Borrow a pedometer from the Welcome Trailer and take a power lap around the Monument! It's Walking Wednesday people, so let's get stepping!
Find out more »Every Wednesday at noon, bring your camera phone/camera, some comfy shoes, whatever you know about our city, AND meet us at the Spark Welcome Trailer to take part in British artist/writer Cara Courage's Indy Look Up Project! As you take pictures, share what you know as you walk with us and post to Facebook/Twitter. To upload the images to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lookupproject Twitter (with the hashtag #IndyLookUp) This can be done as the walk progresses or afterwards in one go-- whatever…
Find out more »Indiana Landmarks' guided tour around the physical and symbolic heart of Indianapolis tells the intriguing story of Monument Circle, past and present. Join Indiana Landmarks docent Susie Dawson to hear about the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and why the woman on top faces south. You'll learn the roundabout's role in the original city plan and the stories of the encircling architecture, both past and present. Meet outside the South Bend Chocolate Company on the southwest quadrant of Monument Circle.
Find out more »What downtown hotspots give you the spooks? Explore Indy’s haunted locations with Craig McCormick and others on this themed walk. Visit several stations to hear tales of downtown hauntings. It's the last Walking Wednesday at Spark! Before or during the event, download this link to Flickr for some related images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bigcar/albums/72157659682843235 MEET AT THE WELCOME TRAILER in front of South Bend Chocolate Company and you will be put in a group and dispatched to one of three stations to hear tales…
Find out more »With Spark: Monument Circle winding to a close, let’s consider the impact of creative placemaking projects. Bring your lunch as Australian public space guru David Engwicht discusses the challenges and outcomes of creatively transforming our shared spaces. This event is part of the Big Car and Reconnecting to Our Waterways series on Creative Placemaking. Find out more at: http://www.bigcar.org/placemakingseries/. Other partners include: Indiana Arts Commission, Love Indy, Indianapolis City Market, IndyGo, Harrison Center for the Arts and City Gallery, StreamLines, White River…
Find out more »Stop by the Monument and get into a casual conversation with Architect Alexander Ralston (1771 - 1827), who platted the streets of Indianapolis and Entrepreneur John Freeman (1807-1902), an African American businessman who owned a restaurant near the Circle.
Find out more »Describe your friend to an artist who will sketch him or her. How accurate do you think the sketch will be with only your descriptive words as the artist’s guide? Find out with Forensic Friends!
Find out more »Spark 2015 goes out in style: watch for the Spark logo to scroll across the colored lights in the windows of the IPL building. Thanks, IPL! Check our partner, IPL, by clicking here.
Find out more »Good Night, Indy. The Christ Church Cathedral Schola will be singing traditional end-of-day prayers on the north end of Monument Circle at 8:15pm on October 15th. Take a moment to wind down with this beautiful choral music, which has been sung for centuries. Sung compline is an essential part of the Anglican Choral tradition, which the Christ Church Cathedral Choir-- a historic staple of the arts community on Monument Circle-- has traditionally and continually strived to embody.
Find out more »Indiana Landmarks' guided tour explores the physical and symbolic heart of Indianapolis and tells the intriguing story of Monument Circle, past and present. During the tour, you'll hear about the Soldier and Sailors Monument, including why the woman on top faces south, as well as the roundabout's role in the city's original plan and stories regarding encircling architecture. No tour if raining cats and dogs! Reservation required. Advance tickets are $8 per adult (12 and up); $5 per member of…
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