Powerful Conversations on Race (PCR) is a monthly community dialogue series -- with two tracks -- exploring topics around race, racism, and the resulting impact. These sessions provide a means of getting comfortable talking about uncomfortable topics are are rooted in humanities- and art-based materials and sources. This IS NOT a lecture or book club, […]
This bilingual celebration explores the cultural, spiritual, and intergenerational significance of Día de los Muertos. Author Selene Dávila will share El esqueleto que ama bailar (The Skeleton that Loves to Dance) and families will be invited to participate in art-making activities. This event will be a bilingual story time that will engage child and parent participants […]
Exhibit showcasing the work of two fiber art guilds and their creativity to express the stories and identities of individuals leaving incarceration, fighting homelessness, aging out of foster care, and facing other challenges. We make a lot of assumptions about people. Depending on their personal backgrounds, economic status, gender expression, skin color, and even life […]
Experience foods and flavors from Yemen, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Palestine and more while meeting the people who have prepared those foods. Learn about each other while exploring how what we eat is tightly bound to our identity. In the documentary High on the Hog, Yoruba artist Romuald Hazoumè repeats a local saying to Stephen Satterfield, telling […]
Explore how one’s sense of identity affects emotional/behavioral health of Black and Brown people through an interactive TED Talk-like presentation, audience activities, and conversations with local health-focused organizations. Food will be served. This multi-faceted event invites the public to explore the importance of conscious identity labeling in healthcare situations. Through a short TED Talk-like presentation, […]
Enjoy cider, snacks, and stories while listening, reflecting, and vibing about how we shape food and how it shapes us. How have your tastes been shaped by your community and/or family of origin? How do you use food to connect with new acquaintances and old friends? How might food open new spaces for community, connection, […]
The Testimony Service seeks to bring people together—regardless of faith affiliation—to fellowship and celebrate the good news about what’s going on in their lives and communities through music, personal testimony and a shared meal. To identify means to recognize the existence of a thing. This event, which is rooted in the testimony tradition of the Black church, invites the […]
The Nov. 5 performance at 4pm will have live captioning to a screen. The Nov. 7 performance at 7pm will has ASL interpretation. All other accommodation requests should be made by Oct. 20. Many of us don’t know what to say or do when a loved one experiences profound grief. Through live theatrical enactments of […]
ASL Interpretation Onsite. Make art while also learning from community gardeners, beekeepers, and even chefs on how we can all work to sustain and nourish our pollinator friends – bees and butterflies! Art-making activities, learning opportunities, honey-tasting, and exhibits will be featured at this dynamic all-ages, family-friendly event featuring: An exhibition featuring images based on […]
ASL Interpreted. Experience a participatory concert of Christian music spanning decades and genres ranging from traditional hymns to South African songs performed by the multi-racial Faithful Friends Band. Members of the Faithful Friends Band met during a gathering of the Indianapolis Great Banquet – a multi-racial weekend rooted in Christian faith and music. These talented […]
The Nov. 5 performance at 4pm will have live captioning to a screen. The Nov. 7 performance at 7pm will has ASL interpretation. All other accommodation requests should be made by Oct. 20. Many of us don’t know what to say or do when a loved one experiences profound grief. Through live theatrical enactments of […]
SOLD OUT. ASL Upon Request. Prepare lunch with a group of strangers and eat it together, all in silence. Afterwards, reflect, via facilitated mindful dialogue, on your communal experience and what it means to nourish and be nourished. Silent practice is a cornerstone of Zen Buddhism. At its heart, Zen meditation practice is returning to […]