This steelband performance will no doubt have you tapping along to the beat! Learn more about the history of steel pan performance. The Skyfall Steel Orchestra is the Indiana Steel Pan Association’s community steelband and they are always looking for new members. Could you be next?
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Aug 2015
Musical Family Tree presents CHREECE Hip Hop Festival Preview: DJ Dilettante
Come enjoy a free concert right on Monument Circle presented by Musical Family Tree. You’ll love this electronic/experimental producer!
Learn more about DJ Dilettante and CHREECE Hip Hop Festival!
Also check out how our partner, Musical Family Tree, makes it their mission to spread Indiana music!
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Aug 2015
Random Acts of Music: Clarinetist Eric Salazar
Eric Salazar is a performer, collaborator, educator, and innovator. He has been described by his peers as a “super-human clarinet hero.” He holds a B.M. in Clarinet Performance from Ball State University and an M.M. in Clarinet Performance from Bowling Green State University. Hear him live in a pop-up classical music concert presented by Classical Music Indy.
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Aug 2015
Mobile Cassette Motorbike
You don’t want to miss out on this weekly performance by Stuart Hyatt Studio as part of “Phono Fridays.” This artist designed cassette motorbike will be making its way around the circle every Friday. Cassettes will be available for purchase. Ahhh… let the nostalgia set in!
Learn more about our partner by visiting http://www.stuarthyatt.org/new-page/
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Aug 2015
Roaming Historical Characters
Don’t be surprised to bump into First Lady Mrs. Esther Brown Ray (1800?-1850)–the very vocal wife of one Indiana’s first governors–and entrepreneur John Freeman (1807-1902), an African American businessman who owned a restaurant near the Circle. They might seem a bit confused by the 21st-century, but they’ll be pleased to meet you.
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Aug 2015
Forensic Friends Drawing
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!
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Aug 2015
Roaming Historical Characters
Entrepreneur John Freeman (1807-1902), an African American businessman who owned a restaurant near the Circle, and Governor Oliver Morton (1823 – 1877), who ran the state of Indiana during the Civil War, will be roaming Monument Circle to chat with you about their life and experiences in Indy!
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Aug 2015
Theme Walk: Indy Oddities
Believe it or not, Indy is full of oddities. Explore what’s weird with Kipp Normand on this themed walk. Are you sensing some great photo opportunities?
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Aug 2015
As You Wish
Do you have a wish you’d like to have granted? Let Big Car Artists be your genies! They will grant your wishes by “making” them out of pipe cleaners and clay (examples: a house, a friend, a trip to Italy). There is no wish too big or too small! Learn more about this project here.
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Aug 2015
Circle Walking
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!
