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SUMMARY:Connected by NATURE - Spirit & Place Festival 30th Anniversary Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the closing of the 30th annual Spirit & Place Festival with an evening of connection\, creativity\, and community. \nEnjoy a live spoken word invocation by Manón Voice\, music by Premium Blend\, delicious local food\, and hands-on activities inspired by this year’s festival events. Reflect on the NATURE theme through art\, music\, and shared experiences that nourish both spirit and community. Light snacks included\, while supplies last! \nWalk-ins welcome\, but registration is encouraged. \nQuestions? Contact 317-274-2462 or festival@iu.edu. \nRegistration: Click here to register. \n  \nManon Voice & Premium Blend
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/connected-by-nature-spirit-place-festival-30th-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:The Amp at 16 Tech\, 1220 Waterway Blvd.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Singing,Family-Friendly,festival,Interactive,Music,Performance,Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251115T170000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - 12 Moods of Heaven: A Neo-Soul Food & Jazz Journey through the Great Migration
DESCRIPTION:Announcement From Grand Griot Productions (11/11/25):\n“After much reflection and with deep regret\, the creative team made the difficult decision to delay the production following a recent bereavement and several health-related challenges within the ensemble.” Ticket refunds are available to all patrons and 12 Moods of Heaven hopes to premiere in March 2026. Sign up for the Spirit & Place newsletter to learn when a new date is confirmed. \nLimited Capacity. Registration Required  |  $30/pp \nJoin us for a multi-sensory culinary and cultural experience exploring the nature of movement—of people\, traditions\, and food across this nation. Rooted in the Great Migration\, this event honors the resilience of Soul Food and the African American diaspora through jazz\, spoken word\, spiritual reflection\, and food samplings. \nThe art of Soul Food is grounded in nature—the ability to take the miracle of soil and transform it into a feast! It is also rooted in the ability to adapt amid hardship. Constant change is no easy task. Our African American ancestors took scraps and turned them into a living testimony of resilience. Their ingenuity is no fable of “making something out of nothing\,” but is a demonstration of their creativity\, worth\, and lasting impact on American food and artistic culture. Weaving together music\, gratitude\, and praise to God\, this event fuses history\, art\, faith\, and culinary excellence to celebrate all that is nourishing about the very nature of soul food. \n\nDoors open at 4:30 pm\nPrelude begins 4:45 pm\nEvent from 5pm-6:30pm\nTalk Back from 6:35-7:30\n\nQuestions? Contact 317-531-5752 or email grandgriotpro@gmail.com. \nEvent Organizers: A partnership between Grand Griot Productions LLC\, Witherspoon Presbyterian Church\, Chef Oya\, Rob Dixon & many more. \nRegistration: Click here to register. \n \n 
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/12-moods-of-heaven-a-neo-soul-food-jazz-journey-through-the-great-migration/
LOCATION:Witherspoon Presbyterian Church\, 3535 W. Kessler Blvd. N. Dr.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46222\, United States
CATEGORIES:festival,Interactive,Music,Performance,Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20251107T190000
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SUMMARY:Axolotl: The Regeneration of a Woman’s Heart
DESCRIPTION:ASL Interpretation provided by IU Indianapolis’s American Sign Language/English Interpreting Program students \nInspired by nature’s great regenerator—the Axolotl—this evening of original music and spoken word explores trauma\, healing\, and renewal through the lens of a woman’s heart. Join artist Tamra Rose and authors Eva Williams and Lacey Beatty for an intimate and hope-filled performance that invites us to reflect on nature’s wisdom and our own capacity to heal. \nExplore the nature of hope and healing through music\, literature\, and the axolotl. The axolotl is a salamander that never undergoes the typical metamorphosis into its terrestrial form\, remaining water-bound for life. Remarkably\, it can regenerate diseased or injured parts of its body—including limbs\, brain\, and heart. Seen through the lens of womanhood\, the axolotl becomes a metaphor for those who have endured trauma yet continue to survive and even flourish—blossoming into the fullness of who they were created to be. \nCounseling resources available. \nQuestions? Contact 317-509-5305 or booktamrarose@gmail.com. \nEvent Organizers: A partnership between Tamra Rose and My Sister’s Keeper. \nRegistration: Click here to register.
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/music-performance-reading-axolotl-the-regeneration-of-a-womans-heart/
LOCATION:MLK Community Center\, 40 W. 40th St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46205\, United States
CATEGORIES:festival,Music,Performance,Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231111T110000
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SUMMARY:Nourish: Testimonies about Food\, Family\, and Love (Day 2: Testimony Service)
DESCRIPTION:A two-day celebration focused on the healing powers of food\, community\, and spirituality featuring films\, food\, and testimonies from Black femme creators. \nThe gathering will take attendees on an immersive visual\, sensual\, auditory\, and spiritual experience in the spirit of honoring how Black femmes have nourished themselves and one another while making an indelible impact on the world. On Friday\, Nov. 10\, two films – “In Our Mother’s Gardens” and “Food as Resistance” will be shown. Dinner will be served in between screenings and a discussion about the ways lineage\, love\, and (unjust) food systems intersect will close the night. \nThe following day (Nov. 11) will feature music\, storytelling\, and the culinary arts in a Testimony Service for all! (Think: Moth Radio Hour.) Testimony services have their roots in the Black church tradition as a time where people can take to the altar and tell a story or sing a song that illustrates a triumphant moment in their lives. Attendees will be given writing prompts for their own reflections and will hear from a selection of Black femme speakers before enjoying refreshments. \nDoors open at 4pm with programming beginning at 5pm. \nAudience Note: While this event is open to people from all faiths or non-faith backgrounds\, Black Christian traditions as well as African ancestral practices will be honored. \nQuestions? Contact 317-413-1239 or TheTestimonyServiceOnline@gmail.com. \nEvent Partners: The Testimony Service and The Center for Religion\, Arts\, and Culture. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 3\, but walk-in guests are welcome. \n \nImage Courtesy of The Testimony Service
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/nourish-testimonies-about-food-family-and-love-day-2-testimony-service/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Award of Awesomeness Nominee,Community Conversation,festival,Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231110T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231110T160000
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SUMMARY:Nourishing Democracy: Healthy IPS School Board Elections
DESCRIPTION:Constitutional republics must be nourished to stay viable. As school board elections offer a microcosm of democracy\, what does IPS board history teach us about the democratic process and what citizens can do to nurture their own sense of civic empowerment? \nOnce regulated to the May Primary\, Indianapolis school board elections are now large and expensive early November events. Debate from a plurality of perspectives is needed for a healthy democracy and a vigorous public education system. So is an understanding of local history. In the early 1920s\, little to no competition existed in school board races which were ostensibly run by the Citizens School Committee. This is the era that deeply segregated and segmented Indianapolis’s public schools into a caste system. As recent media stories have shown\, modern school board elections are being inundated with outside money – and agendas – that threaten to shape public schools in ways the community may not want. Using primary sources and recent news articles\, attendees will be divided into working groups to compare and contrast the past to the present in an effort to plan for the future. Visual arts\, poetry\, and music will further help attendees appreciate the challenges democracy faces while inspiring them to stay engaged and active. \nQuestions? Contact 317-998-1339 or johnharrisloflin@yahoo.com. \nAudience Notes: Doors open at 6pm for guests to interact with the exhibits. Programming begins at 7pm. \nEvent Partners: Charles E. Loflin & Virginia P. Vornehm-Loflin Center on IPS History\, the Black & Latino Policy Institute\, Virgil and Sheila Boyd\, Wyse Ra\, Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Brown\, and artists Dr. Monday\, Clyde Gaw\, and Clockwork Janz. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 9. Walk-ins welcome!
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/nourishing-democracy-healthy-ips-school-board-elections/
LOCATION:MLK Community Center\, 40 W. 40th St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Conversation,Exhibit,festival,Interactive,Poetry,Spoken Word,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231109T133000
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SUMMARY:Nourishing Words: Feeding the Whole with Poetry and Prose
DESCRIPTION:ASL Upon Request. \nExperience the poetry and prose of New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley alongside young\, local BIPOC poets and storytellers as they not only consider but deliver the nourishing power of words. \nFeaturing bestselling author of This Here Flesh: Spirituality\, Liberation\, and the Stories that Make Us\, Cole Arthur Riley\, and other local talent\, this event considers and demonstrates both the power of words to nourish us\, to feed us\, and to empower us to the best\, next step in our own lives. In a time when words are used to harm\, this event invites you into a deep consideration of the power of words to both nourish us and leave us starved. The speakers gathered will remind those gathered of the power they have at hand with tools no more complex than the words they speak and write. \nThis gathering will also include an interactive element where performers and attendees will have the opportunity to participate in the creation of an original book at the event. This book will be bound as an original\, scanned to be printed in a short run\, and presented online. \nQuestions? Contact 317-683-0829 or thechurchwithin@thechurchwithin.org. \nEvent Partners: The Church Within\, The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis\, The Philippine Cultural Community Center\, and The Kneeland Center for Poetry\, Inc. with support from Ujamaa Community Bookstore. \nEvent Registration: Registration requested by November 5. Walk-ins welcome until capacity is reached.
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/nourishing-words-feeding-the-whole-with-poetry-and-prose/
LOCATION:The Church Within\, 1125 Spruce St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203
CATEGORIES:festival,Performance,Poetry,Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20221110T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20221110T090000
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SUMMARY:(Un)Comfortable Conversations: The Power to Identify
DESCRIPTION:Hear from local writers\, poets\, and spoken word artists as they share brief and engaging stories of change centered around how they identify and how their sense of identity has shaped their lives and art. \nHow do the arts\, humanities\, and religion help identify the truth of who we are? How have identities changed over time? How does identifying with a group create unity? How does it create division? What does it mean to claim a new identity? How do the arts allow us to express our identities? \nWriters and spoken-word artists from diverse backgrounds will honestly and courageously tackle these questions and more during this event in which participants will also be given the opportunity to reflect on and write about similar themes. A Q&A will follow between the audience and presenters. \nA partnership between Word as Bond\, Inc. and \nA partnership between Word as Bond\, Inc. and the Department of English\, Humanities\, and World Languages at Ivy Tech Community College\, Indianapolis.\nContact event organizers at 317-940-9814 or amackjackson@wordasbond.org. \nThis is a hybrid event with in-person (Illinois Fall Creek Center\, Rm. 306) and online participation options. Walk-ins welcome\, but registration is strongly encouraged by Nov. 8. \nRegister below. (The single registration link will register you for both in-person and Zoom options!)
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/uncomfortable-conversations-the-power-to-identify/
LOCATION:Ivy Tech Community College – Illinois Fall Creek Center\, 2535 N. Capitol Ave.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46208\, United States
CATEGORIES:festival,Panel Discussion,Performance,Spoken Word
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SUMMARY:Oracles of Change: Interfaith Understanding through Art & Poetry
DESCRIPTION:WATCH A RECORDING OF THE EVENT BY CLICKING HERE. \nHear poems from Sikh and Muslim artists and reflect on how poetic imagery can be a meaningful tool in helping us make sense of societal change. \nIn 2020\, Franklin College hosted its first Interfaith Understanding through the Arts event during the Spirit & Place Festival. This year’s offering invites poets Sadiyah Bashir and Preeti Kaur Rajpal to share their work via livestream as a way to contemplate community change – even when that change results in violence and prejudice. Particularly considering the tragic FedEx shooting\, this event seeks to provide community members a way to engage and celebrate the growing diversity of Central Indiana through poetry as well as moderated conversations between readings. During these small group conversations\, audience members will be asked to think about how art and faith can help heal communities. \nA partnership between Franklin College\, Center for Interfaith Cooperation\, Johnson County Public Library\, Creative Council of Franklin\, Wild Geese Bookshop\, and SikhsPAC. \nQuestions? Contact 317-738-8140 or hadamsingram@franklincollege.edu. \nThis event is currently scheduled to occur in-person and online. Register by Nov. 11 to select your attendance option. For in-person attendees\, this event will adhere to prevailing local guidance on COVID-19. Thoroughly read confirmation details sent by the host. \nImage Credit: Preeti Kaur Rajpal \n \nThis event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events! \nSpirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.  \n  \n 
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/oracles-of-change-interfaith-understanding-through-art-poetry/
LOCATION:Franklin College\, Napolitan Student Center – Branigin Room\, 101 Branigin Blvd.\, Franklin\, IN\, United States
CATEGORIES:festival,Poetry,Spoken Word
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211108T070000
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SUMMARY:(Un)Comfortable Conversations: Telling Our Stories\, Transforming Our World
DESCRIPTION:Change – personal and societal – has the power to bring us together and divide us. Hear from spoken word artists\, writers\, and community leaders on what it means to wrestle with and accept the consequences of change. \nNew and profound communal bonds are often formed as we grow into an embrace our true identities. Yet this process of change and self-acceptance can often break older bonds and challenge tradition. Reflect on the words of spoken word artists whose religious\, racial\, sexual\, and gender identities have created new bonds and broken others. In what ways has personal change strengthened their sense of identity and community while disrupting tradition? Are some of these divides worth bridging? Or letting go? What new community values are revealed as we embrace change and how might art uplift stories of positive change? \nA partnership between Ivy Tech Community College Library—Indianapolis and Word as Bond\, Inc. \nQuestions? Contact 440-384-7612 and amackjackson@wordasbond.org. \nThis event be conducted via Zoom. Register by Nov. 8. \nPhoto Credit: Word as Bond\, Inc. \n \nThis event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events! \nSpirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.  \n  \n 
URL:https://spiritandplace.org/event/uncomfortable-conversations-telling-our-stories-transforming-our-world/
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