When’s the last time someone really listened to you? Say whatever’s on your mind to a person 100% focused on hearing what you have to say. Limit: 10 minutes.
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Sep 2015
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Sep 2015
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/
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.
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Sep 2015
Workforce Week: Recess! & Workout Wednesday
Get out of the office and get your booty moving with fun, team-building exercises for adult recess with Playworks on the Circle from 11am – 1pm.
Additionally, join local studios for a series of FREE workout classes throughout downtown Indy from noon to 12:45pm (all Taylor Swift-themed in honor of her performance later in the evening!). Don’t forget your workout clothes!
- Zumba with the YMCA on Georgia Street
- Yoga with Invoke on the Canal on the Walnut Street basin (grassy space off Walnut Street and the Cultural Trail)
- Boot camp with Indy Performance Authority on the Indiana War Memorial steps
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Sep 2015
Ask-an-Expert: Bees
Let’s talk about bees! Bee Public is making Indy more bee friendly by hosting beehives in public spaces and by teaching people why bees are important, why they are in trouble, and what we can do to help. Founder Kate Franzman is also an urban farmer and writer. Show up at Spark and ask Kate anything you want to know about bees or honey!
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Sep 2015
Dipstick
How are you feeling lately? Express your enthusiasm or dismay through this interactive art piece by Big Car staff artist Brent Lehker.
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Sep 2015
Workforce Week: Tasty Tuesday
As a part of Workforce Week, take advantage of reduced-price breakfasts, lunches, happy hours, and dinners throughout downtown Indy hosted by several establishments. Show your downtown business card to participate. Try one or more of the following downtown spots and view the menus and discounts here.
Buffalo Wild Wings – 7 East Washington Street
Capital Grille – 40 West Washington Street
Champps Americana – 49 West Maryland Street
Eagle’s Nest – 1 South Capitol Avenue
Georgia Reese’s – 14 East Washington Street
Greek Islands – 906 South Meridian Street
Grub House – 1953 North College
Marsh Supermarkets – 320 North New Jersey Street & 227 West Michigan
Oceanaire Seafood Room – 30 South Meridian Street
O’Reilly’s Irish Bar and Restaurant – 36 South Pennsylvania Street
Palomino – 49 West Maryland Street
PF Chang’s – 49 West Maryland Street
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse – 45 South Illinois Street
Scotty’s Brewhouse – 1 Virginia Avenue
Shula’s Steakhouse – 50 South Capitol Avenue
Skyline Club – One American Square, 36th Floor
Slippery Noodle Inn – 372 South Meridian Street
Soupremacy – 7 East Market Street
Tavern On South – 423 West South Street
Tini – 717 Massachusetts Avenue
Weber Grill – 10 North Illinois Street
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Sep 2015
Workforce Week: Kickoff and High Kick Monday
Join Mayor Ballard on Monument Circle from 11am-1pm to kickoff Workforce Week and help set a new world record! Bring your friends and help downtown Indy make history as the Colts’ cheerleaders lead us in an attempt to set a world record number of high kickers at noon– think Rockettes… Indy style! We need 522+ people to break the currently held record on recordersetter.com. Emmis will be broadcasting live from the event.
Before the event begins, start your day off right by enjoying a FREE cup of coffee, courtesy of Soupremacy, at various Denison parking garages throughout downtown Indy starting at 7:30 am.
BMO Harris Plaza – 135 North Pennsylvania Street
Park Plaza – 109 South Capitol Avenue
Merchants – 31 South Meridian Street
PNC Center – 101 West Washington Street
Sun (Circle Centre) – 16 West Maryland Street
Moon (Circle Centre) – 26 West Georgia Street
World of Wonders (Circle Centre) – 100 South Illinois Street
Pan Am Plaza – 201 South Capitol Avenue
Virginia Avenue – 155 South Delaware Street
Market District Garage – 101 North New Jersey Street
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Sep 2015
Cool Bus presented by Word On The Street
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.
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Sep 2015
Parachutes with Cloud Preaser
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!
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Sep 2015
DIY Playground
Family fun time in the Blue Foam Playscape.
Learn to build, create and play with a variety of shapes
including ramps, tubes and spheres.
