02 Oct 2015
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Indiana Landmarks’ Monument Circle Tours

Indiana Landmarks’ Monument Circle Tours

October 2, 2015 | 0 Comments | ,

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 Indiana Landmarks; $5 per child (6-12). If space is available the day of the tour, tickets are $10 per person regardless of age.

30 Sep 2015
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Indy Look Up

Indy Look Up

September 30, 2015 | 0 Comments | , ,

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 you like.

You don’t have to wait till Wednesdays either; contribute to Indy Look Up anytime you are out and about!

More about Look Up from www.caracourage.net.

28 Sep 2015
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This week at Spark: Sept. 28 – Oct. 4

This week at Spark: Sept. 28 – Oct. 4

September 28, 2015 | 0 Comments | , , ,

Here’s your Spark cheat sheet this week:

Monday, September 28:

Back-to-back ambient, experimental sets curated by Big Car’s sound art project Listen Hear will close out this week’s edition of Mellow Monday. Ready your ears with a pair of tracks from Sommer and Drekka. For a bit of background on the series, check out an interview with Listen Hear curator John Flannelly.

Tuesday, September 29:

Wednesday, September 30:

Thursday, October 1:

Friday, October 2:

Saturday, October 3:

Spark parade artist/choreographer Rebecca Pappas is collaborating with Veterans for Peace for an unusual procession this weekend. Check out an interview with Pappas for some background on her contribution to Spark, and join us this Saturday  to take a walk alongside a contemporary veteran around the epic Monument.

Sunday, October 4:

27 Sep 2015
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Emma Grace Hall (Ukulele)

Emma Grace Hall (Ukulele)

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments | ,

Up and coming singer, songwriter Emma Grace Hall will perform a FREE ukulele concert on the Circle this Sunday! Surprisingly, Hall is inspired by Marceline the Vampire Queen from Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time (and yes, she knows how silly that sounds). Through her music and lyrics, she hopes you’ll find something you can relate too as well!

27 Sep 2015
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Cool Bus presented by Word On The Street

Cool Bus presented by Word On The Street

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments | , ,

Every Sunday at Spark, visit the Cool Bus (a mobile literary arts center) for a word challenge, a place to read, and free books!  Explore word games, rhyming challenges, poetic forms, and maybe meet a visiting author. You can also check out the book selection and take a book home for free.

The Cool Bus is a program of Word On The Street, a not-for-profit focused on engaging neighbors in reading, writing, and exploring in spaces that inspire imagination and wonder. Word On The Street created the Cottage Home Microlibrary as well as the Cool Bus. Central to the organization’s mission is giving away free books and increasing excitement around and access to literacy opportunities. The Cool Bus was the “5×5: Make Your City” winner in 2013.

27 Sep 2015
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Parachutes with Cloud Preaser

Parachutes with Cloud Preaser

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments | , ,

Do you remember those giant parachutes you used to play with during recess or at summer camp? There were different games you could play with them– cat and mouse, popcorn, or sharks and minnows– but the best game was played simply when everyone grabbed a handle, raised the parachute into the air, and then ran underneath it and sat inside, creating a giant bubble-like clubhouse. Imagine playing with twelve of those parachutes, which were once white but have now collected pictures and messages from all over the country! Cloud Preaser, an art collective providing public and participatory art, are behind these playful and creative parachutes! In 2014, they traveled all over the United States and invited hundreds of strangers to play with, add pictures, messages, thoughts, and other positive, creative energy to their parachutes. Now, they are coming to Spark Monument Circle to share more of the fun!

27 Sep 2015
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Postcards To Your Past

Postcards To Your Past

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments | ,

Do you remember the street address of your childhood home? Can you see the house in your mind’s eye? Write a postcard to the address and surprise the people who currently live there with your memories! Tell ’em which room was yours! Tell ’em about the time your sister ran into the master bedroom door! Tell ’em about the time you threw a softball through the living room window! Postcard and postage provided. Facilitated by artist Brandon Schaaf.

27 Sep 2015
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DIY Playground

DIY Playground

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments | ,

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Family fun time in the Blue Foam Playscape.

Learn to build, create and play with a variety of shapes

including ramps, tubes and spheres.

27 Sep 2015
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ActiveIndy Self-Guided Bike Tour: White River Trail South

ActiveIndy Self-Guided Bike Tour: White River Trail South

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments | ,

Each Sunday, use Spark Monument Circle as your launching point to explore Indy through a series of self-guided bike tours developed by ActiveIndy Tours. This 6.5 mile ride, featuring the Cultural Trail and White River Wapahani Trail, is completely on trails and greenways through White River State Park and south along the White River. Along the way, you’ll enjoy nature’s solitude and views of Indianapolis’s skyline that are not often seen! Check in at the Welcome Trailer before departing to view a route map and receive a cue sheet of directions.

27 Sep 2015
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ActiveIndy Guided Bike Tour: Cultural Trail & Historic Neighborhoods

ActiveIndy Guided Bike Tour: Cultural Trail & Historic Neighborhoods

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments | ,
During Spark, the Circle is the launching point for ActiveIndy Tours’ most popular tour – a guided bicycle tour of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail & Historic Neighborhoods!  This tour covers 10 miles at a casual pace allowing you to explore downtown while learning about our city’s history, architecture, public art & connections to pop culture.  Rental bicycles available & advance registration required for this fee-based tour. Get details and sign up here.