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Events you should make the time to attend

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:
- “Prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace” (7:00 pm)
- 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)
- “Challenges in CIA Analysis of Proliferation and Terrorism Threats” (6:00 pm)
- Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitarists (6:45 pm)
- Pierre Atlas on "Power, Politics and the Persian Gulf" (7:00 pm)
March 18, 2010:
- The Long War in Afghanistan: Past Problems and Future Prospects (6:00 pm)
- “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:
- Angela Burt-Murray, editor in chief of "Essence" (7:30 pm)
- "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 "Zakat in America: The evolving role of Islamic charity in community cohesion" (5:00 pm)
- 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)
- Colloquia: Practicing a Responsible and Safe Genomic Medicine (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)
- Cesar Chavez Celebration Dinner: "Celebrating Latino unity while honoring our diverse roots" (5:30 pm)
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:
- Healthy babies, a healthy future: Preventing infant mortality (10:30 am)
- "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)
- Robyn Ochs Presentation, "Challenging Heterosexism" (1:30 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 25, 2010:
- Breaking Bread: Building Community (5:00 pm)
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:
- The 9th Annual Indiana Conference on Cultural Competency for Behavioral Healthcare (8:00 am)
- 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 2, 2010:
- American responses to the Haitian crisis: Do we deserve to be the world leader? (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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* Arts Council of Indianapolis underpins Indy’s vibrant arts scene
* Big Car cuts the edge with surrealist inspired art & events
* Cultural Tourism Initiative presents Indy’s arts to the world
* Harrison Center for the Arts a couple dozen studios, first-rate galleries, community conscience
* Indiana Film Society shows — and discusses — foreign, independent, and hard-to-find films
* Indianapolis – Marian County Public Library is still one of the finest systems in the country
* Indianapolis International Film Festival has emerged as one of the country’s best
* Indianapolis Museum of Art has emerged as one of the cultural and global powerhouses of the Midwest
* Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival is winner of a NUVO Creative Vision Award (like Provocate)
* Museum of Master Au at U Indy displays works of the greatest living traditional Chinese artist
* Story Telling Arts of Indiana
* Writers' Center of Indiana nurtures a writing community, supports established and emerging writers
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Central Indiana Universities & Colleges

* Anderson University A surprisingly global small school in a small town
* Butler University hosts some of the city’s most distinguished visitors…
* Christian Theological Seminary prepares men & women for service in the 21st century…
* IUPUI celebrates its 40th anniversary of connecting Indianapolis to global research and problem-solving
* Marian University provides first rate education rooted in Franciscan values
* Martin University Serving the underserved students of Indianapolis
* University of Indianapolis is in the top-tier of Midwestern universities
De Pauw University A model of what a liberal arts university should be
Franklin College Excellent 175 year old liberal arts college just south of Indy

Creative Education

* Center for Urban and Multicultural Education Conducting cutting edge research and community outreach at IUPUI
* International School of Indiana seeks to help internationalize Indianapolis as well as its students
Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Music Matters

* Indianapolis Early Music Festival has presented early music for over forty years
* Indianapolis Jazz Fest restores Indy’s place in the jazz firmament
* Indianapolis Opera performs great music while educating the public
* Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra provides world class entertainment as well as stimulating cultural education
* International Violin Competition of Indianapolis makes Indy the center of the music universe every four year … and provides world-class entertainment the rest of the time
* Orkestra Projekt thought-provoking music to attract the audience of tomorrow
* Ronen Chamber Ensemble
Ensemble Music Society
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra 25 years of collaborating with the very best

Social Networking

* IndyHub provides young professionals a path to leadership in the community
* Smaller Indiana makes creative people and innovative ideas easier to find.

Event Venues

* Athenaeum Foundation Turning a grand old building into a place for conversation, culture, celebration
* Clowes Memorial Hall is the city’s premiere arts & culture venue
* Madam Walker Theatre Center is at the heart of all cultural communities, not only African American
Indiana History Center
Jewish Community Center Indianapolis

Faith, Belief & Beyond

* Center for Faith and Vocation challenges Butler students & the community to rethink service & calling
* Center for Inquiry Indiana provides a space for freethinkers and rationalists to seek solutions to social problems
* International Interfaith Initiative believes religious differences can be a source of creative solutions rather than only causes of problems
* Muslim Alliance of Indiana provides a common platform for presenting Islam, supporting Muslim Hoosier communities, developing educational, social and outreach programs and fostering good relations with other religious communities, and civic and service organizations.
Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council
Islamic Society of North America for 40 years serving the continent’s Muslims and broader communities around the world

Finding Peace in the Midst of Conflict

* Indianapolis Peace Institute trains tomorrow’s leaders while building more secure communities
* Peace & Justice Studies at Marian University integrates academic studies, spiritual and personal reflection, and community involvement to promote peace and justice on campus, in our neighborhood, country, and world.
* Peace Learning Center teaches conflict resolution, diversity appreciation, and character eduation to youth and families in Indiana

Foreign Relations

* Confucius Institute of IUPUI helps Hoosiers connect to all aspects of China
* GeoPol is a virtual think tank of international relations junkies
* Indiana Council on World Affairs celebrates more than half a century of discussion
* Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations dines while discussing controversial subjects involving foreign policy
* International Center of Indianapolis opens Indy to the world
* Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies aspires to be the city’s most innovative center addressing international issues
* World Trade Club of Indiana promotes better understanding of globalization

Hoosier history

* Indiana Historical Society is “Indiana’s Story-teller, Connecting People to the Past”
* Indiana State Museum is much more than a cool building full of old stuff

Living Green

* Hoosier Environmental Council is the state’s foremost protector of ecological values
* Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter
Earth Day Indiana
Improving Kids' Environment dedicated to reducing environmental threats to children’s health

Making the World Better

* Ambassadors for Children promotes “volun-tourism”
* Congo Helping Hands demonstrates the powerful potential of local-to-local partnership
* IU Kenya Partnership redefines the ways local initiatives can solve global problems
* Kiwanis International works to improve the world from its Indianapolis HQ
* Mercy Foundation restores hope through providing healthcare and education
* Second Story helps young writers in Indianapolis discover their voices, explore their world, and embrace a life of curiosity and self-expression
* ServLife International builds global community by creating multi-cultural teams among the most marginalized and oppressed regions of the world to rescue and care for at-risk children, end hunger, and train/multiply the indigenous church to advance the whole gospel to the whole
* The Village Experience has the most innovative social entrepreneurs around
* Timmy Foundation channels resources to sustainable health projects in developing countries.
Anchor of Hope Provides education and youth development to orphaned and abandoned children in Zambia
Bread for the World A collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad
Building Tomorrow an international non-profit organization empowering young people to raise funds & awareness to benefit vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa.
El Colibrí Seeking to empower and motivate all underprivileged youth worldwide
Global Interfaith Partnership is a coalition of congregations in Indiana and the Chulaimbo area of western Kenya which has developed the Umoja Project (“unity” in Kiswahili) to respond to the urgent needs of Chulaimbo’s orphans and vulnerable children.

Newcomers & Immigrants

* African Center of Indianapolis helps integrate into Indianapolis 30,000 newcomers from Africa
* Exodus Refugee Immigration shoulders the burden of resettling those seeking refuge in Indianapolis
* Immigrant Welcome Center calms the fears and eases the transition of newcomers to Central Indiana
* International Festival celebrates the community’s ethnic diversity
* Japan-America Society of Indiana serves as a bridge of friendship between the people of Indiana and Japan
* La Plaza serves, educates, celebrates, connects Latinos in Indianapolis
* Latino Youth Collective challenges Latin youth through critical pedagogy, grassroots organizing, and collective action
* Multiethnic Indiana hosts the biggest discussion of who we are and who we want to be
* Nationalities Council of Indiana gathers the city’s ethnic and international groups

Protecting Rights & Freedoms

* American Civil Liberties Union – Indiana protects the rights of everyone, plus protects the Bill of Rights
* Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic promote justice through legal representation and education for those in need
Human Rights Works Empowers the community of Indianapolis to address human rights issues locally and globally through education, action and hands-on experience.

The News Media & the New News

* Indianapolis Monthly publishes some of the best writing about the city
* Indianapolis Star is still the city’s main source of news
* NUVO provides Indianapolis newreaders with a provocative alternative
* Y-Press Gives children a voice in the world through journalism

Toward a More Civil Society

* American Values Alliance seeks to restore civility to political discourse
* Center on Philanthropy engages in original research about civil society
* Central Indiana Community Foundation creates great public spaces
* Indiana Humanities Council engages Indiana’s community of minds to examine and improve the human condition
* Polis Center works with communities to apply knowledge to problem solution
* Rotary Club of Indianapolis is a major global player
* Sagamore Institute for Policy Research tried to provide serious thinking to solve serious problems
* Spirit and Place is a civic collaboration celebrating the arts, religion, and the humanities
Center for Aging & Community is one of Indiana’s leading centers for Aging Studies, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach to developing partnerships between higher education, business organizations and the community.

Cool Indy Blogs

* Indy Ethnic Food reviews hundreds of obscure delights
* On the Cusp Contemporary Visual Arts, Indianapolis
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* The Urbanophile Urban Affairs and the Future of the Midwestern City
* Welcome to the World in Indiana! blogs everything glocal in Indiana
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