What’s coming up for IndyTalks? Take a look!
IndyTalks has announced a very exciting line-up of thought-provoking events for the rest of the year. No excuses allowed, you have to be there!
Upcoming IndyTalks Events
May 17th — Planet Indy Talk: Zero-Waste is Sexy
Join fashion designer Timo Rissanen of Parsons School of Design and People for Urban Progress director Michael Bricker for a high-stakes conversation about designs that waste nothing. Consider Indy’s place at the crossroads of design decisions as smart as they are sustainable.
June 21th — Indy Transit: The Missing Link
With so many great pieces in place, we need to connect them. IndyTalks with leaders about owning the future of Central Indiana and that last bold step to draw us together with transit.
July 10th — IndyTalks about Race
Our community is at the crossroads of many issues but perhaps none so important at race relations. The Dialogue-to-Change initiative provides an on-going effort to create understanding about racism through community-wide dialogue and action.
September 8th — Crossrides
Take a self-guided tour of where Indy’s historic roads cross. Wind up at City market for prizes and conversation.
October 3rd — Mapatory
Indy Hub, LISC and Earth House are bringing together some of Indy’s leading community developers to discuss our options and play “Mapatory” —an original game of chance and hard community building decisions.
October 6th — Intentional Communities: Co-Creation & Collaboration at the Crossroads
Indianapolis is witnessing a mushrooming of small-scale local responses to global challenges. Can these diverse initiatives form an intentional community of creative collaboration? Join Evolver Indianapolis to learn ways to activate and engage in conscious community while discovering groups that are transforming Indy.
October 18th — Becoming an International Humanitarian Incubator
Young Professionals From Across the Globe Share Their Passions About Giving Back — A dynamic network of these young leaders, led by students from China, will lead a discussion of how philanthropy is impacting their home countries and their own careers, and how Indianapolis can foster international philanthropy as an integral part of emerging onto the global stage.
November 15th — 85th Anniversary of the Madam Walker Theatre Center
Sitting on the historic crossroads of Indiana Ave. and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., the Madam Walker Theatre has graced Indy with its presence since 1927. Enjoy an open house and community gathering to recognize and celebrate this cultural icon as we talk about the future of Indiana Avenue.
December — 5th annual Greening the Statehouse
Join with green groups, green-minded businesses, and citizens in a fun half-day of engaging sessions, including issue text voting, community conversations, an awesome keynote speaker, and great organic food.
Reviews
What Indy talked about when IndyTalks talked about making Indianapolis a humanitarian hub
April 11th IUPUI hosted the latest IndyTalks of 2012. IUPUI’s Common Theme, which focuses on social entrepreneurship, organized the event, with the help of Global Indy SPEA scholars. The discussion asked how we in Indy can become a nationally recognized leader at stimulating and implementing innovative solutions for problems.
What Indy talked about when IndyTalks talked about “Our City Under the Radar: Neighborhoods on the Edge”
There are estimated to be over 12,000 abandoned houses in Indianapolis. Dozens of residents of Central Indiana shared their thoughts about what should be done with neighbors in a moderated panel discussion with some of our community’s most active and passionate leaders, followed by moderated roundtable converations.
Janelle Crockett reviews “No Limits – What the Numbers Tell Us”
What are the stories behind the numbers from the latest Indianapolis census? Who is living here? How does that affect how we govern, assign representation in Congress, and shape neighborhoods? How do we plan for social and economic priorities and even see ourselves as a city?
Joseph Habig reviews IndyTalks and WFYI’s “The Lasting Legacy”
The game is over, but how will the city build on the social capital, volunteers, economics, and legacy of the Super Bowl? Read about what Mark Miles and other leaders had to say about what happens now that the “Big Game” is over.
Reviews of the IndyTalks refugee event that discuss film, art, and chickens
On July 26, SPEA students Leah Gonzalez, Nate Klinick and Autumn Lowry were two of …
First two IndyTalks events blogged
A thoughtful review of the first two IndyTalks events — “The Indianapolis Immigrant Experience” February 22 and the Taylor Symposium on February 24 — from the blog “Liz & Doug after Work”
NO LIMITS kicks off IndyTalks by discussing live-ability
Indy Talks series on making Indianapolis a “Super City”. Guests: Mark Miles – President of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and CEO of the Super Bowl 2012 Host Committee, Tamara Zahn – President of Indianapolis Downtown Inc., and Dr. Jerry Bepko – Chancellor Emeritus of IUPUI who is kind enough to join us by phone from his Florida home.
Past IndyTalks Events
February 29th — The Campus for the Community
Since its founding in the 1960s, more than half a million students have graduated from IUPUI. How has IUPUI shaped Indianapolis and vice versa? The 2012 Joseph T. Taylor Symposium considered the connections between the university and city and how they have created a campus for the community.
March 28th — Our City under the Radar
March 28 — “Our City Under the Radar” brings architects, city leaders, and you together in conversation about abandoned housing in Indianapolis. What future do we want for our neighborhoods? Presented by the JCC in conjunction with Herron School of Art & Design’s Couched Constructions Part 2 exhibit.
April 11th — Humanitarian Hub?
Diverse ways of solving problems encounter one another at the crossroads. In Indy, various types of social entrepreneurs — nonprofits and businesses, churches and high schools, artists and college students — are partnering to implement creative and innovative ideas to change the world. Can Indy nurture and sustain them to become a leading “humanitarian hub”?
Talking about IndyTalks
Wil Marquez about “Our City Under the Radar: Neighborhoods on the Edge”
In many parts of the world, the design and vision of cities have become both a contentious battlefield for change and an example for new modes of urbanity. As we move into the next decade, the business and entrepreneurship of city development will continue to expand with a particular focus on communities, the life blood of a city’s success.
Erika Smith on the Taylor Symposium
Erika Smith of the Indianapolis Star participated in the IndyTalks event, IUPUI’s Taylor Symposium — The Campus for the Community — on February 29. Erika will moderate the IndyTalks event at the Jewish Community Center on “Our City under the Radar” March 28th.
What IndyTalked about when IndyTalked about Indy & Indiana
This report comes from Indiana Humanities, which hosted the August 11 IndyTalks event at the State Fair. Hundreds of Hoosiers shared their views about the relation between the state of Indiana and its largest city Indianapolis.
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- social-entrepreneur: Prepare for the CTS IndyTalks discussion October 18th of becoming an international humanitarian incubator by attending the series summer workshops How to Be a Social Entrepreneur — Starting Your Urban Business
- educate: Watch TV all day guilt-free when IndyTalks partner WFYI hosts an American Graduate education marathon May 6th
- crossroads: The most important crossroads in Western Lit are in Sophocles' Oedipus ... see why as NoExit performs all three Theban plays @ IMA through June 2nd.
- race: Prepare for IndyTalks talking about race on July 10th by joining artists LaToya Ruby Frazier and Tony Buba for Dinner and a Performance May 5th
- sustainability: Get ready for the IndyTalks discussion of Zero Waste Design on May 17th with a talk on Sustainability in Theatre by Indy Convergence's Ian Garrett on May 9th
- green: Start thinking about IndyTalks Greening of the Statehouse in December by attending the regional conference Greening the Heartland May 16th-18th
- humanitarianism: Get your brain revving before the CTS IndyTalks discussion of Becoming an International Humanitarian Incubator on October 18 ... discuss "new evangelical social engagement" on May 19.
- competition: IndyTalks partner Indiana Humanities explores the theme of competition ... see art devoted to the theme when the National Art Museum of Sport opens its exhibit Speed and Motion: Racing to the Finish Line on May 23rd.
- neighborhoods: Community activists from around the country are coming to Indy when IndyTalks partner INRC hosts the Neighborhood USA conference May 23-26.
Memories — IndyTalks events gone by
This is what IndyTalks has talked about so far in 2012
January 12th — WFYI's No Limits explored What the number tell us
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February 29th — IUPUI's Taylor Symposium examined The campus for the community
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March 13th — WFYI taped a discussion of More than a Game: The Indy Super Bowl Legacy
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March 28th — The JCC and IUPUI's Herron School of Art & Design organized "Our city under the radar: Neighborhoods on the edge," a cluster of conversations about abandoned housing
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April 11th — IUPUI's Common Theme talked about Compassion, Creativity and Collaboration at the Crossroads
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Here's what IndyTalks talked about in 2011
January 13th — WFYI's No Limits explored Indy as Super City
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February 22nd — JCC hosted a discussion of The Immigrant Experience — Shaping Indianapolis
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February 24th — IUPUI's Joseph Taylor Symposium addressed Imaging + Imagining the City = Perspectives on Indianapolis
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March 24th — Designer-activist Emily Pilloton visited IMA to discuss Design for Social Change
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April 6th — Big Car went to the Central Library to present Choose Your Own Adventure, Indianapolis!
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May 17th — IndyHub and the Indiana Historical Society put on Indy Talks, Leaders Listen
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May 21nd — Neighbor Power! at the University of Indianapolis
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June 9th — Keep Indianapolis Beautiful hosted talks and workshops about Trees as Superheroes: Fighting Crime & Cleaning Up our Fair City
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July 28th — Exodus Refugee showed a film at IMA that provoked deep thinking about Welcome to Indianapolis: A Super City Provides Refuge to the World's Most Vulnerable
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August 11th — Indiana Humanities stimulated conversation at the State Fair about Why Indianapolis Needs Indiana
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September 27th — Marian University hosted a discussion, music performance, and art exhibit opening on Super Cities Don't Wreck Their Watery World
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October 20th — Christian Theological Seminary hosted a conversation about What do Newcomers Think about our Super City?
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November 1st — The Indianapolis Museum of Art put on talks and a discussion about Dressing Indianapolis
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Here's what IndyTalks talked about in 2010
January 13th — WFYI interviewed Richard Longworth, author of Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism
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February 24th — Big Car put on "7 Simultaneous Lecturers about Globalization" at the Central Library
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March 1st — Marian University hosted a discussion of Backyard Pundits: Public Leadership & Ethical Questions for Indiana’s Future
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April 21st — University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community discussed a screening of the film “When Did I Get Old?”
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May 4th — Indiana Humanities convened discussions — Food for Thought – Chew on This — in 15 restaurants around town
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June 15th — Indiana Historical Society organized a conversation about "Is it good to be a Hoosier?"
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July 22nd — Arts Council of Indianapolis and Primary Colours put on a competition about Are you a smARTy?
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September 30th — Indiana Humanities and Spirit & Place presented An evening with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert
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October 7th & 14th — Christian Theological Seminary and IUPUI's Common Theme discussed Hoosier values — can we reconcile independence and the common good?
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