Trip to Kenya sponsored by The Global Interfaith Partnership and the Indianapolis Interfaith Hunger Initiative. Information, Dave Miner, Ellen Daniels-Howell or Mark Foglesong. "In addition to several days in the Umoja Project's service area, the trip will include a visit to Eldoret to learn about the IU-Kenya Partnership's AMPATH program as well as seeing other projects with Indianapolis connections. There will be time to see some of Kenya's beautiful wildlife as well."
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"Irish-American Heritage" (DVD). 7:30 p.m. Irish Society of Kentuckiana. Commonwealth Bank, 286 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, Kentucky.
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Fundraiser for Haiti. 6-9 p.m. Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Information, Provocate.org. "Many of Indiana's top artists and designers will join dozens of Hoosier groups working in Haiti for 'A New Year to Haiti', a First Friday event at the Athenaeum ArtSpace. Featured will be a fashion show by Berny Martin of Catou; a display of Amy King's photographs of Haiti; an exhibition of art by Haitian street kids and orphans, and original works a dozen artists have contributed to raise funds for Indiana projects and partners in Haiti. DJ Kyle and Artur Silva of Cultural Cannibals, who will provide music, have designed original T-shirts for the event inspired by Toussaint L'Ouverture, leader of Haitian independence 200 years ago. Mass Ave Wine Shoppe will provide food and drinks. It is presented by Provocate-Haiti, an Indianapolis-based network of Indiana-Haitian partnerships and initiatives."
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""Haiti: One Year after the Earthquake", presentation by William Canny. 7 p.m. Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium, Marian University, Indianapolis. Sponsored by The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies.Information, Dr. Pierre M. Atlas, 317:955-6336. "Canny is the director of emergency operations at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)."
"La Mission" (film). 7 p.m. Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 North Michigan Raod, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Latino Youth Collective, Indiana Youth Group, and IMA.
"Teaching on the Four Noble Truths of Tibetan Buddhism", presentation by Geshe Lharampa Lobsang Dhondhop. 7:30 p.m. $10. St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis. Information, Provocate.org.
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"Gray's of Achill Island: 175 Years in the Life of an Irish Guest House", presentation by Gail Grainne Whitchurch, professor of communication studies at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. 4:30 p.m. Room 268, Campus Center, IUPUI, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis.
"Teaching on Basic Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Practice", presentation by Geshe Lharampa Lobsang Dhondhop. 7:30 p.m. $10. St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis.
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"Tibetan Cultural Pageant". 7:30 p.m. $15. St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis.
Presentation on seismology in Haiti by Eric Calais of Purdue University. Regularly scheduled meeting of Indiana Council on World Affairs. Marten House Conference Center, 1801 West 86th Street, Indianapolis. Information, Provocate.org.
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"Bilingual by Choice: A Global Advantage" (seminar). 5-7 p.m. International School of Indianapolis, 4330 North Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Co-sponsored by Association of International Women. Information and reservations, Rosaleen Crowley, 317:574-0630; deadline 19 January. "Featuring Virginie Raguenaud, author of Bilingual by Choice: Raising Kids in Two (or More!) Languages, and Margriet Lacy, Professor Emeritus and retired Dean, Butler University."
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"Bilingual by Choice: A Global Advantage" (seminar). 9:30 a.m.-noon. Carmel Clay Community Room, 10701 North College Avenue, Carmel. Sponsored by Association of International Women. Information and reservations, Rosaleen Crowley, 317:574-0630; deadline 19 January. "Featuring Virginie Raguenaud, author of Bilingual by Choice: Raising Kids in Two (or More!) Languages, and Margriet Lacy, Professor Emeritus and retired Dean, Butler University."
"10th Anniversary Celebration of Diversity". Indianapolis Marriott, downtown. Sponsored by City of Indianapolis.
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"Religious Violence: Myth or Global Reality?", presentation by William Cavanaugh, senior research professor at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University. 7 p.m. Krannert Room, Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis. Information, Provocate.org.
February 2011
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"Rebuilding Haiti", presentation by Paul Hanson, professor of history at Butler University (part of Great Decisions series by Indiana Council on World Affairs). 7:30 p.m. Pharmacy Building, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis. Information, Cathy Plump, 317:595-0850.
"Celebration of Chin National Day". Sponsored by the Indianapolis Chin Community.
"Ireland: What the Guide Books Don't Tell You", presentation by Peggy Baas. 7:30 p.m. Irish Society of Kentuckiana. Commonwealth Bank, 286 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, Kentucky.
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"Rebuilding Haiti", presentation by Amy King (part of Great Decisions series by Church of the Savior, Lawrence North High School and Provocate.org). 7 p.m. Church of the Saviour 6205 Rucker Road Indianapolis.
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"Horn of Africa", presentation by Milind Thakar, associate professor of international relations at University of Indianapolis (part of Great Decisions series by Indiana Council on World Affairs). 7:30 p.m. Pharmacy Building, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis. Information, Cathy Plump, 317;595-0850.
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"Horn of Africa", presentation by Charles Winslow (part of Great Decisions series by Church of the Savior, Lawrence North High School and Provocate.org). 7 p.m. Church of the Savior, 6205 Rucker Road, Indianapolis.
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"Casting Stones in Allah's Name: Religion, Sexuality and Politics in Nigeria", presentation by Obioma Nnaemeka (part of 2010-11 Sabbatical Speaker Series). 4:30 p.m. Room 268, Campus Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts. Reservations, Patti Hair or 317:278-1839. "The re-introduction of Shari'a law in northern Nigerian in this century prompts a closer examination of the interaction of globalization, religion, politics, sexuality, and human rights. Learn how religion is used to reassert 'traditional' values, and consequently abrogate women's rights; and how globalization has created problems but at the same time offered possibilities for solutions."
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"Annual Feijoada". Sponsored by Indiana Partners of the Americas. Rathskeller, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.
March 2011
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"Interrogation in the Era of Non-Traditional Combatants", presentation by Greg Hartley (part one of two-part series on "Torture and Interrogation in an Age of Terrorism") 7 p.m. Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium, Marian University, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis. Sponsored by The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. Information, Dr. Pierre M. Atlas, 317:955-6336. "Hartley graduated from the United States Army Interrogation School, the Anti-Terrorism Instructor Qualification Course, the Principle Protection Instructor Qualification Course, and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) school. His skills as an expert interrogator earned praise while he served as SERE instructor, operational interrogation support to the 5th Special Forces Group during operation Desert Storm; interrogation trainer; and as a creator and director of several joint-force, multi-national interrogation exercises from 1994-2000."
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"Brazilian Carnival". 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Sponsored by Indiana Partners of the Americas and Brazilian Mothers of Indiana. Rathskeller, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.
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"La Tragedie de Carmen", adapted by Peter Brook from the opera by (French) Georges Bizet. Basile Opera Center, 4011 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis. Presentation of the Indianapolis Opera.
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Annual Gala sponsored by Association of International Women. 6 p.m. social hour, 7 p.m. dinner and entertainment followed by dancing. Skyline Club, One American Square, Indianapolis.
"The Next Best Thing", performance by Antonio Sacre. 7:30 p.m. Basile Theater, Indiana Historical Society, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Endowment of Storytelling arts of Indiana. "Sacre was born in Boston to a Cuban father and an Irish-American mother."
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"Changing Africa: Helping Orphans". 6 p.m. $125. Fountain Square Theater, Indianapolis. Invitation online Sponsored by Anchors of Hope Charities. "Featuring dancers straight from the Heartland of Zambia."
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"Exploring Tales in the West End...and Beyond!", presentation by Terri Bourus (part of the 2010-2011 Sabbatical Speaker Series sponsored by the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts). 4:30 p.m. Room 268, Campus Center, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Reservations, Patti Hair. "Researching Shakespeare and the theatre, one determined, but slightly daft professor lost (and then found) her way through passages she never anticipated in the foggy back streets and dimly lit story-places of London, England."
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"Second Annual Art Battle". 7-9 p.m. LaFortune Student Center, University of Notre Dame, South Bend. Sponsored by Native American Students Association of Notre Dame. Information, Kara Strass. "Teams of three will create original artwork in timed sessions."
April 2011
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"Reading at the Table: The Society of Dilettanti: Archeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment", presentation by Jason Kelly. 11:30 a.m. $10. Faculty Club, University Place, 900 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Registration online. Information, Gail Williamson. "In 1732 a group of elite young men who had met on the grand tour formed a convivial dining club called the Society of Dilettanti. By the middle of the 18th century the Dilettanti took on an influential role in cultural matters, organizing archaeological expeditions, forming the Royal Academy and the British Museum, and ultimately becoming one of the most prominent and influential societies of the British Enlightenment. The author sheds new light on 18th-century grand tourism, elite masculinity, sociability, aesthetics, architecture, and archaeology."
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Performance by Quatuor Ebene Quartet from France. 7:30 p.m. Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis.
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"Ethics, Interpretation, and the Torture Memos", presentation by Peter Brooks (part two of two-part series on "Torture and Interrogation in an Age of Terrorism"). 7 p.m. Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium, Marian University, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis. Sponsored by The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. Information, Dr. Pierre M. Atlas, 317:955-6336. "Brooks is Sterling Professor of comparative literature and French at Yale University."
May 2011
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"La Traviata" by (Italian) Giuseppe Verdi. Friday, 8 p.m., and Sunday, 2 p.m. Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis. Presentation of Indianapolis Opera.
June 2011
October 2011
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"Feast of the Hunters' Moon". Family, $25 (advance), $30 (gate). Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette. Sponsored by Tippecanoe County Historical Association. "Historic recreation of the activities at the first European fort in Indiana. French and Native American music and dance, fife and drum corps performances, military drills and demonstrations and more."
"Feast of the Hunters' Moon". Family, $25 (advance), $30 (gate). Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette. Sponsored by Tippecanoe County Historical Association. "Historic recreation of the activities at the first European fort in Indiana. French and Native American music and dance, fife and drum corps performances, military drills and demonstrations and more."
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