From a CBD Expo to a performance by Monica Cantrell, who will be channeling Billie Holiday in a local bar, we've got a wide variety of events for you this weekend. And it's forecast to be sunny. What more can you ask for?
If you like art that's playful and engaging, you'll love John Clark's Plans for Automatic Drawings; you might even be inspired to make some automatic drawings of your own.
It's a weekend for holding-onto-your-butts theatrical performances, art openings (even though it's not First Friday!) and Mariah Carey!
A conversation with Devon Ginn and Rachel Sahaidachny about points of convergence between Iconoclast Open Mic and the Indiana Writers Center.
Jill Ditmire talks not only about her weekly arts program Curious Mix on WFYI 90.1, but also about her six-year-stint as owner of the Mass Ave Wine Shoppe.
Applications for the Artist and Public Life Residency program, a partnership between Big Car Collaborative and Riley Area Development, are accessible online.
Donnybrook, Frank Bill's first novel, has been made into a motion picture, but don't expect the Hoosier author to abandon his hometown of Corydon for Hollywood anytime soon.
While continuing the search a permanent new location, the temporary store at Circle Center Mall has plenty of Kurt Vonnegut swag to offer, as well as opportunities to reflect on the Indy-born author's work.
The first event of the 2019 Vivian S. Delbrook Reading Series at Butler University featured an engaging evening with poet Gregory Orr whose work is informed by both tragedy and joy.
Butler University has announced the next few events in the 2019 Visiting Writers Series featuring some of the best contemporary poets, novelists and nonfiction writers in the country.
Indianapolis Arts Council’s launches new web site aimed at making local arts more accessible for Central Indiana students.
A library patron with compulsive (or aspirational) reading habits confesses to his book-hoarding sins and wonders if others have the same problem.
Arts and culture projects large and small receive funding through Indy-based endowment.
This weekly open mic creates a safe space for poets to come and perform their work.
Author and social scientist Zeynep Tufekci talks networked social movements, fake news on Facebook, and the videos that queue automatically on YouTube.
Brick Street Poetry Inc., partners with local government, nonprofits, and the general public in an effort to turn a vacant lot into a center for the literary arts.
Long-time NPR host Robert Siegel comes to Indianapolis as part of the Ann Katz Festival of Books at the JCC this week. Arts Editor Dan Grossman spoke with Siegel at length about his long career as co-host of All Things Considered.
The noted Hoosier author comes to Indianapolis this week on his "Double-Wide" tour promoting two new books.
Social psychologist Justin Lehmiller undertook the largest known survey of American sexual fantasies for his latest book, Tell Me What You Want.
Kurt Vonnegut Library and Museum hosts "Too Much of A Good Thing" discussion centered around the dark side of sex work, addiction and loneliness.
The reading by local writers is a collaboration between the Writers Center and PEN America
Sarah Layden has created a collection of stories that spin our world into something we’ve never seen before but we feel every day. And she’s done it so well it seems like magic.
New book by Abe Aamidor confronts the pain of loss and necessity of moving forward.
