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SUMMARY:Curious Conversations Speaker Series: Emily Rapoza
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. \nJuly’s program features Emily Rapoza\, director of library and archives at the Great American Songbook Foundation. \nRapoza will speak on African American musicians in the American Songbook\, discussing how their work has been preserved—or not—throughout time and highlighting how Black artists have shaped the nation’s cultural identity\, connecting artistic expression to broader narratives of citizenship\, history\, and inclusion \nTo register for the talk\, click on the RSVP link above. The program takes place in Conner Prairie’s Museum Experience Center. \nFor more information about Curious Conversations\, visit Conner Prairie’s website or call 317.776.6000. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Mini-Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/curious-conversations-speaker-series-emily-rapoza/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T190000
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SUMMARY:Curious Conversations Speaker Series: Michael J. Brown
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. \nNovember’s program features Michael J. Brown\, executive director of the Indiana Jewish Historical Society\, who’ll discuss the history of Jewish communities in Indiana. \nAn Indiana native\, Brown served as a medic in the U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve\, where he received an honorable discharge. He studied Jewish history at the Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University in Bloomington\, where he graduated. He then became the executive director of Hillel at Southern Illinois University. Later\, he worked in several Israeli tech startups in business development and marketing. He’s currently the executive director of the Indiana Jewish Historical Society and hosts a podcast called IN Jewish History. He researches midwestern Jewish migration patterns and has studied the history of antisemitism in Indiana. \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-michael-j-brown/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250530T180000
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SUMMARY:Black Birders Week: Community Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join author and photographer Dudley Edmonson for his presentation entitled “The Browning in America and its Impact on Conservation and the Outdoors” based on his 2025 book People the Planet Needs Now. \n  \nThis event is supported and funded by Indiana Humanities\, Central Indiana Land Trust\, and Amos Butler Audubon Society.   \n  \n6:00-6:30 Community Connections\n6:30-7:30 Presentation by Dudley Edmonson\n7:30-8:30 Sunset Birding.  Join guides for a gentle evening stroll or bring a camp chair to witness birds in Lily Field. \n  \nConsider purchasing Edmonson’s book through our partners at Loudmouth Books. This event is free to attend\, but pre-registration is required. 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/black-birders-week-community-book-discussion/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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SUMMARY:Curious Conversations Speaker Series: R. Douglas Hurt
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. \nMay’s program features Dr. R. Douglas Hurt\, who will discuss the history of agriculture in the 19th-century Midwest. \nHurt is professor emeritus in the department of history at Purdue University\, where he served as department head. He also has held the positions of professor and director of the Graduate Program in Agricultural History and Rural Studies at Iowa State University\, associate director of the State Historical Society of Missouri\, and curator of agriculture at the Ohio Historical Society. He is the author of Agriculture in the Midwest\, 1815-1900\, which won the Jon Gjerde Book Award presented by the Midwestern History Association\, and American Agriculture: A Brief History. \nTo register for the talk\, click on the RSVP link above. The program takes place in Conner Prairie’s Prairie House\, #38 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-r-douglas-hurt/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
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SUMMARY:Curious Conversations Speaker Series: Bryan Glover
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. \nMarch’s program features Bryan Glover\, who will discuss the history of the Roberts Settlement\, an African American community that began in the 1830s in northern Hamilton County. \nGlover is a descendant of the Roberts Settlement’s founders and serves as vice president and a board trustee for the settlement. He has directed the organization’s efforts to create the Legacy Walk at Roberts Settlement\, an outdoor exhibit about Indiana’s Black pioneers. Glover is a retired small-business owner whose career includes many years as a media and entertainment corporate executive in Los Angeles; he has lived in Noblesville since 2007. \nTo register for the talk\, click on the RSVP link above. The program takes place in Conner Prairie’s Prairie House\, #38 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-speakers-series-bryan-glover/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
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SUMMARY:Reviving a Forgotten Freetown: The Lives and Legacies of the US Colored Troops in Southeast Indianapolis
DESCRIPTION:Founded officially in 1872\, Norwood is a Reconstruction Era settlement outside the boundaries of Indianapolis. Norwood’s founders were African American veterans from Kentucky because of their service beside the Indiana 28th Regiment during the last years of the Civil War. Norwood and its partner community Barrington sat as stable\, independent Freetowns until they were annexed into Indianapolis in 1912. Using these oral histories and family archives\, we have reconstructed the story of the Southeast side of Indianapolis from the perspective of the USCT that first called it home. These stories have been left out of the dominant narratives of our culture and have only been revived through the voices of their descendants. \nPlease register at the link above to attend this free event. \nKaila Austin (she/her) is an artist\, public historian and community activist from Indianapolis\, Indiana. In 2019\, she began Rogue Preservation Services\, a historic consulting firm\, to work with underserved communities to help them mobilize their histories to protect their ancestral spaces. Since 2021\, she has been working with six Reconstruction Era communities on the Southeast side of Indianapolis founded by the US Colored Troops: Norwood\, Barrington\, Hosbrook\, Babe Denny\, Bean Creek and Zuniville.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/reviving-a-forgotten-freetown-the-lives-and-legacies-of-the-us-colored-troops-in-southeast-indianapolis-2/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Community Book Discussion: Sparrow Envy
DESCRIPTION:As part of Conner Prairie’s Black Birders Week programming\, join us at the Prairie House for an engaging conversation around J. Drew Lanham’s book Sparrow Envy. In this book of poetry and prose\, renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild. Consider purchasing the book through our partners at Loudmouth Books. Bring a blanket or camp chair\, along with a picnic\, for this outdoor discussion and short evening bird stroll. This event is free to attend\, but pre-registration is required. \n 
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/community-book-discussion-sparrow-envy/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
CATEGORIES:Indiana Humanities Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231106T193000
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SUMMARY:Waterways Film Tour: Conner Prairie
DESCRIPTION:Indiana Humanities and Conner Prairie have partnered to host a special screening of the Waterways Film Tour! As part of this special event\, the evening will feature the screening of two additional films from Indiana Humanities’ Waterways Film Project\, “The Net Makers” and “Hellbender in the Blue”\, followed by a Q&A with the creators of the films. \nSee the trailer for the Waterways Film Tour here: https://vimeo.com/672500771. \nSCHEDULE \n6:00 PM Doors open \n6:15 PM Film screenings begin \n6:45 PM Film screenings conclude; Q&A begins \n7:30 PM Q&A concludes \nThis event is free and open to the public. These films are recommended for viewers over the age of 12. \nABOUT THE FILMS \nTHE NET MAKERS \nAbout the Film: In rural Southern Indiana\, two men carry on the tradition of crafting hoopnets and commercially fishing in the White and Wabash Rivers. Despite the threat of invasive species\, climate change impacts and the shifting dynamics of commercial fishing and social norms\, Larry and Danny spend countless hours hand-tying thousands of knots to create the intricate hoopnets that have been used in the area since the Great Depression. While they take their own approaches to crafting their nets\, both recognize the precarious state of this tradition\, and hope that the culture of hoopnet making will be picked up by future generations before it becomes lost to time. \nAbout the Filmmaker: Hannah Lindgren is a documentary filmmaker and video content creator with more than a decade of visual storytelling experience. A native of Indianapolis and graduate of Ball State University\, she owned her own video production company and later worked for Time\, Inc. (now Meredith). Her most recent documentary short\, 50 Little Birds\, was produced in partnership with Tilt23 Studios where she works as a video editor and producer in addition to continuing freelance work. \nHELLBENDER IN THE BLUE \nAbout the Film: From New York to Appalachia\, the two-foot-long Eastern hellbender salamander is an indicator species of our river health. The population has declined noticeably since the early 1980s. Taking place in the Blue River watershed of Southern Indiana\, the short film Hellbender in the Blue shares the story of a state-wide effort of improving the environment for our slimy friend and the water for us all. \nAbout the Filmmaker: As a documentary filmmaker and owner of Teardrop Pictures\, Katelyn Calhoun highlights stories that spark empathy towards people and the planet. In the past few years\, Katelyn directed three short documentaries about Indiana residents’ connection with the natural world\, Hellbender in the Blue (2021)\, Snag in the Plan (2019)\, and Braided with the Current (2018). Her goal is to represent Indiana on a national and international level as she creates non-fiction films about communities all over the world.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/waterways-film-tour-conner-prairie/
LOCATION:Conner Prairie\, 13400 Allisonville Rd.\, Fishers\, IN\, 46038
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