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Events you should make the time to attend
February 9, 2010:
Indianapolis Sustainability Awards (11:00 am)
Material Witness: Memory, Heritage, and California Mission Landscapes (4:30 pm)
Pierre Atlas on "Kenya and the 'Responsibility to Protect'" (7:30 pm)
February 10, 2010:
“Childhood Obesity and Recreational Trails in Indianapolis” (12:00 pm)
Security through Energy Policy: Germany at the Crossroads (3:00 pm)
Drawings from Life: Works from the Imani Workshop, Eldoret, Kenya (5:00 pm)
Dick Fredland on "Justified Force? Preventing Genocide in the 21st Century" (7:00 pm)
Indy Poetry Slam: Dirty Sweethearts Slam (7:00 pm)
Carrie Newcomer talks about The Deliverance Project (7:30 pm)
February 11, 2010:
Paul Mullins: "Glazed America: The History of the Doughnut" (11:30 am)
Planet Indy: The Ascent of the Electric Car (5:30 pm)
Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz at Butler (7:30 pm)
February 12, 2010:
With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition (all day)
Mahler Project: Midwinter Dance Festival (8:00 pm)
With Charity for All: The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection (all day)
February 13, 2010:
Mahler Project: Midwinter Dance Festival (8:00 pm)
February 15, 2010:
President's Day: Live from Delaware Street and Opening of "All Aboard! Making Tracks with the Presidential Train" Exhibit (10:00 am)
"Potential Development in China: The Role of Civil Society" (12:00 pm)
Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra: 1775–1780: Paris, Vienna, Hamburg, Mannheim . . . and Celebrating (7:30 pm)
February 16, 2010:
Singing with the Global Church: The Gift of Music from Other Cultures (9:00 am)
Film: "The Garden" (12:00 pm)
International Travel: "Pack you Health Insurance" (5:30 pm)
Film: "The Garden" (6:00 pm)
"Time for Three: World View, One Sound" at Marian (7:00 pm)
FBI Agent Andrew Norton on "Global crime" (7:30 pm)
"Deninzon's Jazz Cabaret" (7:30 pm)
Mozart and the Moderns (7:30 pm)
February 17, 2010:
The 41st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Dinner "Back to the Basics: Redreaming Dr. King’s Dream" (6:00 pm)
Thomas Christenberry on "The Dark Side of Globalization" (7:00 pm)
February 18, 2010:
"Iran's nuclear program and US foreign policy choices" (5:45 pm)
“William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe” at the IMA’s Toby Theater (6:30 pm)
February 19, 2010:
IMA's WINTER NIGHTS FILM: "The Last Picture Show" (7:00 pm)
Béla Fleck: The Africa Project (8:00 pm)
Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan" at UIndy (8:00 pm)
February 20, 2010:
Violence against Kenyan Women and its Remedy (4:00 pm)
Religion Under Examination- Intensive Session with Bob Price (all day)
IUPUI's Global Health Student Interest Group hosts a "Hunger Banquet" (6:30 pm)
"Stories for the Journey Home" featuring Carmen Deedy (7:30 pm)
Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan" at UIndy (8:00 pm)
February 21, 2010:
IMA's FILM Photography Film Series: "Pecker" and "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" (1:00 pm)
IMA's FILM Photography Film Series: "Pecker" and "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" (3:00 pm)
Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan" at UIndy (3:00 pm)
February 22, 2010:
Genesis 1-12: First Times and the World Today (9:30 am)
Poet Lucille Clifton comes to Butler (7:30 pm)
February 23, 2010:
Tom Snyder, President of Ivy Tech Community College (11:30 am)
"The Future of Jerusalem" (7:00 pm)
Han Xiaorong on "U.S.-China security relations" (7:30 pm)
February 24, 2010:
"Mood Stress, and Decision Making in a Virtual World" featuring Mark Pfaff, School of Informatics (12:00 pm)
George Edwards on Human Rights, Health, International Trade, and Slavery – Lessons from Hurricane Katrina (4:30 pm)
Brooklyn Rider plays cutting edge music (6:45 pm)
Joseph Xu on "Red Army Rising: The Rise of China's Military" (7:00 pm)
7 Simultaneous Lecturers: Indy Arts and Globalization (7:00 pm)
Physicist Lawrence Krauss discusses life, the universe, everything (7:30 pm)
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" at Butler (8:00 pm)
February 25, 2010:
Joseph Taylor Symposium: "Voices in the City: Language, Literacy, and Urban Life" (8:00 am)
Patricia Smith, poet, at IUPUI (7:30 pm)
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" at Butler (8:00 pm)
Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan" at UIndy (8:00 pm)
February 26, 2010:
Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conference .. "Effective Collaboration: A Study in Four Acts" (7:30 am)
IUPUI Sabbatical Speaker Talks: "The Concept of 'Community' in Catholic Parishes" (4:30 pm)
IMA's WINTER NIGHTS FILM: "Safety Last!" with "One Week" (7:30 pm)
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" at Butler (8:00 pm)
Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan" at UIndy (8:00 pm)
February 27, 2010:
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" at Butler (2:00 pm)
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" at Butler (8:00 pm)
"Poems and Parables" (8:00 pm)
Brecht's "The Good Person of Szechwan" at UIndy (8:00 pm)
February 28, 2010:
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" at Butler (2:00 pm)
March 2, 2010:
Bill Rieber on "Global Financial Crises" (7:30 pm)
March 3, 2010:
Steve Akard on "Wall Street, Indiana and the World: The Global Financial Crisis" (7:00 pm)
Joe Goode on "Getting personal: Finding the risk and revelation in the artistic process" (7:30 pm)
March 4, 2010:
Katharine Hayhoe on climate change (7:30 pm)
March 5, 2010:
Joe Goode Performance Group: "Wonderboy" & "29 Effeminate Gestures" (7:00 pm)
Eco-movie series: "A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish" (7:00 pm)
March 6, 2010:
Spend a day at IUPUI discussing the question: "Can we have a discussion about how we choose what we eat?" (7:00 am)
Indiana’s Villages Take Responsibility (Part 3): A Blueprint for Educating Black Male Students (8:30 am)
March 9, 2010:
Shen Yun Performing Arts (7:00 pm)
March 10, 2010:
John Clark on "Moscow's Long Reach" (7:00 pm)
Shen Yun Performing Arts (7:00 pm)
Indy's "Women of the World Poetry Slam" (7:00 pm)
March 11, 2010:
IMA ARTIST TALK: Joshua Mosley (6:00 pm)
March 12, 2010:
Living with Forgiveness — Living with the Unforgivable: Learning from the Wisdom Traditions (7:00 pm)
March 13, 2010:
Living with Forgiveness — Living with the Unforgivable: Learning from the Wisdom Traditions (10:00 am)
Double-Shot Music Documentary Day at the IMA (1:00 pm)
Darwin Day for Kids at Center for Inquiry Indiana (all day)
March 14, 2010:
Talk at IMA: HORTICOPIA (2:00 pm)
March 15, 2010:
Celebrating Chopin at UIndy (7:30 pm)
March 16, 2010:
Milind Thakar on "The Persian Gulf" (7:30 pm)
March 17, 2010:
Richard Pressley on Chopin's 200th (4:00 pm)
Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitarists (6:45 pm)
Pierre Atlas on "Power, Politics and the Persian Gulf" (7:00 pm)
March 18, 2010:
“Backyard Pundits: Public Leadership & Ethical Questions for Indiana’s Future” (7:00 pm)
Lloyd Garver on "The low-tech story in the high-tech world" (7:30 pm)
Ching-chu Hu, UIndy Guest Composer in Residency (7:30 pm)
March 19, 2010:
"Avow" (8:00 pm)
March 20, 2010:
Darwin Day Science Conference (all day)
March 21, 2010:
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Laureate Series: 1990 Silver Medalist Marco Rizzi (2:30 pm)
March 22, 2010:
Jews in the Acts of the Apostles: The Apostolic Church and the Gentile Mission (9:00 am)
New Century String Quartet 10th anniversary at UIndy (7:30 pm)
March 23, 2010:
Film: "Fuel" (12:00 pm)
Film: "Fuel" (6:00 pm)
At Marian "The Cuba-Indy Relationship: Building Church Solidarity" (7:00 pm)
Martin Spechler on "Russia and its neighbors" (7:30 pm)
Poet Lawrence Raab comes to Butler (7:30 pm)
March 24, 2010:
Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes / Editor, Forbes magazine (12:00 pm)
Supply Chain Quality in China (4:30 pm)
Sheila Kennedy on "Peace building and Statecraft" (7:00 pm)
Madeleine Albright makes remarks (7:30 pm)
March 25, 2010:
"Understanding religion in American Life and the role of IUPUI in that endeavor" (11:30 am)
ISNA's Ingrid Mattson on prioritizing giving needs, from a Muslim perspective (all day)
Constructing George Herbert Mead’s book, "Mind, Self, and Society" (6:00 pm)
IMA TALK: The Dutch Portrait in the 17th century (7:00 pm)
Behavioral economist Robert Frank at Butler (7:30 pm)
March 26, 2010:
Green Fest Indy 2010 (10:00 am)
"On the Edge: Socio-cultural Minorities in France Today" (4:30 pm)
March 27, 2010:
Green Fest Indy 2010 (10:00 am)
March 28, 2010:
Green Fest Indy 2010 (10:00 am)
March 29, 2010:
UIndy's Chamber Evening (7:30 pm)
March 30, 2010:
A group of local peacemakers on "Peacebuilding and conflict resolution" (7:30 pm)
April 1, 2010:
IMA Director's Conversation: Earl A. Powell III of the National Gallery of Art (6:30 pm)
At IMA "Tara Donovan: Untitled" Opening Reception (7:30 pm)
Rufus and Louise Reiberg Reading Series, Nin Andrews, poet (7:30 pm)
April 6, 2010:
David Burrell on "What I Have Learned from Muslims Classical & Contemporary" (4:00 pm)
David Burrell on "Friendship & Ways to Truth: Muslims & Christians in Dialogue" (7:00 pm)
April 7, 2010:
Dick Fredland talks about Kenya and the UN (11:00 am)
Primate Communication: Its Neurobiology, Evolution, and the Origins of the Uncanny Valley (1:00 pm)
Protecting the Environment: Analysis with a Systems View (4:30 pm)
April 8, 2010:
"To Live upon Hope: Mohicans and Missionaries in the Eighteenth-century Northeast" (11:30 am)
The History of Rh Sensitization Disease and Its 'Cure' (12:00 pm)
April 9, 2010:
Watch "The New Metropolis" (7:00 pm)
April 10, 2010:
IndyBaroque, Inc. "Baroque Bash" (5:30 pm)
"Tales of East and West" featuring Anne Shimojima (7:30 pm)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (8:00 pm)
April 11, 2010:
Mahler Project: Butler Wind Ensemble (3:00 pm)
April 12, 2010:
UIndy's Faculty music series season finale (7:30 pm)
April 13, 2010:
"The Times, They are A'Changing": Making Sense of Intercultural Organizational Change (4:30 pm)
Former US Laureate Poet Mark Strand comes to Butler (7:30 pm)
April 14, 2010:
Does Bernardo Rey direct "Our Fourth Production" at Butler? (8:00 pm)
April 15, 2010:
Jessica Care Moore, poet/spoken-word artist, at IUPUI (7:30 pm)
Does Bernardo Rey direct "Our Fourth Production" at Butler? (8:00 pm)
April 16, 2010:
Does Bernardo Rey direct "Our Fourth Production" at Butler? (8:00 pm)
April 17, 2010:
Does Bernardo Rey direct "Our Fourth Production" at Butler? (2:00 pm)
Religion Under Examination- Intensive Session with John Shook (all day)
Orkestra Projekt presents "Perspektive.Material" (7:30 pm)
Does Bernardo Rey direct "Our Fourth Production" at Butler? (8:00 pm)
Pianist Gleb Ivanov with ICO (8:00 pm)
April 18, 2010:
Does Bernardo Rey direct "Our Fourth Production" at Butler? (2:00 pm)
American Pianists Association's Grand Encounters presents Nobuyuki Tsujii, the (3:30 pm)
April 19, 2010:
Novelist Mona Simpson comes to Butler (7:30 pm)
April 20, 2010:
Film: "F.L.O.W.: For the Love of Water" (12:00 pm)
Film: "F.L.O.W.: For the Love of Water" (6:00 pm)
Al Hubbard on "The US Economy and its Global Impact" (7:00 pm)
April 21, 2010:
"Global Crime" at Mid North Shepherd Center (11:00 am)
IndyTalk asks: "When Did I Get Old?" (6:30 pm)
Takács Quartet (6:45 pm)
2009-2010 Rufus and Louise Reiberg Reading Series, Edward Hirsch, poet (7:30 pm)
April 22, 2010:
"We are not Mutilated: Voices of Circumcised Women" featuring Khadija Khaja (12:00 pm)
IMA's Planet Indy: Gestalt Gardening with Felder Rushing (7:00 pm)
April 24, 2010:
TEEN DATING VIOLENCE CONFERENCE AND BENEFIT CONCERT (10:00 am)
Earth Day Indy (all day)
April 26, 2010:
2nd Multiethnic Indiana conference: “Building Indiana’s 21st Century Communities” (8:00 am)
April 27, 2010:
Health Care: Issues of Ethics, Vocation and Faith (all day)
April 28, 2010:
US-China Security Relations (11:00 am)
Brian Lamb, Founder of C-Span (12:00 pm)
April 29, 2010:
IMA's TALK: Director's Conversation: Greg Lynn (7:00 pm)
April 30, 2010:
Black Violin (8:00 pm)
May 1, 2010:
"Nepantla - Caught Between Two Worlds" featuring Olga Loya (7:30 pm)
May 4, 2010:
Gwen Ifill, Moderator and Managing Editor of Washington Week (12:00 pm)
IndyTalks shares "Food for Thought" (6:00 pm)
2006 IVCI Laureate Yura Lee with the Ronen Chamber Ensemble and pianist Chih Yi Chen (7:30 pm)
May 5, 2010:
Global Financial Crisis (11:00 am)
May 8, 2010:
Lara St. John, violin, with ICO (8:00 pm)
May 12, 2010:
Ed Delaney speaks on Russia and its neighborhood (11:00 am)
May 13, 2010:
"Cooling Board: a Long Playing Poem" (11:30 am)
May 14, 2010:
The Dalai Lama speaks on compassion and feeding the hungry (9:30 am)
Information Technology and Personalized Medicine (all day)
May 19, 2010:
The Persian Gulf (11:00 am)
May 20, 2010:
Dance Kaleidoscope "Pictures at an Exhibition" at IRT (7:00 pm)
May 21, 2010:
Dance Kaleidoscope "Pictures at an Exhibition" at IRT (8:00 pm)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Lilly Classical Series: Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony (8:00 pm)
May 22, 2010:
Dance Kaleidoscope "Pictures at an Exhibition" at IRT (8:00 pm)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Lilly Classical Series: Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony (8:00 pm)
May 23, 2010:
Dance Kaleidoscope "Pictures at an Exhibition" at IRT (2:30 pm)
May 26, 2010:
Peacebuilding and conflict resolution (11:00 am)
June 8, 2010:
1986 IVCI Gold Medalist Kyoko Takezawa In recital with pianist Akira Eguchi (7:30 pm)
June 15, 2010:
IndyTalk asks: "Is It Good to be a Hoosier?" (7:00 pm)
July 15, 2010:
Indianapolis International Film Festival premieres (all day)
July 22, 2010:
“What the Arts Mean to Indianapolis” (6:00 pm)
September 30, 2010:
IndyTalk presents “An Evening with Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert” (7:00 pm)
October 7, 2010:
Hoosier Values: Can We Reconcile Independence and the Common Good? (7:00 pm)
October 14, 2010:
Hoosier Values: Can We Reconcile Independence and the Common Good? (12:00 pm)
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