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SUMMARY:David Trujillo & cat mahari at Indiana Humanities
DESCRIPTION:Join us on September 16\, 2025\, at 6:30 PM at Indiana Humanities for a public lecture with the Speculative Play and Just Futurities program scholars in residence\, David Trujillo and cat mahari. \n\n\nSet in the Vietnam War era\, David Trujillo’s stage play Many May Not Return reflects the complex relationship in the Mexican-American community with the concept of national military service as recalled in three wars—the current one\, Korea\, and World War II. A Chicano/Latino family in crisis as a consequence of two forces: the undeclared Vietnam War and their economic conditions as a working-class family. How do families face the issues of war while living in a nation that is continuously at war? \nNestled by the ecstatic communal of Chicago House and sensual partnership of Chicago Stepping\, cat mahari’s Sugar in the Raw is a journey of intimacy\, trust\, and touch in Blk Chicago.  Dovetailing with contemporary Blk Chicago cultural divergences as part of its process of resonance between the past\, present\, and future; the project journeys through surrealist animation\, powerful vignettes\, choreographic passages\, archival footage and autobiographical interviews. Spanning multiple generations and crossing relationship paradigms\, the film will be a performative tapestry of community through which changes strengthen bonds of commonality\, and build on tension between individual expression and partnership.\n______\n\nDavid Trujillo (Los Angeles\, California) is a labor and community activist and working-class playwright. His company\, Community Professionals\, was founded in 2019 and provides an outlet for experimental community-based writing and theater presentations. Raised in Fresno\, California\, where his parents were farmworkers\, Trujillo worked in the fields himself. He left to enter college at California State University\, Los Angeles; attend the Harvard Trade Union program; and received a Master’s degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is currently retired from union work and continues to write in Los Angeles\, California. Trujillo orients himself through politically conscious plays that tackle racism\, oppression\, and exploitation presented to the audience through creative storytelling that both critiques and empowers them. However\, he is not just telling a story; the plot always delivers a message for how to proceed. Trujillo challenges the idea of what theater should be while addressing working-class and social justice issues is paramount. Past stage plays include ‘Filthy Laundry’ (2024)\, ‘Many May Not Return’ (2022)\, ‘Legacy of A Garage Band\,’ (2023)\, ‘Vincent’ (2024) and others. He continues to write and believes that in the years to come\, class-conscious art and political theater will be more important than ever. \ncat mahari (Chicago\, Illinois) is founder of the Art Omi: Blk\, an international residency program supporting self-identified Black artists\, she cultivates spaces for artists to expand their practices through experimentation and community dialogue. mahari is a long-time culture bearer of Hip Hop and House. Her interest lies in thinking through assumptive logics of emotional and psychomateriality. She considers the public-facing practice of her work to require a non-disciplinary imagined root\, where she engages visibility through sound and movement as generative architectonics—material\, social\, and emotional. Her work examines the body as both source and conduit\, shaped by lineages and improvisational rigor of the vernacular. cat’s most recent project is blk ark: the impossible manifestation (2022– 2024)\, performed at MCA-Chicago\, Pact Zollverein\, and CultureHub NYC\, a triptych installation of movement\, sound\, and text on play and Hip Hop anarcho-choreographies. With a distinctive vision of interdisciplinary art-making\, cat’s awards include a 2025 Chicago Dancemakers Lab Award\, 2024 DCASE Independent Artist Project grant\, a 2023 MAP Fund Microgrant\, 2022 Dance/USA Fellowship\, and a 2021 3Arts Award.\n_______\nPlease be advised that this public lecture will explore subjects related to race\, violence\, and identity. These discussions might include sensitive content that could be distressing or triggering for some participants. We encourage all attendees to prioritize their mental and emotional well-being and feel free to step away from the session if needed. \nThe Speculative Play and Just Futurities (SPJF) program leverages narrative storytelling and creative worldbuilding in speculative writing and design\, including science fiction\, fantasy\, gaming\, and new digital media like virtual reality\, to challenge oppression and reimagine our world. It focuses on creating forums for discussing and theorizing literature to envision just futures. Central to SPJF is a residency for emerging scholars and creators\, fostering intellectual and creative growth. SPJF also hosts weekly colloquia for students and faculty\, featuring resident interactions and collaborative learning opportunities. Speculative Play and Just Futurities is made possible through the generous support of the Mellon\nFoundation. SPJF is a collaboration between the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute\, the Center for Africana Studies and Culture\, and the Ray Bradbury Center.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/david-trujillo-cat-mahari-at-indiana-humanities/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Curious Conversations Speaker Series: Chris Flook
DESCRIPTION:Conner Prairie invites you to tune in as it hosts Curious Conversations\, a series of talks by experts on Indiana history\, covering topics in the areas of natural science\, history\, folklore\, and civics. \nSeptember’s program features Chris Flook\, who’ll discuss grave robbing in Indianapolis at the turn of the 20th century. \nFlook is a public historian from Muncie. He’s published four books of public history\, including Ghosts of Old Muncie\, Indianapolis Graverobbing: A Syndicate of Death\, Native Americans of East-Central Indiana\, and Lost Towns of Delaware County\, Indiana. In 2016 he coauthored and edited Beech Grove Cemetery Comes to Life. Flook also writes the bimonthly ByGone Muncie History column for Muncie’s Star Press. In addition to actively volunteering at the Delaware County Historical Society\, Flook works professionally as a motion graphics designer\, photographer\, and documentary filmmaker. He teaches motiongraphic design in the Department of Media at Ball State University as a senior lecturer. \nTo register for the talk\, click on the RSVP link above. The program takes place in Conner Prairie’s Prairie House\, #42 on this map. \nFor more information about Curious Conversations\, visit Conner Prairie’s website or call 317.776.6000. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/curious-conversations-speaker-series-chris-flook/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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SUMMARY:Mapping Memories: A family write-in with Kat Higgs-Coulthard
DESCRIPTION:Join author Kat 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.  \n Katherine Higgs-Coulthard graduated from the University of Nebraska\, Omaha with a bachelor’s in education and earned a master’s from Indiana University\, South Bend\, before completing her doctorate in education through Northeastern University. She has taught kindergarten\, third\, and fifth grades. Now she trains teachers at Saint Mary’s College and offers writing camps and classes for children and teens through Michiana Writers’ Center. She lives in Michigan and loves spending time with her family. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/mapping-memories-a-family-write-in-with-kat-higgs-coulthard/
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SUMMARY:Conversations in Indiana's African American History: "The History of the Black Boilermaker Experience at Purdue University"
DESCRIPTION:In 2025\, Freetown Village presents monthly conversations with historians\, researchers\, and educators to discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage. \nSeptember’s program features Renee Thomas\, associate vice provost for student access and community engagement at Purdue University. Thomas will provide a historical overview of the remarkable African American experience at Purdue\, discussing notable alumni and cultural landmarks on campus from 1894 to 2021. \nThe event\, which includes a question-and-answer session\, will be presented both in person and online via Zoom. Registration is required for both in-person and online attendance. Click on the RSVP link above to register for both the in-person and online options. \nFor more information\, visit Freetown Village’s website at www.freetown.org\, email info@freetownvillage.org or call 317.631.1870. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/conversations-in-indianas-african-american-history-the-history-of-the-black-boilermaker-experience-at-purdue-university/
LOCATION:Indiana Landmarks\, 1201 Central Ave.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250918T193000
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SUMMARY:Anna Lee Huber at Upland Public Library
DESCRIPTION:The event will be held at the Upland Community Building (405 W Washington St. Upland\, IN 46989). \nAnna Lee Huber will be holding an Author Talk\, Question & Answer session and Book Signing. Books will be available for purchase. \nAnna Lee Huber is the USA Today bestselling and Daphne award-winning author of more than twenty novels\, including the Lady Darby Mysteries\, the Verity Kent Mysteries\, and the Gothic Myths series\, as well as Sisters of Fortune: A Novel of the Titanic and the anthology The Deadly Hours. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville\, Tennessee\, where she majored in music and minored in psychology. Her novels have been translated into multiple languages\, and she is a member of Mystery Writers of America\, Sisters in Crime\, and International Thriller Writers. She currently resides in Indiana with her family and enjoys reading\, singing\, crafts\, and travel when she’s not hard at work on her next novel. Her novel A Perilous Perspective was included on the 2024 Indiana Author Awards shortlist.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/huber-upland/
LOCATION:Upland Community Building\, 405 W Washington Street\, Upland\, 46989\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Authors Awards
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250920T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250920T190000
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SUMMARY:Ed Fujawa at Washington County Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to be holding our Indiana Authors Day event for the second year in a row!\nThis year we will once again be holding a local authors fair from 3pm to 5pm featuring a variety of local Hoosier authors who will be sharing their works\, signing books\, and answering any questions about their writing processes. Following the fair\, at 5:30pm we will introduce our special guest speaker\, Edward Fujawa. He will be giving a talk on his book ‘Vanishing Indianapolis’\, his research process\, and he’ll even share sneak peeks about his upcoming project covering the Monon Trail! \nThis event is being held at the Depot Railroad Museum at The John Hay Center in Salem\, Indiana. The event is free to attend\, and any questions or concerns can be shared at info@johnhaycenter.org!
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/ed-fujawa-wchs/
LOCATION:The Depot Museum at the John Hay Center\, 206 S College Ave\, Salem\, Indiana\, 47167
CATEGORIES:Indiana Authors Awards
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250923T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250923T203000
DTSTAMP:20260620T050452
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SUMMARY:Laughter: From Page to Screen The Devil Wears Prada Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow comedy lovers for a screening of the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada\, an adaption of the 2003 novel of the same name by author Lauren Weisberger about a smart and sensible new graduate who lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly\, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine (played by Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep\, respectively). \nThis screening is a part of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy’s yearlong book and film festival called Laughter: From Page to Screen. Each month features a pair of programs: a screening of a comedy film adapted from a novel\, followed the next evening by a comparative discussion of the book and the film at the Knox County Public Library. \nBooks for the series are available for checkout at both the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy and the Knox County Public Library. Popcorn and soda are provided. \nFor more information\, visit the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy website or call 812.888.4184. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/laughter-from-page-to-screen-freaky-friday-film-screening/
LOCATION:Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy\, 20 Red Skelton Blvd.\, Vincennes\, IN\, 47591
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250924T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250924T203000
DTSTAMP:20260620T050452
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SUMMARY:Laughter: From Page to Screen The Devil Wears Prada Book and Film Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow comedy lovers for a comparative discussion of the 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada by author Lauren Weisberger and the 2006 David Frankel-directed film adaptation of the same name\, about a smart and sensible new graduate who lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly\, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine (played by Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep\, respectively). \nThis screening is a part of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy’s yearlong book and film festival called Laughter: From Page to Screen. Each month features a pair of programs: a screening of a comedy film adapted from a novel\, followed the next evening by a comparative discussion of the book and the film at the Knox County Public Library. \nBooks for the series are available for checkout at both the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy and the Knox County Public Library. \nFor more information\, visit the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy website or call 812.888.4184. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/laughter-from-page-to-screen-mrs-doubtfire-book-film-discussion-3/
LOCATION:Knox County Public Library\, 502 N. Seventh St.\, Vincennes\, IN\, 47591
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250930T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250930T190000
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SUMMARY:Katherine Higgs-Coulthard Family Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:At 6:00 pm EST\, Kat Higgs-Coulthard\, author of Hanging with My Peeps and Junkyard Dogs\, will lead an hour-long 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. \nCome at 5:30 pm EST to enjoy some pizza and refreshment together before the workshop. Registration is required. \n  \n\nKatherine Higgs-Coulthard is a middle grade and young adult author whose work has been praised by Publisher’s weekly and Kirkus as “emotionally-nuanced” and “viseral.” She is an Associate Professor of Education at Saint Mary’s College\, Notre Dame\, where she prepares preservice teachers in literacy and writing instruction. A member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators\, the National Writing Project\, and the National Council of Teachers of English\, Kat is frequently invited to speak at state and national conferences.  \nKat started writing as a child and uses her positions as a college professor and author to serve as an advocate for prioritizing time for creativity and effective writing instruction in schools. In 2008\, she opened Michiana Writers’ Center as a way to support writers of all ages through classes and workshops in the South Bend/Mishawaka area. In 2013\, Kat founded the Get Inked Teen Writing Conference at Saint Mary’s College\, which brings together young writers and published authors.  \nAlthough\, technically Kat lives 0.25 miles across the Michigan state line\, she graduated from Indiana University\, South Bend and has worked in Indiana all of her adult life—first as a teacher for South Bend Schools\, and currently as a professor at Saint Mary’s College\, Notre Dame.   \nKat’s writing explores the core issues teens face today\, especially those related to family dynamics. Her first book\, Hanging with My Peeps\, is a contemporary middle grade novel following a family about to lose their home due to the layoffs in Elkhart’s RV industry and their salvation via an unlikely ally and 43 chickens. Kat’s young adult novel\, Junkyard Dogs\, is also set in Indiana and addresses issues of teen poverty and homelessness. It is inspired by her own experiences growing up in poverty and also by South Bend’s 2006 Manhole Murders\, which made national news. Her work has also appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul\, Jack and Jill Magazine\, Cleaver\, and Women on Writing. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/katherine-higgs-coulthard-family-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:New Carlisle Olive Township Public Library\, 408 S. Bray Street\, New Carlisle\, IN\, 46552\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Authors Awards
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SUMMARY:Books\, Booze & Brains: Why We Sleep
DESCRIPTION:Indiana Sciences and March for Science Indianapolis invite you to join their monthly book club for the scientifically curious.\n\nIn September they’ll discuss Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker.\n\nThis discussion will be in-person and live-streamed on the Indiana Sciences YouTube page. Access the stream at https://www.youtube.com/@indianasciences.\n\nNo RSVP is required.\n\nVisit the Books\, Booze and Brains web page to view the full schedule. For more information\, email indianasciences@gmail.com.\n\nBooks\, Booze & Brains is presented in partnership by Indiana Sciences\, March for Science Indianapolis\, Indiana Humanities\, and the Indianapolis Public Library.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/books-booze-brains-why-we-sleep/
LOCATION:Strange Bird\, 128 S Audubon Rd\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T180000
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SUMMARY:Zine Machine Launch Party at Tomorrow Bookstore!
DESCRIPTION:Zine Machine is a new lit mag and actual zine-vending machine! Celebrate Zine Machine’s official launch at Tomorrow Bookstore with DIY zines\, treats\, and prizes. Superfans will be wearing our signature shade of “Cosmic Pink.”\n\nNEW: Local zine makers are invited to contribute a zine to the vending machine! Bring a 1-page mini zine (max folded dimensions 4.25″ x 2.75″). Zine Machine will pay $1 per zine (max 5) and add your zine/s to the “Local Legends” section of the vending machine. \nMore about Zine Machine: zinemachine.com
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/zine-machine-launch-party-at-tomorrow-bookstore/
LOCATION:Tomorrow Bookstore\, 882 Massachusetts Ave\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T193000
DTSTAMP:20260620T050452
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SUMMARY:The Book Fairy at Proof
DESCRIPTION:The Book Fairy (AKA Sylvia—a gutted 1965 Avion trailer) is a mobile kid’s bookstore with a big heart and an even bigger mission: to bring books and the joy of reading directly to children and families. \nFollow along at: @thebookfairyindy | thebookfairyindy.com/
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/the-book-fairy-at-proof/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T180000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Arriel Vinson and Leah Johnson
DESCRIPTION:About the Authors\n\n\nArriel Vinson is a Reese’s Book Club LitUp Fellow and Midwesterner who writes about being young\, Black\, and in search of freedom. She earned her MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College. Her poetry\, fiction\, and essays have appeared in Kweli Journal\, Catapult\, The Rumpus\, Waxwing\, and others. Arriel is a Tin House YA Scholar\, Highlights Foundation scholarship recipient\, and 2020 Walter Grant recipient. Under the Neon Lights\, a YA novel-in-verse\, is her debut. You can connect with her on social media at @arriwrites and find her work at www.arriwrites.com.  \n Leah Johnson (she/her) is an eternal Midwesterner and author of award-winning books for children and young adults. Her bestselling debut YA novel\, You Should See Me in a Crown\, was a Stonewall Honor Book\, was the inaugural Reese’s Book Club YA pick\, and named one of TIME‘s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. She is also the author of the Lambda Literary Award finalist Ellie Engle Saves Herself and editor of the USA Today bestselling middle grade anthology Black Girl Power\, among others. When she’s not writing\, you can find her at Loudmouth Books\, her Indianapolis-based independent bookstore that specializes in highlighting the work of marginalized authors and uplifting banned or challenged books. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/conversation-with-arriel-vinson-and-leah-johnson/
LOCATION:Sanctuary at Redeemer Presbyterian Church\, 1505 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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SUMMARY:To Be a Bookfluencer: Building Online Literary Communities
DESCRIPTION:Join two Indianapolis-based social media influencers whose reach extends far beyond the Midwest for a conversation about online literary communities. Nathan Shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) and Sydney Adams (@sydsydbookworrom_) have built followings of avid readers online and will share insights into these virtual literary communities during this conversation moderated by Julia Breakey of Tomorrow Bookstore.   \nAbout the panelists\nSydney Adams is a Neuro ICU trauma nurse in downtown Indianapolis and bookish content creator online under “Syd BookWorrom”. She loves reading\, gaming\, writing\, and over caffeinating. When she finds free time\, she’s usually with her husband and their three rescues.  \nNathan Shuherk is a nonfiction book reviewer on social media under the username @schizophrenicreads. He’s currently an MFA student at Butler University and working on his first book. He lives in Broad Ripple.  \nJulia Breakey is the co-owner and Head Buyer at Tomorrow Bookstore\, an independent bookstore in downtown Indianapolis. Prior to running a bookstore\, Julia was a filmmaker and video editor – and helped build the video studio and team at Young & Laramore. She has also worked as a digital media writer for Memeburn and production assistant at Farm Films. Julia holds a degree in Film & Media Studies with a specialization in screen production from the University of Cape Town.  
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/to-be-a-bookfluencer-building-online-literary-communities/
LOCATION:Speck Gallery\, 1505 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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SUMMARY:Sacred Stories: Writing About Spirituality For Children
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation With Rabbi Sandy Sasso And Dr. Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds \n\nJoin Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Dr. Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds for a dynamic conversation on how to write meaningfully about spirituality for children. The conversation will explore how storytelling can open up spiritual imagination\, foster empathy\, and help young readers engage with life’s big questions. Parents\, educators\, writers\, and anyone interested in faith\, storytelling\, and the inner lives of children are welcome to join the conversation. The program will be followed by book sales and a signing by Rabbi Sasso.  \nSandy Eisenberg Sasso is Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis where she served from 1977 to 2013. She was the second woman ever to become a rabbi in the United States and was the first to be ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1974. She recently retired as the director of the Religion\, Spirituality\, and the Arts Initiative at Herron School of Art and Design at IUI. Rabbi Sasso is a past president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association\, Gleaner’s Food Bank\, and a past chair of the Spirit and Place Festival. She serves on numerous boards including Indiana Humanities and is a co-founder of Women4Change Indiana. Rabbi Sasso has been honored as one of the “Influential Women in Indiana” by the Indianapolis Business Journal and was featured among “Indy’s Most Influential Clergy” by NUVO News Weekly. She is the recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash\, Touchstone Award from Girls\, Inc.\, Heritage Keepers Award from the Indiana State Museum\, and the Spirit of the Prairie Award from Conner Prairie Interactive Park. The author of many articles and nationally acclaimed children’s books\, Rabbi Sasso is a winner of the National Jewish Book Award and a 2018 recipient of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award. She is active in the civic and interfaith communities. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Temple University and her D.Min. from the Christian Theological Seminary.  \nJoseph L. Tucker Edmonds\, PhD is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Religious Studies at Indiana University Indianapolis and the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture (CSRAAC). Joseph received his AB with Honors in Economics and Religious Studies from Brown University in 2000\, the Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York\, and the PhD in Religion and Modernity from Duke University. His research addresses the intersection between Black religion and the body\, with a particular focus on agency\, care and wellness.  He is an award-winning teacher and a nationally recognized scholar on community-engaged research. Dr. Tucker Edmonds’ research team was recently awarded a $5-million grant from the Mellon Foundation to explore “Black Humanities in the Midwest” by creating a series of collaborative\, community-embedded research labs throughout Indiana. He has written The Other Black Church: Alternative Christian Movements and the Struggle for Black Freedom and scholarly articles that explore Black religion\, radical pedagogy\, and community-engaged methodologies. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/sacred-stories-writing-about-spirituality-for-children/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251010T193000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Bernardo Wade and Ross Gay
DESCRIPTION:About the Authors\n\nBorn and raised in New Orleans\, Bernardo Wade tries at poems\, catches elbows on the court\, and wanders around the Bay—occasionally on Stanford’s campus as a Wallace Stegner Fellow. Previously the editor of Indiana Review\, he now serves as assistant editor and poetry editor for Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. Though he’s published in a bunch of literary journals no one in his family has ever heard of\, they remain proud of him\, especially when they are featured in the poems. His first full-length poetry collection\, A Love Tap\, is forthcoming from Lookout Books of UNC-Wilmington. He’s infatuated with Ed Roberson’s question\, “Can you O.D. on life?”  \n Awarded the 2021 Puerto del Sol Poetry Prize\, the 2023 Third Coast Poetry Prize\, and the Academy of American Poets’ Vera Strube Poetry Prize\, Bernardo has words in The Nation\, The Sewanee Review\, Crazyhorse\, Black Warrior Review\, Guernica\, Cincinnati Review\, Southern Review\, Ecotone\, and elsewhere.   \n Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding\, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude\, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry\, Ross has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller\, Inciting Joy was released in 2022\, and his newest collection\, The Book of (More) Delights\, was released in September 2023.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/conversation-with-bernardo-wade-and-ross-gay/
LOCATION:Sanctuary at Redeemer Presbyterian Church\, 1505 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T160000
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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:20260620T050452
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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:20260620T050452
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T120000
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T123000
DTSTAMP:20260620T050452
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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:20260620T050452
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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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