self sabotage. The figures seduce and confront complexities within the vapidness of beauty\, vanity\, and ego while also using self-consciousness as repulsion. The women in her work wear masks\, perform softness\, weakness\, shallowness\, and confidence; all while cowering within their own insecurities. \nTommy Lomeli (b.1993) is an emerging ceramic artist born in Stockton\, California. Lomeli holds a BA from CSU Sacramento and an MFA from the University of Kansas. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the International Sculpture Center’s 2024 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture award\, and first place at NCECA’s 2023 National Juried Student Exhibition. He was a 2024 Charlotte Street Foundation Artist in Residence. He is currently a 2025 Taunt Fellow at the Archie Bray Foundation. \nKatherine Looney (b.1989 (she/her)) is a Black and Native American visual artist living in Kansas City\, Missouri. She usually works with oil paints when creating colorful portraits. Many of her works are based on photos she has taken of her friends and family. She was a part of Charlotte Street Foundation’s 2023 Artist INC cohort. She was also a 2024 recipient of Charlotte Street Foundation’s Artboards Award. Katherine has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Missouri-Columbia. \nOctober Sharify (b.1999) is an oil painter based in Chicago\, Illinois. Their longtime interest in history and theology blends in their work with feminine aesthetics and spiritual imagery. October has a developmental disability and believes that this is both a detriment to their work and integral to their process. October has an African American and Persian cultural background\, and often turns to the visual language of their respective cultures’ past for inspiration. “I enjoy working with a limited palette\, and I mix my own custom colors to use consistently across my work. Blue to me is a very atmospheric color and my favorite time of day has always been twilight. World-building and paintings that evoke a feeling are very important to me and this exists in every piece that I make.” \nIsaac Tapia was born in Mexico\, where he lived until moving to the U.S. when he was nine. Isaac focuses on portraits that elevate important\, yet often underrepresented\, members of his community and celebrate the complex narratives of contemporary migration. He blends photography\, audio interviews\, and traditional oil portraiture techniques to convey rich\, multilayered stories and create opportunities for identification and connection. Isaac’s paintings have been exhibited throughout Kansas City — including at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art — and his work has traveled in shows across the Midwest with the Mexican Consulate and La Onda and the M.A.S.A. Collective. He had a residency and exhibition at Casa Lu Sur en Mexico City in December of 2024. Isaac is a founding member of the M.A.S.A. Collective\, and is one of the resident artists at the Charlotte Street Foundation. He is also one-half of the mural duo IT-RA Icons\, which has painted murals across the country. \nCesar Velez is a self-taught painter and first-generation immigrant from Mexico based in Kansas City\, Missouri. Velez’s work draws from his personal experience growing up in the South and Midwest United States as an undocumented immigrant (now DACA Recipient) living amongst American peers. \nThis exhibition is made possible thanks to the support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Efroymson Family Fund. \nIMAGE: Big Fish\, Cesar Velez\, oil on canvas\, 24×30\, 2022
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/soma/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Keren Cytter: Rose Garden
DESCRIPTION:Video Gallery  \nCytter’s short 2014 film explores the unsettling duality of American culture’s ideals regarding being protectors of life and harbingers of death. This title is a reference to both the 1964 Joanne Greenburg book I Never Promised You a Rose Garden\, which deals with mental illness and the 1971-84 Marine Corp recruitment campaign “We Don’t Promise You A Rose Garden.” These references are meant to clue the viewer in that the seemingly ordinary setting hides a distorted reality. As the tension builds\, multiple guns and disjointed conversations between characters escalate the sense that the calm is about to be shattered. A chaotic shooting spree unfolds against the backdrop of normal daily life. The chilling final scene serves as a grim conclusion addressing violence and its pervasive presence within American culture. \nRun time: 8 minutes and 55 seconds \nPlease note: This work contains adult themes and gun violence that some may find triggering. \nAbout the artist \nKeren Cytter (b. 1977) creates films\, performances\, drawings and photographs on topics of social alienation\, language representation\, and the function of individuals in predetermined cultural systems through experimental modes of storytelling and human perception. Mostly characterised by a non-linear\, cyclical logic Cytter’s films consist of multiple layers of images; conversation; monologue\, and narration systematically composed to undermine linguistic conventions and traditional interpretation schemata. Recalling amateur home movies and video diaries\, these montages of impressions\, memories\, and imaginings are poetic and self-referential in composition. The artist creates intensified scenes drawn from everyday life in which the overwhelmingly artificial nature of the situations portrayed is echoed by the very means of their production. \nCytter was awarded the Joseph Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2021)\, Absolut Art Award\, Stockholm (2009)\, Ars Viva Prize\, Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft\, Berlin (2008) and the Bâloise Art Prize at Art Basel (2006). \nRecent solo exhibitions include Hot Lava Night\, Kunsthalle Bielefeld\, Bielefeld\, Germany (2023); Double Standard\, LLS Paleis\, Antwerp\, Belgium (2023). Cytter’s work was showcased in a major survey exhibition at the Ludwig Forum Aachen (2022)\, featuring: films\, soap operas\, plays\, sculptures\, drawings\, novels\, zines\, life coaching guides\, children’s books and a festival. Cytter’s videos were shown in solo exhibitions at Winterthur Kunstmuseum\, Winterthur (2020); Centre for Contemporary Art\, Tel Aviv (2019); Museion Bolzano\, Bolzano (2019)\, Künstlerhaus – Halle für Kunst & Medien\, Graz (2016); Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago (2015)\, Kunsthal Charlottenborg\, Copenhagen (2014); State of Concept\, Athens (2014)\, Tate Modern\, London (2012)\, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2011); München Kunstverein (2011); Kunsthaus Baselland\, Basel (2010); Moderna Museet\, Stockholm (2010); Hammer Museum\, Los Angeles (2010); X Initiative\, New York (2009); Le Plateau Paris\, Paris (2009)\, Witte de With\, Rotterdam (2008)\, MUMOK Vienna\, Vienna (2007); Frankfurter Kunstverein\, Frankfurt (2005); Kunsthalle Zurich\, Zurich (2005) and Kunst-Werke Berlin\, Berlin (2006). \nKeren Cytter’s work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions such as MOMENTUM 10\, Momentum Biennial\, Moss (2019); Masculinity\, Düsseldorf Kunstverein\, Düsseldorf (2019); SUR/FACE: Mirrors\, Museum Angewandtekunst\, Frankfurt\, (2017); Instructions for Happiness\, 21er Haus\, Vienna\, State (in) Concepts\, KADIST\, Paris (2017)\, Vision on Vision- Lemaitre video collection\, SEMA Museum\, Seoul (2017); Busan Biennial\, Busan (2016); Creating Realities – Encounters Between Art and Cinema\, Pinakothek der Moderne and Museum Brandhorst\, Munich (2015); Political Populism\, Kunsthalle Wien\, Vienna (2015); John Bock\, Keren Cytter\, Paul Pfeiffer\, Gillian Wearing and Akram Zaatari\, Regen Projects\, Los Angeles (2013); Expanded Cinema\, Moscow Museum of Modern Art\, Moscow (2011); Videonale 13\, Kunstmuseum Bonn\, Bonn (2011);  Found in Translation\, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, New York (2011); Morality\, Witte de With\, Rotterdam\, Revolution\, van Abbe Museum\, Eindhoven (2010); Scenväxlingar / Scene Shifts\, Bonniers Konsthall\, Stockholm (2010); 8th Gwangju Biennale\, Gwangju\, Future Generation Art Prize: 20 Shortlisted Artists\, PinchukArtCentre Kiev (2010); Time Out of Joint: Recall and Evocation in Recent Art\, Whitney Museum\, New York (2009); The Generational: Younger Than Jesus\, New Museum\, New York (2009); Museum für Gegenwart\, Berlin (2009); Fare Mondi 53rd International Art Exhibition\, La Biennale di Venezia\, Venice\, (2009); VideoZone: Video Biennale\, Tel Aviv (2008); Shifting Identities\, Kunsthaus Zurich\, Zurich (2008); Yokohama Triennial\, Yokohama\, (2008); Torino Triennale\, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art\, Rivoli (2008); Television Delivers People\, The Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York (2008); The Second Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art\, Moscow (2007); The first Hertzelia Biennial\, Hertzelia (2007); The 9th Lyon Biennial\, Lyon (2007); All Hawaii Entrees/Lunar Reggae\, Irish Museum of Modern Art\, Dublin (2006). \nHer films have been screened in numerous film festivals such as The Wrong Movie\, Berlinale\, Berlin\, Germany (2024); Villae film festival\, Villa d’Este\, Tivoli\, Bolzano Film Festival\, Bolzano (both in 2019); European Media Arts Festival\, Osnabruck (2018); A Retrospective at Bergamo Film Festival\, Bergamo (2016); Rotterdam Film Festival\, Rotterdam and KunstFilmBiennale Köln\, Cologne (both in 2009); Berlin International Film Festival\, Expended Forum\, Berlin (2008); Berlin International Film Festival\, Expended Forum\, Berlin and Glasgow Film Festival\, Glasgow (both in 2007). \nThis exhibition is made possible thanks to the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/keren-cytter-rose-garden/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,The Show Room,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Lockerbie Place Pop-up | Sept. 9
DESCRIPTION:Lockerbie Pop-Up Public Place\nSept. 9: 99.1 FM WQRT DJ Mix + BoxBurger food truck \nLunchtimes at Lockerbie Place\nStop by to enjoy the peace and quiet and various activities that this downtown green space has to offer — along with a soundtrack provided by live musicians or a a 99.1 FM WQRT DJ Mix from right here in your city. It’s free to attend! Challenge a friend to a game of ping pong \, play giant Jenga\, and find your new favorite musician or food truck. \nWhen? Every Tuesday from May 6 through Oct. 7\, 2025. Food trucks and activities on site from 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. and live music or WQRT DJ (alternating weeks) 12-1 p.m. Games are out all of the time! \nWhere? This program happens at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural Trail\, next to Needler’s Fresh Market. \nWho? This creative placemaking project is by Big Car Collaborative and made possible by CitiMark and Gershman Partners. \nCheck @BigCarPix on Instagram for Lockerbie lineups + updates!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lockerbie-place-pop-up-sept-9/
LOCATION:Needler’s Fresh Market\, 320 N New Jersey St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
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SUMMARY:2025 Levitt VIBE Indianapolis Music Series: September Concert
DESCRIPTION:Big Car Collaborative and Arte Mexicano en Indiana are thrilled to continue as part of a national program to bring FREE\, high quality\, live concerts through the Levitt VIBE Indianapolis Music Series! In this — the second year of the series here — we’ll bring the free musical entertainment to our Tube Factory campus once a month over seven Sundays. We’re also adding cultural aspects like traditional dance performances and opportunities for local artists and artisans to sell their work as part of these lively community events. \nWhen: Noon to 3 pm on Sept. 14 (+ Oct. 12) \nWhere: Tube Factory campus\, on the near southside of Indianapolis\, at 1125 Cruft St. — Concerts will happen at the amphitheatre in our Terri Sisson Park greenspace and move inside Tube Factory in bad weather. While there will be some provided seating at this outdoor event\, we encourage visitors to bring blankets or other lawn seating for them to enjoy during the event. \nWho: Big Car Collaborative and Arte Mexicano en Indiana collaborating with partners\, sponsors\, and local and national musicians\, local vendors\, artists\, and creatives. \nWhy: To bring additional liveliness to an underused area of our neighborhood with free outdoor music experiences and neighborly\, inclusive\, fun\, and creative social gatherings. \nSept. 14’s lineup: \n\nDon Slepian (ambient)\nSound Ecologies (classical)\nIndianapolis Chinese Performing Arts (traditional Chinese dance)\nFood Truck: The Yellow Rose Texas Barbecue Company food truck\n\nAnd: \n\nFree Market (trade and receive free items)\nOpen picnicking (people can bring their own food and drink) is encouraged\nFun games will be on-site\nTube Factory galleries will be open\nBean Creek Outlook and Terri Sisson Park nature spaces will be open\n\nAND\, come help paint a mural that will be displayed on the side of Safeway on Raymond Street! This first community painting session will work on designs by neighborhood artists Chris Tower and India Hines. This mural project is possible thanks to the City of Indianapolis and the Indy Arts Council’s Public Art for All program. \nLearn more about the series here. \n_ \nThanks to the Levitt Foundation\, Efroymson Family Fund\, Lumina Foundation\, MIBOR REALTOR Association\, Eskenazi Health\, Penrod Society\, and Rundell Ernstberger Associates for their generous support of Levitt VIBE Indianapolis! \nThe Levitt VIBE Indianapolis Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation\, which partners with changemakers and nonprofits across the country to activate underused outdoor spaces\, creating welcoming and inclusive destinations where the power of free\, live music brings people together\, fosters belonging\, and invigorates community life. www.levitt.org
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/2025-levitt-vibe-indianapolis-music-series-september-concert/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lockerbie Place Pop-up | Sept. 16
DESCRIPTION:Lockerbie Pop-Up Public Place\nSept. 16: Alejandro Renya + T’Days Jerk food truck \nLunchtimes at Lockerbie Place\nStop by to enjoy the peace and quiet and various activities that this downtown green space has to offer — along with a soundtrack provided by live musicians or a a 99.1 FM WQRT DJ Mix from right here in your city. It’s free to attend! Challenge a friend to a game of ping pong \, play giant Jenga\, and find your new favorite musician or food truck. \nWhen? Every Tuesday from May 6 through Oct. 7\, 2025. Food trucks and activities on site from 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. and live music or WQRT DJ (alternating weeks) 12-1 p.m. Games are out all of the time! \nWhere? This program happens at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural Trail\, next to Needler’s Fresh Market. \nWho? This creative placemaking project is by Big Car Collaborative and made possible by CitiMark and Gershman Partners. \nCheck @BigCarPix on Instagram for Lockerbie lineups + updates!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lockerbie-place-pop-up-sept-16/
LOCATION:Needler’s Fresh Market\, 320 N New Jersey St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
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SUMMARY:NIGHTJAR: JL Kato
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 6:30 pm\, Reading at 7 pm \nOpen mic prompt: Write a response to the phrase\, “Poetry alters reality.” You must use the Oxford comma. \nRead a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum\, and challenge yourself to share new work! \n— \nAbout Kato: \nJL Kato is the author of Shadows Set in Concrete\, selected by Indiana Center for the Book as the best Indiana poetry book of 2011. He was designated Indiana Literary Champion by the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards in 2022. His poetry has appeared in several journals and publications\, including Paterson Literary Review\, Indianapolis Review\, Flying Island\, Tipton Poetry Journal\, and So It Goes (the annual literary journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library) \n— \nNIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative\, lyric\, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday\, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/nightjar-jl-kato/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250921T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250921T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T103143
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SUMMARY:Baile Monumental
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us at SPARK on the Circle with Baile Monumental on Sunday\, Sept. 21 from 3 to 8 p.m.! \nJoin us for a dance event filled with music ranging from cumbia\, bachata\, salsa\, reggaeton and many more latin music styles.  \nThis event will feature DJs Eddie Calaca\, Dimension 2000\, Sonido Campesino\, DJ Rumba\, and DJ Marley Dee from Hoosier Big Deal.  \nIn addition\, there will be games and creative activities for visitors of all ages\, so make sure to bring your family and friends! This event is free to attend. \nThis event is a collaboration between Arte Mexicano en Indiana and Big Car Collaborative. \n\nSPARK on the Circle is made possible by Big Car Collaborative in partnership with Downtown Indy\, Inc. and the City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development — in cooperation with the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/baile-monumental/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250921T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250921T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T103144
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SUMMARY:ALT(R) with Bryn Jackson
DESCRIPTION:ALT(R) is a site-responsive exchange ritual that highlights scent’s capacity as a vessel for memory and agency. Conceived in dialogue with the Soldiers and Sailors Monument—a towering emblem of triumph and permanence—ALT(R) counters stone with breath\, continuity with evanescence. Drawing from precolonial Visayan cosmology\, the perfume is composed of botanicals historically present throughout South and Southeast Asia: ylang ylang\, citrus\, sampaguita\, cinnamon leaf\, elemi resin\, vetiver\, patchouli\, and sandalwood. These notes form a complex\, woody\, and floral profile—an embodied invocation of the land. Each bottle becomes a portable oƯering\, carried on the body and released into the air\, making the wearer a living site of remembrance. The work is activated through an intimate exchange. Visitors are invited to receive the perfume in return for a single admission: “What’s one thing you wish you’d said or had the chance to say?” These unspoken truths—written on seed paper—will become an anonymous\, living archive of longing. ALT(R) invites participants to move through public space as carriers of an invisible monument—one that resists erasure not by carving ourselves in stone\, but through the persistence of breath\, touch\, and shared intimacy—a means of healing\, and a call to remember what history leaves unsaid. \nPresented by Bryn Jackson.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/altr-with-bryn-jackson/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250923T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250923T133000
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SUMMARY:Lockerbie Place Pop-up | Sept. 23
DESCRIPTION:Lockerbie Pop-Up Public Place\nSept. 23: 99.1 FM WQRT DJ Mix + TBA \nLunchtimes at Lockerbie Place\nStop by to enjoy the peace and quiet and various activities that this downtown green space has to offer — along with a soundtrack provided by live musicians or a a 99.1 FM WQRT DJ Mix from right here in your city. It’s free to attend! Challenge a friend to a game of ping pong \, play giant Jenga\, and find your new favorite musician or food truck. \nWhen? Every Tuesday from May 6 through Oct. 7\, 2025. Food trucks and activities on site from 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. and live music or WQRT DJ (alternating weeks) 12-1 p.m. Games are out all of the time! \nWhere? This program happens at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural Trail\, next to Needler’s Fresh Market. \nWho? This creative placemaking project is by Big Car Collaborative and made possible by CitiMark and Gershman Partners. \nCheck @BigCarPix on Instagram for Lockerbie lineups + updates!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lockerbie-place-pop-up-sept-23-2/
LOCATION:Needler’s Fresh Market\, 320 N New Jersey St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250925T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250925T170000
DTSTAMP:20260519T103144
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SUMMARY:Sketch Club with India Hines
DESCRIPTION:If you love sketching and are looking for community\, come hang out and draw with Big Car long term artist in residence\, India Hines. \nOpen to all levels and artists of any kind! Beginners are welcome\, just come & draw 🙂
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/sketch-club-with-india-hines-6/
LOCATION:IN
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250926T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250926T183000
DTSTAMP:20260519T103144
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SUMMARY:"What Nature Brings” Puppet Show at SPARK on the Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting and fantastical puppet performance at SPARK!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat Nature Brings is a puppet show focused on Indiana folklore with the intergenerational wisdom\n\n\n\n\n\nthat is forever changing how we treat the Earth. \n\n\n\nThe show is 15 minutes long\, and performances are at the top of the hour at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.\n\nAudio by Clockwork Janz and Play by Sylvia Thomas
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/what-nature-brings-puppet-show-at-spark-on-the-circle/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250928T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250928T170000
DTSTAMP:20260519T103144
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SUMMARY:“In C” by Terry Riley at Monument Circle (RESCHEDULED FROM 9/13)
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Indianapolis musician Danny Marquis — one of this year’s SPARK on the Circle artists in residence — this improvisational performance of “In C” is free for everyone to hear and enjoy at Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis. \nIf you’d like to play along\, join us by 1:30 p.m. at the SPARK park and bring your instrument.  We’ll provide sheet music for Riley’s 1964 composition that directs any number of musicians to repeat a series of 53 melodic fragments in a guided improvisation. Don’t worry\, Danny will show you how it works. \nWhy “In C?” Why perform this piece now in a time where artificial music is becoming more and more proficient and sufficient for so many use cases? Because “In C” demands the humanity of players to choose and listen. To interact in the moment and notice what emerges. Because a computer can render these lines\, but only a live performance can breathe vitality into them. \nIn C — live at SPARK on the Circle\, Sunday\, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/in-c-by-terry-riley-at-monument-circle/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250930T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250930T133000
DTSTAMP:20260519T103144
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SUMMARY:Lockerbie Place Pop-up | Sept. 30
DESCRIPTION:Lockerbie Pop-Up Public Place\nSept. 30: TBA + Books Bourbon & Bacon food truck \nLunchtimes at Lockerbie Place\nStop by to enjoy the peace and quiet and various activities that this downtown green space has to offer — along with a soundtrack provided by live musicians or a a 99.1 FM WQRT DJ Mix from right here in your city. It’s free to attend! Challenge a friend to a game of ping pong \, play giant Jenga\, and find your new favorite musician or food truck. \nWhen? Every Tuesday from May 6 through Oct. 7\, 2025. Food trucks and activities on site from 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. and live music or WQRT DJ (alternating weeks) 12-1 p.m. Games are out all of the time! \nWhere? This program happens at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural Trail\, next to Needler’s Fresh Market. \nWho? This creative placemaking project is by Big Car Collaborative and made possible by CitiMark and Gershman Partners. \nCheck @BigCarPix on Instagram for Lockerbie lineups + updates!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lockerbie-place-pop-up-sept-23/
LOCATION:Needler’s Fresh Market\, 320 N New Jersey St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
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