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SUMMARY:Palm Sunday Tornadoes Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:On April 11\, 1965\, one of the worst tornado outbreaks in U.S. history struck Indiana\, leaving paths of destruction in the central and northern parts of the state. \nHoward County was hit hard. Over the course of about 20 minutes\, a tornado leveled the towns of Russiaville and Alto and killed 13 people in and around Greentown in the eastern part of the county. Across Indiana\, 137 people lost their lives. \nIn recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Palm Sunday tornadoes\, the Greentown Historical Society presents an exhibit about the destruction the tornadoes caused\, the impact they had\, and the recovery efforts. Through text\, photos\, and artifacts\, the exhibit tells the stories of Greentown residents who were affected and their resilience in rebuilding the community. \nThe Palm Sunday tornadoes exhibit is on view at the Greentown Historical Society through December 6. The historical society is open Mondays and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. \nFor more information\, email office@greentownhistoricalsociety.org or call 765.628.3800. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/palm-sunday-tornadoes-exhibit/
LOCATION:Greentown Historical Society History Center\, 103 E. Main St.\, Greentown\, IN\, 46936
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250503T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251101T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
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SUMMARY:Windows into History: Discovering Columbia City's Past
DESCRIPTION:Columbia City Connect invites you to explore the stories behind the storefronts with Windows into History. This new downtown experience features eye-catching window displays highlighting historic people\, places\, and events from Columbia City’s past. \nEach display includes a QR code linking to a digital walking tour of downtown\, where you can dive deeper into photos\, audio\, and untold stories. \nWindows into History runs from May 3 to November 1\, 2025. Throughout its run\, be sure to look for in-person guided tours and events. You can find details on Columbia City Connect’s website. \nFor more information\, email Niki Keister at niki@columbiacityconnect.com. \nThis program received support from a Historic Preservation Education Grant awarded by Indiana Humanities and Indiana Landmarks.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/windows-into-history-discovering-columbia-citys-past-2/
LOCATION:Downtown Columbia City\, 108 S. Chauncey St.\, Columbia City\, IN\, 46725
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
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SUMMARY:Feast of the Hunters' Moon
DESCRIPTION:The Feast of the Hunters’ Moon is a re-creation of the annual fall gathering of the French and Native Americans that took place at Fort Ouiatenon\, a fur-trading outpost in the mid-1700s. The Feast is held annually in early autumn on the banks of the Wabash River\, four miles southwest of West Lafayette\, Indiana. \nThousands of participants reenact this event\, creating a feast for the senses. Free programming is held on five stages and includes French and Native American music and dance\, fife and drum corps performances\, military drills and demonstrations\, fashion shows\, games\, and contests. Special hands-on activities include costume try-ons\, candle-dipping\, storytelling\, bead bracelet making\, cross-cut sawing\, and axe throwing. \nFeast organizers are partnering with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to present “Returning to the Homeland: Miami Tribe at the Feast of the Hunters’ Moon.” Throughout the Feast\, tribe members will present on their heritage and share details about present-day Miami culture. \nHours are Saturday\, October 11\, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT\, and Sunday\, October 12\, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. Information on tickets\, shuttle buses and programming is available at www.feastofthehuntersmoon.org. \nFor more information\, contact feast@tippecanoehistory.org. \nThe Miami Tribe’s appearance at the Feast received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/feast-of-the-hunters-moon-3/
LOCATION:Fort Ouiatenon Historic Park\, 3129 S. River Rd.\, West Lafayette\, IN\, 47906
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T103000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
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SUMMARY:Local Writers Morning Mixer\, supported by Butler MFA
DESCRIPTION:Are you a local writer? Meet up with other writers over a light breakfast of coffee and doughnuts. Share your work\, make new friends\, and help build literary connections in Indianapolis. This is event is supported by Butler MFA.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/local-author-mixer-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250917T151259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T145318Z
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SUMMARY:Playing with Words (Beyond Scrabble)
DESCRIPTION:The City Gallery will include a free-to-borrow-and-play library of literary- and word-focused board and card games. Not familiar with these? Lou Harry\, game concierge of the weekly Game Night Social at the Garage Food Hall (and others)\, will be happy to teach them to players. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/playing-with-words-beyond-scrabble/
LOCATION:City Gallery\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T160000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250922T191048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T115345Z
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SUMMARY:Letters to Dead Authors
DESCRIPTION:Ever wish you had the opportunity to talk with literary legends no longer with us? Stop by Loudmouth Books during Proof to participate in a Letters to Dead Authors activity\, imagined by Indiana author Kelcey Ervick. Pick up your postcard\, write a note\, and send it to the beyond!  \nKelcey will be available to chat about the activity and sign books from 3 to 4 pm at Loudmouth. Kelcey is the author of four award-winning books\, including the graphic memoir The Keeper. She writes and draws stories about the creative life in her illustrated newsletter\, The Habit of Art\, and has recently launched a new publication\, Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. She is a professor of creative writing at Indiana University South Bend and lives on the banks of the St. Joseph River.   \nIndiana Authors Award winner Barb Shoup and Hoosier writer Robyn Ryle will also be there at 3 pm to sign copies of their books.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/letters-to-dead-authors/
LOCATION:Loudmouth Books\, 212 E 16th St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T170000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250918T130706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T145457Z
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SUMMARY:Found Poetry and Collage
DESCRIPTION:Unleash your imagination and create your own found poetry out of magazines\, letters\, photographs\, newspapers\, markers\, stickers\, and more at this hands-on station!
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/found-poetry-and-collage/
LOCATION:Lawn at Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T170000
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CREATED:20250918T132817Z
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SUMMARY:A Midwest Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:Bookstores\n\nThe Book Fairy\nEach Other’s Books\nGolden Hour Books\nIndy Reads\nIrvington Vinyl and Books\nKids Ink Children’s Bookstore\nLoudmouth Books\nTomorrow Bookstore\nUjamaa Community Bookstore\n\nLiterary organizations\n\nBooth\nBrick Street Poetry\nButler MFA\nDogwood Alchemy\nHamilton East Public Library\nIndianapolis Public Library\nIndiana FREADOM to Read\nIndiana Writers Center\nIndy Type Shop\nKismet Magazine\nKurt Vonnegut Museum and Library\nMichiana Writers Center\nMidwest Writers Workshop\nThe New Territory Magazine\nRay Bradbury Center\nRiver Teeth\nSarabande Books\nSpeed City Sisters in Crime\n\nStationery and more\n\nhello & handshake\nTea’s Me
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/book-fair/
LOCATION:Gym at Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T113000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250911T193217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T162450Z
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SUMMARY:Midwestern Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Jill Christman is the author of If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in Essays\, two memoirs (Darkroom: A Family Exposure and Borrowed Babies: Apprenticing for Motherhood)\, and essays in magazines such as Brevity\, Creative Nonfiction\, Fourth Genre\, and Iron Horse Literary Review. A 2020 NEA Fellow and senior editor for River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative\, she teaches at Ball State University.  \nAcamea Deadwiler is the author of the memoir Daddy’s Little Stranger\, which has been featured by Literary Hub\, The Creative Nonfiction Podcast\, and deemed “arresting” by The BookLife Prize. Her writing has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review\, North American Review\, Beyond Words Literary Magazine\, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Randolph College—where she was awarded a Blackburn Fellowship. Acamea’s books have also been lauded by Publishers Weekly and Cosmopolitan\, among other media outlets. She is a native of Gary\, Indiana.  \nMelissa Fraterrigo is the author of the memoir in essays\, The Perils of Girlhood (University of Nebraska Press\, 2025) and also the novel Glory Days (University of Nebraska Press\, 2017) and the short story collection The Longest Pregnancy (Livingston Press\, 2006). Her fiction and nonfiction works have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies from Shenandoah and The Massachusetts Review to storySouth and Notre Dame Review. She has been a finalist for awards from Glimmer Train on multiple occasions\, twice nominated for Pushcart Awards\, and was the winner of the Sam Adams/Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Contest. She teaches creative writing at Purdue University and in the MFA Program in creative writing at Butler University in Indianapolis. She also offers instruction on the art and craft of writing at the Lafayette Writers’ Studio in Lafayette\, Indiana. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/midwest-memoir-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Speck Gallery\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T113000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250915T140937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T150618Z
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SUMMARY:The Literary Social Life: A History of the Indianapolis Woman's Club
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the unique history of the Indianapolis Propylaeum and the Indianapolis Woman’s Club\, founded in 1875. The purpose of the Indianapolis Woman’s Club was\, and remains\, the exchange of ideas through presentation and discussion of papers. Learn more about how this historic building has been a space to gather and explore literature for generations of women before we kick off a day of literary conversations during Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest.  \n Rose Wernicke began her writing endeavors exploring “The Farmland Opera House: Culture\, Identity\, and the Corn Contest” in her master’s thesis. She is interested in architectural and women’s history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her work includes National Register nominations\, articles for Traces magazine\, and papers for the Indianapolis Woman’s Club.  \n 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/the-literary-social-life-a-history-of-the-indianapolis-womans-club/
LOCATION:Indianapolis Propylaeum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250912T175104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T170432Z
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SUMMARY:Cracks in the Concrete: Documentary Poetics in the Face of Injustice with Teresa Dzieglewicz 
DESCRIPTION:In this generative workshop\, we’ll explore the ways that documentary poetics can be used to crack open\, broaden\, or crumble official narratives—especially in situations of injustice. When systems and institutions tell one type of story\, what power can poetry claim? What unique roles can poetry play? Guided by the work of poets such as Solmaz Sharif\, Layli Long Soldier\, and Jenny Molberg\, we’ll experiment with different approaches to documentary poetics and write our own poems of fuller and richer truth. \nIf you have an idea of a document you might like to work with (news articles\, court filings\, political speeches\, police statements\, etc.)\, please feel free to bring it to the workshop (physical copies are fantastic\, but digital is good too). If not\, come with thoughts about an issue or situation you’d like to explore in your work. \nAbout the Author\nTeresa Dzieglewicz is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a poet-in-residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Wóuŋspe (Defenders of the Water School). Her first book of poetry\, Something Small of How to See a River\, was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). Her first children’s book\, cowritten with Kimimila Locke\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, a Best New Poets honor\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Her poems appear in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Pleiades\, Ninth Letter\, and elsewhere. Teresa lives with her family in Chicago\, on Potawatomi land.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/cracks-in-the-concrete-documentary-poetics-in-the-face-of-injustice-with-teresa-dzieglewicz/
LOCATION:Underground at the Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250911T172028Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry reading with MARS. Marshall\, Too Black\, and Sylvia Thomas
DESCRIPTION:MARS. Marshall is a writer and cultural organizer born and raised in Detroit. Their work has been published in Obsidian Literature & Arts for the African Diaspora\, Michigan Quarterly Review: The Mixtape\, Foglifter Journal\, Gertrude Press\, and elsewhere. MARS is a 2021 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow in Poetry and a 2019 Lambda Literary Art Emerging Writers Fellow in Poetry. Their debut chapbook\, FLOWER BOI\, is available via Gold Line Press. \nToo Black is a poet\, scholar\, organizer\, and filmmaker who blends critical analysis with biting sarcasm. He’s headlined various stages and events\, including at the historic Nuyorican [NEW-yo-REE-kan] Poets Café in New York City\, at Princeton University\, and at the Johannesburg Theater in South Africa. He’s the co-author of the book Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death\, People\, Property\, and Profits. His words have been published in online publications such as Black Agenda Report\, Hammer and Hope\, Mondoweiss [MON-doh-WHICE]\, and Hood Communist. Too Black is the host of the Black Myths Podcast\, a podcast debunking the BS said about Black people. He’s also the co-director of the award-winning documentary film The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up. \nSylvia Thomas is an artist and writer from Indianapolis. Her work focuses on sex\, gender\, grief\, and euphoria. Over the last 10 years\, she has exhibited and performed her work across North America and Europe\, including the 2025 CLAVO art fair in Mexico City and a presentation for the United Nations Envoy on Youth in 2021. Sylvia is a long-term artist in residence for Big Car Collaborative\, a 2024–25 Creative Renewal Arts Fellow through the Indy Arts Council\, and a recipient of the 2023 Indianapolis Creative Risk Grant through the Herbert Simon Family Foundation.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/poetry-reading-with-mars-marshall-too-black-and-sylvia-thomas/
LOCATION:Harrison Gallery\, 1505 N Delaware St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250924T160742Z
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SUMMARY:Indiana Authors Awards Writing Workshops: Rosaleen Crowley at Tipton Co. Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Art Journaling: Exploring Sense of Space lead by Rosaleen Crowley \nThis interactive workshop encourages you to interpret your own thoughts and feelings about the places that shape you. Using words\, images\, and artistic expression\, you’ll reflect on what “home” and “belonging” mean in your own life. While blank pages will be provided\, participants are welcome to bring their favorite writing tools and personal journals for writing\, drawing\, or doodling in response to the workshop activities. \nWhether you’re an experienced artist or writer\, or simply curious about creative self-expression\, this workshop offers a welcoming space to explore your relationship with place through the powerful combination of art and words.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/indiana-authors-awards-writing-workshops-rosaleen-crowley-at-tipton-co-public-library/
LOCATION:Tipton County Public Library\, 127 E Madison St\, Tipton\, IN\, 46072\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Authors Awards
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T123000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
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SUMMARY:Magical Realism as a Vessel for Marginalized Voices
DESCRIPTION:Magical Realism—a genre often associated with Latin American literature that combines the magical with the mundane—has been leveraged to write about sociopolitical topics for decades. From authors like Gabriel Garcia Márquez highlighting the struggles of post colonialism and the two worlds that Latine folk must navigate to Isabel Allende’s eloquent takes on feminism\, the genre is no stranger to providing a unique voice to groups of people who often go unheard. In recent years\, Magical Realism has opened up to include many other marginalized voices. From Toni Morrison’s vivid and heartbreaking tales of being Black in America\, to Aimee Bender’s stories about the suffocating silence that often comes with girlhood\, we are seeing the genre take on new shapes. In this workshop\, we’ll dive into the ways that Magical Realism is seamlessly political and write our own works that use magic as a way to give our characters a voice that can be heard by all.   \n About the Author\nTéa Franco is a writer based in Indianapolis. She has fiction\, poetry\, and nonfiction published in Barrelhouse\, Barren Magazine\, Foglifter\, and others. She coedited Kiss Your Darlings: A Taylor Swift Anthology and teaches creative writing workshops. Her first novel\, You Could Be That Kind of Girl\, was published last year. She received a travel grant from the Central Indiana Community Foundation to conduct research in Puerto Rico\, where her family is from. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/magical-realism-as-a-vessel-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T140000
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SUMMARY:Paws to Read
DESCRIPTION:Younger readers (and attendees of all ages) are invited to practice their reading skills with canine companions on the lawn at the Harrison Center. Paws to Read volunteers and their trained therapy dogs will be onsite and ready to hear your stories! \nPaws to Read programs\, an initiative of Paws & Think\, are held at schools and libraries in central Indiana and offer young people the opportunity to connect with therapy dogs while practicing their reading skills. The organization also takes part in literacy fairs and community events to inspire a love of reading beyond the classroom. Research shows that therapy dogs can help to reduce anxiety as well as improve focus and attention span. Therapy dogs serve as a calm presence and allow children to work to improve literacy\, comprehension\, and communication with a nonjudgmental listener.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/paws-to-read/
LOCATION:Lawn at Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T130000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250911T193919Z
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SUMMARY:The Craft of Crime Writing
DESCRIPTION:Join a stellar panel of award-winning Midwestern crime writers for a conversation on the craft of writing a good mystery\, moderated by Shamus Award-winning author James D.F. Hannah. \nAbout the panelists\nValerie (V. M.) Burns is an Agatha\, Anthony\, Edgar\, and Next Generation Award Finalist. She is the author of the Mystery Bookshop\, Dog Club\, RJ Franklin\, Baker Street Mystery\, and Bailey the Bloodhound mystery series. Valerie is a member of Crime Writers of Color\, Sisters in Crime\, Mystery Writers of America\, Dog Writers of America\, Thriller Writers International\, and the Crime Writers Association. Valerie has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University\, a master’s degree in business from the University of Notre Dame\, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Seton Hill University. In addition to writing\, Valerie works as a manager at a call center and is also a mentor in the Writing Popular Fiction MFA Program at Seton Hill University in Greensburg\, Pennsylvania. Born and raised in northwest Indiana\, Valerie now lives in northern Georgia with her two poodles. \nLori Rader-Day is the Edgar Award–nominated and Agatha\, Anthony\, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of Wreck Your Heart (forthcoming January 2026)\, The Death of Us\, Death at Greenway\, The Lucky One\, Under a Dark Sky\, and others. Lori earned a master of arts degree in creative nonfiction and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing. She lives in Chicago\, where she cochairs the crime fiction readers’ event Midwest Mystery Conference and teaches creative writing at Northwestern University. Visit her at www.LoriRaderDay.com. \nErin Flanagan is the author of two short-story collections and three novels\, including Deer Season\, winner of the 2022 Edgar for Best First Novel\, and the most recent Come with Me. She has held fellowships at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, Yaddo\, the MacDowell Colony\, and the Ucross Foundation and has been awarded two Individual Excellence Grants from the Ohio Arts Council. She is a board member of the Mystery Writers of America Midwest chapter\, a regular book reviewer for Publishers Weekly\, and an English professor at Wright State University. For more information about her and her writing\, visit www.erinflanagan.net. \nJames D.F. Hannah is the Shamus Award–winning author of the Henry Malone series\, including the novels Because the Night and Behind the Wall of Sleep. His short fiction has twice been selected for Best American Mysteries and Suspense by series editor Steph Cha and guest editors Jess Walter in 2022 and Don Winslow in 2025. His work has received multiple Anthony Award nominations and appeared in publications including Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Vautrin\, as well as anthologies edited by Tod Goldberg\, S.A. Cosby\, and Lawrence Block. He lives in Louisville\, Kentucky\, where all the bourbon is. \nLarry D. Sweazy is the author of 19 novels\, one short-story collection\, and 40 short stories. He is a two-time recipient of the WWA (Western Writers of America) Spur Award and a four-time recipient of the Will Rogers Medallion Award. His writing has also been recognized with awards from the Best Books of Indiana literary competition\, the Elmer Kelton Book Award\, the Willa Literary Award\, and the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award. He has been shortlisted for the Indiana Authors Award two times and has been a finalist for several national writing awards. His short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine\, The Adventure of the Missing Detective\, Hoosier Noir\, Boys’ Life\, Hardboiled\, and several other publications and anthologies. Larry lives in Noblesville\, Indiana\, with his wife\, Rose\, where he is hard at work on his next story.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/the-craft-of-crime-writing/
LOCATION:Speck Gallery\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T130000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
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SUMMARY:Literary Landscapes of the Midwest
DESCRIPTION:This panel will feature a conversation about Midwestern literature that travels widely through time and space—beginning with hyperlocal experience and building toward a larger mosaic of the diverse stories we tell about our region. Panelists have all contributed to The New Territory’s Literary Landscapes series\, which publishes short personal essays about the places of Midwestern literature.  \nAbout the panelists\nDawn Burns is thoroughly Midwestern\, having lived their whole life in Indiana\, Ohio\, and Michigan. Often their characters are Midwestern too\, like Evangelina from Elkhart in Evangelina Everyday (2022) and Dawn Tempers from Hanna\, Indiana\, in their genre-bending novel A Green Glow on the Horizon: Tales from the National Association of Tourist Attraction Survivors (forthcoming 2026).  \n  Burns’s MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame prepared them for a lifetime of writing\, creative community building\, and teaching. Burns is founder of the SwampFire Retreat for Writers and Artists and a recipient of excellence awards from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and the Ohio Arts Council. An assistant professor at Michigan State University\, Burns is committed to writing and storytelling as acts of personal and social change both in and beyond the classroom. You can find Burns online at www.dawnburns42.com.  \nOlga L. Herrera is associate professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul\, Minnesota.  Her research and teaching interests include literary Chicago\, Latinx literature\, and city studies. She is at work on a project examining coming-of-age stories in the work of Richard Wright\, Gwendolyn Brooks\, and Sandra Cisneros.   \nLeah Milne is the author of Novel Subjects: Authorship as Radical Self-Care in Multiethnic American Narratives\, winner of the 2021 Midwest Modern Language Association Book Award. Her co-authored book\, The Honeyfish Collective Presents Fieldnotes on Contemporary Black Poetry\, is forthcoming from Duke University Press. She teaches multicultural American literature at the University of Indianapolis\, and her work has appeared in MELUS\, African American Review\, Newsweek\, and Ms. Magazine.  \nAndy Oler wrote Old-Fashioned Modernism: Rural Masculinity and Midwestern Literature (2019) and edited Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest (forthcoming 2025)\, Michigan Salvage: The Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell\, and Pieces of the Heartland: Representing Midwestern Places (2018). He is Departments Editor for The New Territory magazine\, where he founded and edits the online series Literary Landscapes. He teaches writing and literature classes in Florida\, which is further from the Midwest than he’d like.  \nRoss K. Tangedal is associate professor of English and director/publisher of the Cornerstone Press at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. The author or editor of several books\, articles\, and chapters on American literature\, including The Preface: American Authorship in the Twentieth Century (Palgrave\, 2021)\, Editing the Harlem Renaissance\, edited with Joshua Murray (Clemson UP\, 2021)\, and Michigan Salvage: The Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell\, edited with Andy Oler and Lisa DeRose (Michigan State University Press\, 2023)\, his forthcoming books include Good Country: Ernest Hemingway and the American West (University of Nevada Press)\, edited with Douglas Sheldon\, and The Routledge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald\, edited with Helen Turner and Philip McGowan. He has served as an associate volume editor for the Hemingway Letters Project since 2018\, and he is currently developing a multivolume edition of the Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald with Jennifer Nolan. He lives in Stevens Point\, Wisconsin\, with his wife\, CJ\, and their three kids: Adeline\, Hazel\, and Charles. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/literary-landscapes-of-the-midwest/
LOCATION:Indianapolis Propylaeum
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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SUMMARY:Poetry reading with Rosalie Moffett\, Kristine Esser Slentz\, and Teresa Dzieglewicz
DESCRIPTION:Rosalie Moffett is the author of Making a Living (Milkweed\, 2025)\, Nervous System (Ecco\, 2019)\, which was chosen by Monica Youn for the National Poetry Series Prize and listed by the New York Times as a New and Notable book\, and June in Eden (OSU Press\, 2017). She has been awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University\, and her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, New England Review\, Narrative\, Poetry\, Kenyon Review\, and Ploughshares\, among others. She is an assistant professor at the University of Southern Indiana and the senior poetry editor for the Southern Indiana Review. \nKristine Esser Slentz is a queer writer of Maltese descent\, raised in the Chicagoland area. A cult escapee and GED holder\, she is the author of EXHIBIT: an amended woman\, depose (FlowerSong Press\, 2021\, 2024) and the forthcoming collection face-to-faces (ThirtyWest Publishing House\, 2026). She is a TEDx participant and regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post\, and her work has also appeared in TriQuarterly\, Five Points\, and elsewhere. Kristine is the cofounder\, organizer\, and host of Adverse Abstraction\, a monthly experimental artist series in New York City’s East Village. She also produces and performs in Verse & Vision\, a stage production that is currently in a micro-residency at NYC’s DADA and that has just completed a second run at the IndyFringe Festival. Follow her art on Substack at Carnations & Car Crashes. \nTeresa Dzieglewicz is a poet\, educator\, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute\, a poet-in-residence at the Chicago Poetry Center\, and part of the founding team of Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Wóuŋspe (Defenders of the Water School). Her first book of poetry\, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). Her first children’s book\, cowritten with Kimimila Locke\, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She has won a Pushcart Prize\, a Best New Poets honor\, the Gingko Prize\, the Auburn Witness Prize\, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation\, Community of Writers at Tahoe\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, and Brooklyn Poets. Her poems appear in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Pleiades\, Ninth Letter\, and elsewhere. Teresa lives with her family in Chicago\, on Potawatomi land.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/poetry-reading-with-rosalie-moffett-teresa-dzieglewicz/
LOCATION:Harrison Gallery\, 1505 N Delaware St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T133000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
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SUMMARY:Mapping Memories: A Family Write-in
DESCRIPTION:Join author Katherine Higgs-Coulthard for this fun writing session for the whole family. Families will collaborate to write a story about a specific experience using guided prompts\, including making neighborhood maps and labeling the site of important memories. \nAbout the Author\nKatherine Higgs-Coulthard graduated from the University of Nebraska Omaha with a bachelor’s degree in education\, earned a master’s degree from Indiana University South Bend\, and completed her doctorate in education through Northeastern University. She has taught kindergarten\, third grade\, and fifth grade. Now she trains teachers at Saint Mary’s College and offers writing camps and classes for children and teens through the Michiana Writers’ Center. She lives in Michigan and loves spending time with her family.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/mapping-memories-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Underground at the Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T133000
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SUMMARY:Storytime with Janna Matthies
DESCRIPTION:About the Author\nJanna Matthies’s early years consisted of inventing stories on her cassette recorder\, practicing piano and violin (preferably by moonlight)\, and searching the garden for additions to her bug collection. Today she’s a picture book author and early-elementary music teacher in Indianapolis\, where her gardening interests have turned to flowers and veg. \nForthcoming titles include Baby\, Let’s Go to the Orchestra (Creative Editions\, 2025). Other titles are Over in the Garden (Random House Children’s Books\, 2025); My Towering Tree (Beach Lane/S&S\, 2024); Here We Come! (Beach Lane Books/S&S\, 2022)\, which earned a 2024 Indiana Authors Award\, a Horn Book starred review\, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection; God’s Always Loving You (WorthyKids\, 2021); Two Is Enough (Running Press Kids/Hachette)\, which made the Bank Street list and New York Times Book Review; The Goodbye Cancer Garden (Albert Whitman)\, which earned a School Library Journal starred review\, Best Foreign Children’s Book at the Sharjah International Book Fair\, and inclusion in the CCBC Choices list; Peter\, The Knight With Asthma (Albert Whitman); and Monster Trucks (Piggy Toes Press). \nJanna is represented by Rachel Orr of Prospect Agency. She holds a BA from Northwestern University and is a longtime participant in the Indiana SCBWI. She also edits the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Teddy Bear Concert picture book series. When she’s not reading\, writing\, singing\, or gardening\, you’ll find Janna on long walks with her family and howling husky\, Juneau.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/storytime-with-janna-matthies/
LOCATION:Lawn at Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T143000
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SUMMARY:Real Life\, Reimagined Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Supported by: hello & handshake \nConversations\, place details\, characteristics\, moments we can’t forget: these real-life happenings are all fodder for fiction. Join us to boldly reimagine the real as its own transformed narrative\, filling a space on the page where we\, as writers\, get to control the outcomes and endings—not to mention the beginnings.   \nAbout the Author\nSarah Layden is the author of Imagine Your Life Like This (University of Wisconsin Press\, 2023)\, The Story I Tell Myself About Myself\, winner of the 2017 Sonder Press Chapbook Competition\, and Trip Through Your Wires (Engine Books\, 2015)\, a novel. She is coauthor with Bryan Furuness of The Invisible Art of Literary Editing (Bloomsbury Academic\, 2023). Her short fiction can be found in Boston Review\, Stone Canoe\, Blackbird\, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency\, the anthologies Best Microfiction 2020\, Welcome to the Neighborhood\, and Sudden Flash Youth\, and elsewhere. Her recent nonfiction work has appeared in the Washington Post\, Newsweek\, Poets & Writers\, Salon\, River Teeth\, The Millions\, and Identity Theory. She is an associate professor of English at Indiana University Indianapolis. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/real-life-reimagined-workshop/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T143000
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SUMMARY:Zine Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:During this workshop\, children are invited to engage in storytelling and creative expression by reading Listen to Our Future: Toy Drive\, discussing key themes and character actions\, and creating their own zine to craft a personal story. \nListen to Our Future Inc. is a youth empowerment organization dedicated to equipping young people with the tools\, confidence\, and opportunities they need to succeed. Founded by Lillian Barkes and Brandon Street\, LTOF is a BIPOC-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit inspired by social movements and rooted in the belief that youth voices must be at the center of change. By blending personal empowerment with collective effort\, we strive to create lasting social change in Indianapolis and beyond.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/zine-making-workshop/
LOCATION:Indianapolis Propylaeum
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
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SUMMARY:Silent Book Club Indy Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Need a break from the festival bustle? Or maybe you’ve purchased a book you can’t wait to crack open? Silent Book Club Indy offers introverts and extroverts alike a space to silently read and chat about books. Bring what you’re currently reading—there’s no book assignment! From 1 to 3 pm you can meet up with the people behind Silent Book Club Indy\, who host monthly silent reading events all over Indianapolis. Learn more about SBCIndy\, participate in a book swap\, or just sit and read. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase from Foundry Provisions.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/silent-book-club-indy-meetup/
LOCATION:Foundry Provisions\, 236 E 16th St\, Indianapolis\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T143000
DTSTAMP:20260526T093253
CREATED:20250911T194513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T140104Z
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SUMMARY:Censorship: A Conversation on Voice\, Artistic Risk and Imagination
DESCRIPTION:Artists have always pushed boundaries—only to face backlash\, bans\, or erasure. From books and films to music and visual art\, censorship continues to shape what stories get told and who gets to tell them. This panel explores how creative expression collides with cultural norms\, political power\, and the evolving lines of public acceptability. \nAbout the panelists\nEbony Chappel is an award-winning multimedia journalist\, business owner\, certified community health worker\, and nonprofit leader. She’s known for making high-level decisions\, appropriately allocating resources\, and delegating responsibilities to maximize productivity and achieve strategic business goals. \nChappel currently serves as director of brand and community strategy for Free Press Indiana\, a nonprofit on a mission to ensure that residents of Indiana have local news that is anchored in and reflective of the needs of the communities they serve. She also works as a freelance writer and media personality with several media outlets\, including Indy Maven\, Pattern magazine\, and Urban One. During the 2020 pandemic she launched a podcast\, What’s Good? with Ebony Chappel\, to shed light on people in the community doing good things to positively impact the world around them. For nearly a decade she’s used her skills to support many small businesses and community-based organizations \nChappel’s work has garnered recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists\, the Hoosier State Press Association\, the National Newspaper Publishers Association\, and the Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation among other honors. In 2022 she was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty under 40\, and in 2025 she joined the ranks of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series as a member of Class XLIVIII. \nOutside of her professional endeavors\, Chappel volunteers with various community groups and serves on committees/boards for causes she cares about— arts and culture\, literacy\, and education. She recently served as president of the Indianapolis Press Club Foundation Board and executive director of the Friends of Belmont Beach. \nChappel has collaborated with other young Black social entrepreneurs to do projects that speak to her personal desire to bring experiences to life that are fueled by curiosity\, love\, and radical transformation. These efforts include the Testimony Service (a welcoming community that seeks to bring people together—regardless of faith affiliation—to fellowship\, hold space for one another\, and celebrate the good news about what’s going on in their lives and communities)\, the Black Women’s Writing Society (a monthly gathering of sisters who share a love for the written word)\, and the Free People Party (an affirming and inclusive dance-centric experience hosted in Indianapolis). \nNichelle M. Hayes\, MPA\, MLS\, is a dynamic leader\, scholar\, and advocate for Black literary excellence and cultural preservation. She currently serves as the executive director of the Hurston/Wright Foundation\, where she champions the legacy and future of Black writers through programming\, mentorship\, and advocacy. Hayes is the coeditor of The Black Librarian in America: Reflections\, Resistance\, and Reawakening\, a seminal work amplifying the voices and experiences of Black library professionals. As the immediate past president of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association\, she has led national efforts to promote equity\, access\, and representation in the information sciences. Her work is deeply rooted in community engagement\, literacy\, and historical awareness\, reflected in her active membership in the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and her thought-provoking blog\, https://thetiesthatbind.blog. \nA proud graduate of Indiana University\, Hayes also holds a master of library science degree from Indiana and a master of public administration degree from Valdosta State University. Her leadership and impact have been recognized with numerous accolades\, including the 2022 Breakthrough Women Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women\, the 2020 Movers and Shakers Award from School Library Journal\, and her participation in the 2024 Executive Women of Color Leadership Cohort. With a career spanning libraries\, nonprofits\, and cultural institutions\, Hayes brings a visionary approach to change management and a steadfast commitment to uplifting Black voices in literature and beyond. \nLisa Lintner was appointed the Johnson County Public Library director in 2015. Working in libraries for nearly 30 years\, she has dedicated her career to providing outstanding library services for patrons from the cradle through retirement. Lintner graduated from Indiana University’s master of library science program and holds a bachelor of science degree in English and theatre from Ball State University. She is the chair of the Indiana FREADOM to Read task force and a member of the Advocacy Committee for the Indiana Library Federation.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/censorship-a-conversation-on-voice-artistic-risk-and-imagination-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Speck Gallery\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T143000
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SUMMARY:The Legacies of Booth Tarkington
DESCRIPTION:Booth Tarkington is one of just four authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice\, putting him in a category with William Faulkner\, John Updike\, and Colson Whitehead. However\, Tarkington’s legacy is complicated\, despite being one of the most popular authors ever to call Indiana home. With a fresh edition of Alice Adams recently released from Belt Publishing (featuring a new introduction by Allison Lynn)\, it seems a good time to reflect on the legacy of this Hoosier author. As Robert Gottlieb posed in his 2019 New Yorker article\, was Tarkington a Great American Novelist or “America’s most distinguished hack”? Our panelists bring different perspectives on Tarkington’s legacy—architectural\, historical\, and literary—and provide additional contexts for understanding Booth Tarkington today.  \nAbout the panelists\nRay E. Boomhower is senior editor at the Indiana Historical Society Press\, where he edits the popular history magazine Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. He has worked at the IHS for more than three decades. A native of Mishawaka\, Indiana\, and a former newspaper reporter\, Boomhower has written extensively on World War II media history\, including biographies of such noted war correspondents as Scripps-Howard columnist Ernie Pyle and Time magazine reporter Robert L. Sherrod. Boomhower has also published biographies of President Benjamin Harrison\, fighter ace Alex Vraciu\, photographer John A. Bushemi\, astronaut Gus Grissom\, longform journalist and political speechwriter John Bartlow Martin\, and educator and activist May Wright Sewall. In addition to having numerous articles in Traces and the Indiana Magazine of History\, Boomhower has had his work published in the Wall Street Journal\, Publishers Weekly\, the Cleveland Review of Books\, and Smithsonian.  \n Allison Lynn is the author of the novels The Exiles (Little A) and Now You See It (Touchstone). In addition to fiction\, she has written articles\, reviews\, and essays for The New York Times Book Review\, People\, Chicago Sun-Times\, Redbook\, In Style\, and elsewhere. As an editor\, she’s honed copy for companies that include Zagat Survey and Scholastic. She’s lectured and read from her work in venues across the country.  \n Allison holds an MFA from New York University and a BA from Dartmouth College. After nearly two decades in New York City\, she’s now based in Indianapolis\, where she lives with her husband\, the writer Michael Dahlie\, and their son\, Evan. She teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Butler University.  \n Susan Neville’s first collection of short fiction\, Invention of Flight\, won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction from the University of Georgia\, and her second collection\, In the House of Blue Lights\, won the Richard Sullivan Prize from Notre Dame Press. It was named one of the best books of 1998 by the Chicago Tribune. The Town of Whispering Dolls won the Catherine Doctorow Award for Short Fiction from Fiction Collective 2 and the Indiana Authors Award for Fiction. Kirkus Reviews calls the book “haunted and haunting\,” “searing\,” and “Rust Belt stories that reject the label ‘flyover country’ with arresting strangeness.”    \nIn addition to books of fiction\, she is the author of seven works of creative nonfiction and hybrid prose\, including Fabrication\, a collection of lyric essays about Indiana factories; Into the Fire\, an eBook about women in the Ku Klux Klan\, published as a Ploughshares Solo; and Indiana Winter. Her collection of essays Sailing the Inland Sea was named the Best Book of Indiana in the nonfiction category from the Indiana Center for the Book. She is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and two Pushcart Prize awards. In 2021 she retired from teaching at Butler University after 38 years. Recent essays and stories have appeared in the North American Review\, Missouri Review\, Image\, Diagram\, Southwest Review\, and other journals. She was born in Indianapolis and lives there with her husband and one large dog.   \n Benjamin L. Ross is a historic preservation specialist and architectural historian with RATIO Architects\, Inc. Ben’s experience includes scholarly research\, planning\, design\, and implementation for restoration\, revitalization\, rehabilitation\, and adaptive reuse projects involving nonprofit\, public\, and private developer clients as well as public-private partnerships. A graduate of Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning\, Ben has authored numerous Historic Structure Reports and nominations to the National Register of Historic Places\, and his research on Midwestern architecture has been published in the SAH Archipedia and ARRIS\, Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/the-legacies-of-booth-tarkington/
LOCATION:Indianapolis Propylaeum
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
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SUMMARY:Midwest Goodbyes: Poets on Loss
DESCRIPTION:Mary Ardery is the author of the poetry collection Level Watch (June Road Press\, 2025). Her poems appear in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Best New Poets\, Poet Lore\, Prairie Schooner\, RHINO\, and elsewhere. The recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize and a Lifelong Arts Fellowship from the Indiana Arts Commission\, she was born and raised in Bloomington and now lives in West Lafayette\, Indiana. Learn more at www.maryardery.com. \nCorey Ewing is a native of Indianapolis who pursued a love of poetry across the country on a whim. He would return home to support various poetic projects\, including Word As Bond\, Fighting Words Poetry\, and Cafe Creative\, and he currently curates VOCAB. His poetry and photography have led him to work with National Geographic Photo Camp\, BUTTER Art Fair\, Indy Arts Council\, Central Indiana Community Foundation\, and the Herbert Simon Family Foundation. He is a former Artist at Work with Kheprw Institute and continues to teach\, coach\, and create as a multidisciplinary artist. \nSamantha Fain is an Indiana poet. She is the author of the chapbooks Coughing Up Planets and sad horse music\, which was translated and published in Chile in 2024. She coedited Kiss Your Darlings: A Taylor Swift Anthology with Olney Magazine in 2022. Her full-length collection\, Are You There\, debuted in 2024 with Bad Betty Press. Find her at www.samanthafain.com. \nSreepadaarchana Munjuluri is a sophomore at Indiana University Indianapolis majoring in neuroscience with minors in math and physics. She plans to become a physician working at the intersection of public health and politics\, aiming to heal both beings and bureaucracies. She was the 2023 National Poetry Out Loud champion and has since been swept up into the wonderful whirlwind of poetry programming—performing at the Pegasus Awards\, the Indo-American Arts Council’s literary festival\, and the Inaugural International Poetry Recitation Invitational in London. She has also served as a final reviewer for the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus Awards and is a host of the Volta Poetry Open Mic series\, supported by Indiana Humanities and Flanner House. Alongside science and poetry\, she finds joy in Bharatanatyam dance and violin\, two lifelong passions that keep her grounded and creative.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/midwest-goodbyes/
LOCATION:Harrison Gallery\, 1505 N Delaware St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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SUMMARY:“AYE! Slow down for a minute\,” or your nervous system is safe\, here
DESCRIPTION:Thích Thiên Ân\, American teacher and Zen Buddhist Monk\, once told us to “let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet.” In agreement with his wisdom\, I’d take things a step further and say that the action of creation also asks us to be as fluid as water\, for nothing has ever been created without first having taken a breath.   \nDerived from its Greek root\, poiesis—which translates to the act of creation—poetry allows us to bring into tangible existence that which has never existed. The powerful act of poiesis then\, much like water\, demands flow and memory. Whether you sit down to write a poem\, brush stroke a painting to life\, or mold a sculpture with your warm hands\, think about how much flow your art form requires of you. How much memory it requires of you. What does your body\, spirit\, and soul want to communicate that your mouth cannot yet speak? Conversely\, what if there is no flow? No memory? What if\, instead\, there was a blockage keeping you from accessing what your soul wants to create?   \nIn this workshop\, attendees will experience an iteration of sound bathing and guided writing prompts as a way to calm the nervous system\, unlock core memories\, and make way for intentional\, creative flow. Our time together will also allow for community dialogue about the relevancy of mindfulness. This workshop aims to demonstrate how slowing down and making space for our bodies to perceive the spaces in which we immerse ourselves eliminates our collective need to rush and gives us the room to create more freely.   \nAbout the Author \nThomas Kneeland is an award-winning author\, writer\, speaker\, educator\, scholar\, and poet whose creative and academic research explores ancestry\, ecological memory\, and the effects of intergenerational trauma in Black\, Afro-Latine\, and Afro-Indigenous communities. He is deeply committed to making space for voices of those who have been historically marginalized by teaching creative writing and poetics in the Indianapolis community and beyond. \nKneeland has received grants and fellowships from the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) as well as the Indiana University Indianapolis Arts & Humanities Institute (IAHI). He was a recipient of a 2024 CICF Artist Ambassador Travel Grant and was awarded a 2024 Speculative Play & Just Futurities Fellowship from IAHI. \nRecently named a 2025 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education\, Kneeland served as a writing faculty member for the LEDA Scholars Aspects of Leadership Summer Institute at Princeton University before joining the Department of Humanities at Anderson University as an assistant professor of English. Included in the vast collection of texts at the Library of Congress is his chapbook\, We Be Walkin’ Blackly in the Deep. His book poems have appeared\, or are forthcoming\, in critically acclaimed journals across the United States and abroad\, including Prairie Schooner\, Obsidian Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora\, The Rumpus\, and Modern Language Studies Journal.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/aye-thomas-kneeland-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Underground at the Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T153000
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SUMMARY:Storytime with Annie Sullivan
DESCRIPTION:About the Author\nAnnie Sullivan is the author of three young adult fantasy novels (A Touch of Gold\, A Curse of Gold\, and Tiger Queen) published by an imprint of HarperCollins\, a middle grade book in partnership with the Indiana Soybean Alliance\, two books in the For Dummies series\, and a newly released picture book from Penguin Random House titled Ghouldilocks and the Three Ghosts. She grew up in Indianapolis and received her master’s degree in creative writing from Butler University. She loves fairytales\, everything Jane Austen\, and traveling. You can follow her adventures on Instagram (@annsulliva) or on her blog: https://anniesullivanauthor.com. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/storytime-with-annie-sullivan/
LOCATION:Lawn at Harrison Center\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T160000
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SUMMARY:How We Show Up: Building Literary Communities
DESCRIPTION:How can we build and sustain communities that honor the art of storytelling? Whether through art\, activism\, mutual aid\, or shared space\, people find ways to connect\, resist isolation\, and create belonging. This panel dives into what it means to build community today—and how we can do it with intention\, resilience\, and care. \nAbout the Panelists\nCorey Ewing is a native of Indianapolis who pursued a love of poetry across the country on a whim. He would return home to support various poetic projects\, including Word As Bond\, Fighting Words Poetry\, and Cafe Creative\, and he currently curates VOCAB. His poetry and photography have led him to work with National Geographic Photo Camp\, BUTTER Art Fair\, Indy Arts Council\, Central Indiana Community Foundation\, and the Herbert Simon Family Foundation. He is a former Artist at Work with Kheprw Institute and continues to teach\, coach\, and create as a multidisciplinary artist. \nMuraled as a “Keeper of Culture” in downtown Indianapolis\, Mariah Ivey is a writer\, poet\, musician\, and curator deeply rooted in the city’s vibrant arts scene. A 2016 Art & Soul alumna\, Ivey founded the genre-bending hip-hop/soul collective We Are TribeSouL in 2017 while continuing her work as a spoken word artist. She has performed at iconic venues such as the Vogue\, the Jazz Kitchen\, and the Madam Walker Theatre and has been featured at signature events such as TEDx Indianapolis\, Chreece Hip-Hop Festival\, REV Indy\, BUTTER Fine Art Fair\, and more. Ivey has opened for artists such as Arrested Development\, Anthony Hamilton\, and Beverly Bond\, founder of Black Girls Rock. Beyond the stage\, she is passionate about creating accessible\, community-centered arts experiences. She has curated numerous exhibitions and events\, including The Re-Up: An Art and Wellness Festival\, and the long-running That Peace Open Mic. In 2025 she partnered with the Indy Arts Council to reexhibit her latest body of work\, Nourishing Well: Black Women and the Poetics of Sacred Space\, at Gallery 924—highlighting nine local artists across disciplines to explore poetry and visual art as a practical response to harm and a pathway to connection. Ivey holds a BA in Africana studies and philosophy and an MA in English creative writing from Indiana University Indianapolis\, and she was a 2023/24 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow. \nTatjana Rebelle (they/she) is a mother\, activist\, organizer\, writer\, performer and promoter. They have lived in Indianapolis most of their life\, which is where they learned to use their writing to deal with growing up in the Midwest as a nonbinary\, first-generation Afro-German and Queer. They founded VOCAB Indy\, a monthly cultural arts event centering QTBIPOC communities in 1997 and stepped away from curating the event in 2020 to pursue writing and traveling. \nTheir work gives them the chance to follow in the footsteps of their idol\, Bayard Rustin\, in speaking truth to power and taking a stance against global and local oppression. Their goal is to bring art and activism to the people who need to hear it the most\, with every action they take. \nThey are proud to be an alum of Asante’s Art Institute of Indianapolis\, a 2020 recipient of the Indy Arts Council’s Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship\, and a speaker at Tedx Indiana University’s 2021 event “When a Tree Falls.” Their published work includes essays in the Indianapolis Recorder\, a contribution to best-selling author Tamara Winfrey Harris’s book Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters about Stepping into Your Power\, and pieces in several anthologies.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/how-we-show-up-building-literary-communities-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Speck Gallery\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Responsibilities of Editors
DESCRIPTION:What is the role of an editor during a time of increasing censorship? This panel will focus squarely on the idea of an editor’s role/responsibility and how editors are meeting these challenges. In this free-flowing conversation between people who know the business\, panelists will share experiences\, challenges\, and opportunities for publications today. This panel will be moderated by Mark Neely\, senior editor for River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative. \n \nAbout the panelists\nRosalie Moffett is the author of Nervous System\, which won the National Poetry Series Prize and was listed by the New York Times as a New and Notable book\, and June in Eden. She has been awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University\, and her work has appeared in the American Poetry Review\, POETRY Magazine\, New England Review\, Kenyon Review\, and Ploughshares. She lives in Evansville\, Indiana\, where she is an assistant professor at the University of Southern Indiana and the senior poetry editor for the Southern Indiana Review.  \nMark Neely is the author of Beasts of the Hill and Dirty Bomb\, and his third book\, Ticker\, won the Idaho Prize for Poetry and was shortlisted for an Indiana Authors Award. His awards include a Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts\, an Indiana Individual Artist grant\, the FIELD Poetry Prize\, and the Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award for Four of a Kind. His poems have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal\, Boulevard\, Copper Nickel\, FIELD\, Gulf Coast\, Indiana Review\, and elsewhere. He teaches courses in creative writing\, poetry writing\, literary editing\, and publishing. He is a senior editor for River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative.  \nNatalie Solmer was born and raised in South Bend\, Indiana\, a granddaughter of Polish and German immigrants. She worked in the field of horticulture for many years\, including 13 years as a grocery store florist\, before becoming a professor of English and creative writing. She teaches at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis and is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Indianapolis Review. Her work has been published in journals such as North American Review\, Notre Dame Review\, Pleiades\, Mom Egg Review\, and Tab Poetry Journal. Her debut book of poems\, Water Castle\, was published by Kelsay Books in 2024. You can find her poems\, visual poetry\, and visual art at www.nataliesolmer.com.  \nSantiago Valencia is a Mexican poet\, editor\, and spiritual worker. They received a BA in English literature and creative writing from Reed College\, where their poetry was recognized by the Academy of American Poets. Their work develops a poetics of ritual and gnosis to explore queer embodiment\, fractured ancestries\, faith and mysticism\, soul loss and retrieval\, dreams\, and death. They believe language is an alchemical tool for connecting with the sacred all around and within us\, and for recovering lost enchantment. A Tin House Workshop and SAFTA alum\, Santi is an editor-at-large for Nightboat Books.  
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/the-responsibilities-of-editors/
LOCATION:Indianapolis Propylaeum
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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