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Indy Look Up
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’ Monument Circle Tours
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…
Find out more »Free Bananas
Supplement your lunch with a free banana doled out by a large, friendly...banana. Performance by Joan Wyand.
Find out more »Lunch Break Live: Mina Keohane
Presented by Lake City Bank and curated by The Girl called BOOKS: Jazz-pop piano artist Mina Keohane performs from noon to 1 pm.
Find out more »SELECT SESSIONS Artist Interview series with Troy Freeman
Join host Troy Freeman for an interview and sound sampling with the members of Forgotten Tribe. Learn about what makes this local band tick.
Find out more »WALKING WEDNESDAYS: Public Art Crawl
What is public art? Let's take a look. Inspired by the recent Public Art Census produced by Rokh – a cultural equity research & design studio – take an artist-led tour highlighting Downtown’s public works by artists of the global majority (Black-Diaspora, Asian, Latinx, dual-heritage, Indigenous, and Women). Tour led by artist Greg Rose (@hay_kidd), covering 7 murals, 3 sculptures and 2 installations. PART of the SPARK What a Wednesday event. Meet at the SPARK trailer on the southwest quad of the…
Find out more »What A Wednesday!
* postponed from October 12 due to weather * Join us for free improvised music, poetry, video projections, and a public art tour all in one Wednesday evening! Evening Embers — performance of new compositions and improvisations by Indianapolis-based musicians Jordan Munson and Rob Funkhouser through the Circle sound system. Starts at 6 pm and goes until the reading. Public Art Tour — Inspired by the recent Public Art Census produced by Rokh – a cultural equity…
Find out more »No More No Place
Inspired by the acclaimed 60x60 series, No More No Place is a celebration of modern sound and video art presented as a stylistic and aesthetic collage. A play on “India-No-Place” (a derogatory and dated nickname for Indianapolis), the event’s title reclaims the phrase while simultaneously highlighting the city’s vibrant creative community. Curated by Indianapolis multimedia artist Jordan Munson, No More No Place combines 2-minute recorded audio works with eclectic video art. These pairings are presented back-to-back in a monumental immersive…
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Circle SPARK Fest
Join us for a brand-new, two-day FREE celebration of art and fall at Monument Circle. Browse wares from 20 Indianapolis-based artists and artisan vendors . Try your hand at artmaking and pumpkin decorating. A food truck, too! Live music line-up features: Radar Gold (psych-pop) @ 1 pm Books & Straight As (indie folk/alt-soul) @ 2:30 pm Vertice (Latin) @ 3:50 pm The Brothers Footman (country/rock/hip hop/soul) @ 5:10 pm ...all hosted by DJ Gabby Love! Big Car’s Wagon of Wonders…
Find out more »Circle SPARK Fest
Join us for a brand-new, two-day FREE celebration of art and fall at Monument Circle. Browse wares from 20 Indianapolis-based artists and artisan vendors . Try your hand at artmaking and pumpkin decorating. A food truck, too! Live music line-up features: Addie Kosten (pop) @ 1 pm Beatty and the Bayonets (soul) @ 2:30 pm Kristen Bales (indie jazz-pop) @ 3:50 pm Los AntiExtraditables (Latin) @ 5:10 pm ...all hosted by DJ Gabby Love! Big Car’s Wagon of Wonders and…
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