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SUMMARY:Real Life\, Revised Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join emcee Sam Ferrante and producer John Strauss for a monthly reading series at Indiana Humanities. The open mic features 10 local authors for 5 minute readings\, followed by time for snacks\, drinks\, and conversations. Free and open to the public! \n \nThis series is supported by Butler MFA and Booth literary magazine\, and broadcast on WQRT FM.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/real-life-revised-reading-series-4/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Real Life\, Revised Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join emcee Sam Ferrante and producer John Strauss for a monthly reading series at Indiana Humanities. The open mic features 10 local authors for 5 minute readings\, followed by time for snacks\, drinks\, and conversations. Free and open to the public! \n \nThis series is supported by Butler MFA and Booth literary magazine\, and broadcast on WQRT FM.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/real-life-revised-reading-series-3/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260218T093000
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SUMMARY:2026 Fairbanks Symposium: Civility & Civic Leadership in the Circle City
DESCRIPTION:11th Richard M. Fairbanks Symposium: Civility & Civic Leadership in the Circle City \nThe Richard M. Fairbanks Symposium on Civic Leadership is hosted by the University of Indianapolis’ Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives\, in partnership with Indiana Humanities. It is made possible through the generous support of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. \nEVENT AGENDA \n9:30 AM | Registration and Networking \n10 AM | Opening Remarks \n\nDr. Tanuja Singh\, President\, University of Indianapolis\nDr. Edward Frantz\, Chair of the Department of History and Political Science\, University of Indianapolis\n\n10:15 AM | Civility in Theory & History \n\nDr. Alex Richardson\, Associate of Content Strategy and Engagement\, Prindle Institute for Ethics\, DePauw University\nDr. Deborah Mower\, Director of the Center for Practical Ethics\, University of Mississippi\n\n11:30 AM Lunch \nNoon | Keynote: A Civic Renaissance in Indianapolis \nModerator: \n\nDr. Laura Merrifield Wilson\, Professor of Political Science\, University of Indianapolis\n\nPanelists: \n\nJeff Worrell\, Carmel City Councilman\, and Founder & CEO of the Carmel Civility Foundation\, Inc.\nAlexandra Hudson\, Author of The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves\, and Founder of Civic Renaissance\n\n1:30 PM | Panel 2: Indiana’s New Civic Health Index and Implications for the Future  \n\nDr. Ellen Szarleta\, J.D. Director\, Center for Urban and Regional Excellence\, Indiana University Northwest\n\n2:30 PM | Closing Remarks \n\nDr. Edward Frantz\, Chair of the Department of History and Political Science\, University of Indianapolis
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/2026-fairbanks-symposium-civility-civic-leadership-in-the-circle-city/
LOCATION:University of Indianapolis – Schwitzer Center\, 1400 Campus Drive\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46227\, United States
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260208T160000
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SUMMARY:Real Life\, Revised Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join emcee Sam Ferrante and producer John Strauss for a monthly reading series at Indiana Humanities. The open mic features 10 local authors for 5 minute readings\, followed by time for snacks\, drinks\, and conversations. Free and open to the public! \n \nThis series is supported by Butler MFA and Booth literary magazine\, and broadcast on WQRT FM.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/real-life-revised-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260131T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260131T150000
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SUMMARY:Better Together: Celebrating US
DESCRIPTION:Join WFYI and Indiana Humanities for Better Together: Celebrating US\, a family-friendly celebration exploring what it means to belong\, participate\, and build community—together. Through hands-on activities\, storytelling\, artmaking\, and conversation\, we’ll reflect on our nation’s history and imagine our collective future. \nThe event will provide experiences to deepen civic engagement and learn about what makes US and our communities thrive. Share your own civic reflections\, test your citizenship knowledge\, and build bridges — literally and figuratively — through collaborative art\, quilt\, and design activities that envision a connected\, civically engaged community. \nThe day will include screenings and thematic discussions around new PBS’ THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION\, an exhibit about women’s suffrage\, Revolutionary War trivia mini golf\, collaborative art pieces\, viewings of WFYI local productions about civics and democracy\, Indigenous storytelling\, local history presentations\, and bilingual story times. There may even be American rabbits\, whose history helps us reflect on what it means to be called “American.” This interactive program invites everyone — from children to adults — to discover their role in shaping the story of “us.” \nHosted at Indianapolis Public Library’s Central Library on January 31 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. presented by WFYI and Indiana Humanities with the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site\, Conner Prairie\, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art\, Freetown Village\, Immigrant Welcome Center\, Indiana Historical Society\, Indiana Landmarks’ Black Heritage Preservation Project\, Indianapolis Public Library\, Indiana State Museum\, Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library\, League of Women Voters\, Spirit and Place – Indiana University Indianapolis and Storytelling Arts of Indiana. \nTogether\, let’s celebrate our past\, strengthen our present\, and imagine the next chapter of our shared civic journey.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/better-together-celebrating-us/
LOCATION:Indianapolis Public Library—Central Library\, 40 E. Saint Clair St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260118T160000
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SUMMARY:Real Life\, Revised Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join emcee Sam Ferrante and producer John Strauss for a monthly reading series at Indiana Humanities. The open mic features 10 local authors for 5 minute readings\, followed by time for snacks\, drinks\, and conversations. Free and open to the public! \n \nThis series is supported by Butler MFA and Booth literary magazine\, and broadcast on WQRT FM.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/real-life-revised-reading-series/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:2025-2026 Poetry Out Loud Informational Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Indiana Humanities will give an overview of the competition details for the 2025-2026 Poetry Out Loud Competition. Learn more about how to run a competition at your school or organization\, the benefits of hosting a Poetry Out Loud competition\, and updates to the program this year. For more information about Poetry Out Loud visit https://poetryoutloud.org/. For questions about the Indiana competition email Megan Telligman at mtelligman@indianahumanities.org. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/2025-2026-poetry-out-loud-informational-webinar-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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SUMMARY:2025-2026 Poetry Out Loud Informational Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Indiana Humanities will give an overview of the competition details for the 2025-2026 Poetry Out Loud Competition. Learn more about how to run a competition at your school or organization\, the benefits of hosting a Poetry Out Loud competition\, and updates to the program this year. For more information about Poetry Out Loud visit https://poetryoutloud.org/. For questions about the Indiana competition email Megan Telligman at mtelligman@indianahumanities.org. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/2025-2026-poetry-out-loud-informational-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251108T140000
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SUMMARY:Trek & Talk: Indianapolis Zoo History at Washington Park
DESCRIPTION:Join Indiana Humanities and local author Edward Fujawa on a guided walk though Washington Park to talk and learn about the park’s past as former site of the Indianapolis Zoo. Rediscover landmarks and sites of exhibits while sharing memories and stories with the group. This will be a walk with frequent stops. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather. We will meet at Shelter #4 by the Family Center. All ages welcome. \nRegistration is appreciated\, but not required.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/trek-talk-history-of-the-washington-park-zoo/
LOCATION:Washington Park\, 3130 E 30th St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46218
CATEGORIES:Indiana Authors Awards
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251028T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251028T200000
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SUMMARY:House of 1\,000 Spirits
DESCRIPTION:Many years ago\, celebrated author of his time Meredith Nicholson paced the rooms at 1500 N. Delaware St.\, where Indiana Humanities is located today. \nSome say his spirit still walks the halls\, turning off lights and knocking the books of his old competitors off the bookshelves of our Novel Conversations library. \nDo you believe in ghosts? Regardless of your answer\, you’re invited to a ghostly good time at Indiana Humanities on Tuesday\, Oct. 28. As part of the festivities\, Dr. Tamara Hunt\, a history professor at the University of Southern Indiana\, will share a short presentation about ghosts that are said to haunt the Hoosier State. \nThis opportunity includes light refreshments and an intimate house tour with our very own George Hanlin — resident expert of both the Nicholson House and the Nicholson family.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/house-1000-spirits/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251027T183000
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SUMMARY:America 250 Pre-Party
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us on National Civics Day for a festive exploration of the lessons of the American\nRevolution at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Enjoy refreshments as you\nvisit a series of interactive stations\, each hosted by a civic partner organization. These\nstations combine activities\, conversations\, and experiences that will engage\, delight\,\nand challenge\, all while while celebrating our American system of self-government\nand the principles that inspired the founders in 1776. \nThe evening also includes a special video premiere preview of The American Revolution\,\na new documentary by Ken Burns\, Sarah Botstein\, and David Schmidt. \nPARTNER ORGANIZATIONS \nBenjamin Harrison Presidential Site | WFYI | Indiana Humanities\nFuture Presidents of America | League of Women Voters | Marion County Election Board \nABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION \nThirteen American colonies unite in rebellion\, win an eight-year war to secure their independence\,\nand establish a new form of government that would\ninspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash\nbetween colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage\nmore than two dozen nations and forever change the world. \nThis six-part\, 12-hour documentary will premiere on Sunday\, November 16\, 2025 on WFYI\,\nand air for six consecutive nights through Friday\, November 21 at 8-10 p.m. \nCorporate funding for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine with the Crimson Lion Foundation; and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Major funding was also provided by David M. Rubenstein; The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation; Lilly Endowment Inc.; and the following Better Angels Society members: Eric and Wendy Schmidt; Stephen A. Schwarzman; and Kenneth C. Griffin with Griffin Catalyst. Additional support for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by: The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling; Park Foundation; and the following Better Angels Society members: Gilchrist and Amy Berg; Perry and Donna Golkin; The Michelson Foundation; Jacqueline B. Mars; Kissick Family Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierley; John H. N. Fisher and Jennifer Caldwell; John and Catherine Debs; The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund; Philip I. Kent; Gail Elden; Deborah and Jon Dawson; David and Susan Kreisman; \nThe McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Becky and Jim Morgan; Carol and Ned Spieker; Mark A. Tracy; and Paul and Shelley Whyte. \nTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was made possible\, in part\, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/america-250-pre-party/
LOCATION:Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site\, 1230 N Delaware St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T200000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic Hosted by Eric Saunders of Tea’s Me Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:As the sun sets over Indianapolis\, close out your day at Proof with a rooftop open mic. Share a piece you’ve been working on or new writing from the day. Or simply come to hear from the voices growing in the Midwest.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/open-mic-hosted-by-eric-saunders-of-teas-me-open-mic/
LOCATION:Rooftop 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:20251011T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T173000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Danez Smith
DESCRIPTION:About the Author\nDanez Smith is the author of four collections including Don’t Call Us Dead\, Homie\, and most recently Bluff\, a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. They are also the curator of Blues In Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes. For their work\, Danez won the Forward Prize for Best Collection\, the Minnesota Book Award in Poetry (twice)\, the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry\, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, and has been a finalist for the NAACP Image Award\, the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and the National Book Award. Danez is proud Black\, Queer\, HIV-Positive poet who writes from those intersections about love\, community\, pleasure\, politics\, mental health\, our responsibility to the future\, and all the shimmering\, complex things that make us human. Danez lives in the Twin Cities with their people and teaches at the Randolph College MFA program and the Black Youth Healing Arts Center in St. Paul\, MN. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/conversation-with-danez-smith/
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:20251011T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T173000
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SUMMARY:How did that get on stage?: The evolution of The Egg
DESCRIPTION:A full production of playwright Lou Harry’s hit play from the 2025 Indy Fringe Festival (with original cast members Beverly Roche and Michelle Wafford) will be followed by an interactive discussion about the warts-and-all realities of writing\, workshopping\, and staging a play.   \nAbout the Author\nLou Harry is the author or coauthor of more than 35 books\, including Creative Block\, Kid Culture\, and The High-Impact Infidelity Diet: a novel (optioned by Warner Bros.) and has written for more than 50 publications\, including The Sondheim Review\, Crain’s New York Business\, and TheatreWeek. By day he serves as editor of Quill\, the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists. His produced plays include Balsa Wood (Spirit & Place Festival)\, Rita from Across the Street (American Lives Theatre)\, We Are Still Tornadoes (Butler University Theatre and Tree Fort Productions) and the long-running hit Going . . . Going . . . Gone: The Live Auction Comedy (many venues in four states). He is coproducer of Site Lines Indy\, which produces site-specific plays and runs Indy Actors’ Playground\, a free monthly play reading series at Indy Reads bookstore. Follow him @LouHarry and via www.louharry.com.  
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/how-did-that-get-on-stage-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:20251011T163000
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SUMMARY:Unpacking Publishing: Approaches to Getting Your Book Published presented by Tomorrow Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Book publishing is an industry that has stood the test of time over hundreds of years—but with new technologies\, confusing business models\, and various stakeholders\, it can be a complex process to navigate. This panel will provide an inside look at the publishing industry and how books come to be. With an aim at authors and curious readers\, panelists will break down various models of publishing and how to be a successful\, published author.  \n About the panelists\nCourtney Corlew writes fiction. Her debut celebrity romance series\, January Studios\, consists of interconnected standalones following six characters as they fall in love and chase their dreams. Her newest novel\, Millie\, Be Mine\, published in April 2025\, begins a new series\, Willow Pines\, which will include five (possibly six) stories following different characters from the small town. When she is not writing\, Courtney runs a book marketing agency\, where she has helped over 50 authors learn how to market their books on social media. She has a passion for the literary scene in her hometown of Indianapolis\, where she resides with her husband and two children. She looks forward to writing many more stories in both the romance and fantasy genres.  \nKristen Renee Miller is the director and editor-in-chief at Sarabande Books and the founder of Zine Machine. An award-winning poet and translator\, she is a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and the translator of two books from the French by Ilnu Nation poet Marie-Andrée Gill. She is the recipient of honors from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts\, AIGA\, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\, the Gulf Coast Prize in Translation\, and the American Literary Translators Association. Her work can be found widely\, including in Poetry Magazine\, The Nation\, and Best New Poets. She lives in Louisville\, Kentucky. \nLeah McNaughton Lederman\, a Pushcart-nominated author\, has created two volumes of Café Macabre: A Collection of Horror Stories and Art by Women (SourcePoint Press\, 2019; 2021) and her own short story collection: A Novel of Shorts: The Woman No One Sees (2020). Her creative nonfiction has been published in The River and South Review\, Defenestration Mag\, and The Wrath-Bearing Tree. In 2022\, Leah published Beautifully Broken: The Katy Hayes Story\, about her cousin’s life as a quadruple amputee. Currently\, Leah serves as the Social Media Coordinator for the Indiana Writers Center and Executive Director of the Midwest Writers Workshop. She lives in the Indianapolis area with her husband and an assortment of children\, cats\, and dogs.  \nModerated by Jake Budler\, co-owner of Tomorrow Bookstore\, where he manages the operations\, finances\, and team. He is also the VP of Platform for Endeavor Southeast\, managing a portfolio of 30+ growth-stage entrepreneurs across the Midwest and South. In the literary world\, Jake is currently serving as a board member for Sarabande Books\, an independent publisher based in Kentucky\, and founded the Indy Indie Book Crawl in 2024. He holds a BA in economics from Wabash College and an entrepreneurship certification from Harvard Business School Executive Education. Jake lives in Indianapolis with his wife\, Julia\, and their three pets. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/unpacking-publishing-approaches-to-getting-your-book-published-presented-by-tomorrow-bookstore/
LOCATION:Harrison Gallery\, 1505 N Delaware St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T163000
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SUMMARY:A Haiku Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A haiku workshop with David Hoppe \nIn addition to reading from his new collection of contemporary American haiku (Snapshot Lightning)\, author David Hoppe will also encourage participants to write their own haiku. He will discuss this artform and how it can become a part of anyone’s everyday life. Participants will then be invited to write haiku of their own.  \n David Hoppe’s writing explores the intersection of culture and community. His most recent book\, Mondo POTUS\, is a satirical novel that author Susan Neville called “a smart and hilarious tour-de-force.” Hoppe’s other books include Letters from Michiana\, about life on Lake Michigan’s southern shore and Midcentury Boy\, a memoir about growing up in a Chicago suburb during the 1950s and early ‘60s. His work for the stage includes\, After Paul McCartney and Sacred Sands: A Play for Voices\, an audio version of which has been installed at the Indiana Dunes National Park. Hoppe lives in Long Beach\, IN. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/a-haiku-workshop-proof-2025/
LOCATION:Indiana Humanities\, 1500 N Delaware St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T160000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T153000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
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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:20251011T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T153000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
CREATED:20250912T172836Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T143000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T143000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
CREATED:20250911T194513Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T150000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
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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:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251011T143000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
CREATED:20250918T132333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T145135Z
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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:20251011T143000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
CREATED:20250915T135052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T143249Z
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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:20251011T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T062547
CREATED:20250918T131109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T152019Z
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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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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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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:20251011T120000
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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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