Ethnic Hoosier

March 2011


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• Red/Black: Related Through History: Through Aug. 7th. Explores the shared history of Native Americans and African Americans; created by the Eiteljorg Museum and the Smithsonian's traveling panel show, Indivisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas. Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN. Info: http://www.eiteljorg.org/.

• "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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• 100th Anniversary International Women’s Day "Celebrating a Century of Progress in Health & Unity." Thursday, March 3, 2011, 5pm – 9pm, Wall Ballroom, IPFW. Free admission. Featuring Keynote Speaker: Dr. Linda Malkas, Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. For more information, visit our website: http://www.iwdevents.com/.

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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.

• Dinner and Movie: "Edge of America" Mar. 4, 2011, 6:00-9:00 pm. NAECC - Purdue University, 503 Harrison Street, South Campus Courts Bldg. B (intersection of Sheetz & Steely St.), West Lafayette, IN. Join us for movie night and we'll provide the dinner. Featured film, Edge of America is inspired by a true, made in New Mexico story focused on girls' high school basketball team.

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• Indiana Falun Dafa Association. Proudly presented by Indiana Falun Dafa Association, New York based Shen Yun Performing Arts is returning to Indianapolis at Clowes Hall at Butler University on March 4 and 5, bringing its exhilarating and highly acclaimed blend of classical Chinese dance and music. Don’t miss this marvelous show that has astounded millions audiences in over twenty countries. http://www.indianashows.org/.

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• Drawings by Frank Big Bear: Mar. 7 - April 23, 2011. Stewart Center Gallery, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts, 552 West Wood Street, West Lafayette, IN. Gallery exhibit featuring color pencil drawings by contemporary Native American Frank Big Bear (White Earth Ojibwe). Exhibit is presented in collaboration with Purdue University Galleries. Artist Reception - Frank Big Bear: Mar. 10, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Stewart Center Gallery.

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• Storytelling Arts of Indiana and the IndyFringe Festival are proud to present next month’s Jabberwocky: International Flair Tuesday, March 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the IndyFringe Theatre. Our guests, each with their own history, will share how and why they immigrated or transplanted themselves to central Indiana. Afterward, you can share your own 3-5 minute immigration story during the open-mike portion of the program. IndyFringe Theatre, 719 E. St. Clair St., Indianapolis. To learn more about the IndyFringe Festival, visit www.indyfringe.org, and for upcoming storytelling events, please call (317) 576-9848 or visit http://www.storytellingarts.org/.

• Naturalization Information Sessions Presented by representatives from the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) Topics covered at these FREE informational workshops include: the Naturalization Process; the new Naturalization Test; Rights and Responsibilities of U.S. Citizenship. Tuesday, March 8 - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. St. Michael Elementary School, 3354 W. 30th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222. For more information, call (317) 236-1553. Hosted by Catholic Charities Indianapolis.

• The School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI will celebrate the opening of a new Spanish language and culture center with a lecture featuring a Spanish diplomat. Ambassador Javier Rupérez, Consul General of Spain in Chicago, will give a lecture entitled "Europeans and Americans: So Similar So Different," at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Room 405 of the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd.

• The World Trade Club of Indiana is proud to announce the second in the 2011 series of "Doing Business in.." Luncheons and we invite you to join us. Register now to ensure your seat in "Making Sense of Germany" - An overview of key issues that American companies generally face in Germany followed by a discussion of specific questions, presented by Herr Linhard Stepf President, FrankfurtRhineMain Corp (Chicago). Baker & Daniels, 300 North Meridian St, Downtown Indianapolis, 11:30 am - 1:00pm. Make your reservation now to learn more about doing business in Germany and enjoy the lunch, socializing and business networking. Non-Member Reservation; Member Reservation.

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• Indiana German-American Heritage. Wednesday, Mar. 9: Board Meeting, Stammtisch and Program. "Student presentations by the Essay Contest winners. See article elsewhere in the newsletter). Connor Rudman, a freshman from Fishers High School" will give a power point presentation on his winning essay "Environmental Issues: Energy Consumption, Depletion, and Disruption. " The topic for the essay contest is part of the "Transatlantic Climate Bride" which has the U.S. and Germany working together to avoid a global temperature increase of over 3.6 degrees F."

• March 9th- 6:30 PM The Scottish Society of Indianapolis will be hosting its monthly pitchin dinner and program at The Latvian Center located at 1008 W. 64th Street, Indpls, IN. Guests are free as always. Our program for the evening will be presented by The Tudor Rose Players and will be on Mary Queen of Scots. Please come and join us. http://www.indyscot.org/ for more details.

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• Indy Fringe Theatre. Friday, March 11 @ 8pm, “Welcome to Afghanistan.” “Its 1839, See History as it repeats itself.” Tickets $12:00 adults, $8 seniors/students. The American Premiere of this critically acclaimed show from the Edinburgh Fringe. “Join up with Lt John Greenwood as he travels to India and is hurled into the First Anglo-Afghan war. Based on Greenwood’s memoir published in 1844 and other accounts from the time, it’s filled with “wicked barrages of humour and deadly historical accuracy…taken beyond Edinburgh as this show should and must do,” The Stage, Must-See Show.” 719 E St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, http://www.indyfringe.org/. 317.271.9458.



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• IndyFringe Theatre. Friday, March 11 @ 9:30pm, Saturday, March 12 @ 9:30pm. “Welcome to the UK.” Both shows : Adults $20, Students $15; Individual shows : Adults$12, Seniors/Students $8. “Monkey Poet returns with a set of stand up poetry promoting his full-cast album of the same name.” 719 E St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, http://www.indyfringe.org/. 317.271.9458.

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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.

• Wabash Valley Scottish Society. "We meet the second Saturday of every month in the Vigo County Public Library. This is the link to our site: http://www.wabashvalleyscottishsociety.org/." 

• "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."

• Indianapolis Lithuanian Community, Inc. “Please join us as we celebrate Lithuania’s independence, Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 4 to 7 p.m. Latvian Community Center, 1008 W. 64th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260. We cordially invite you, your families and friends to this special event that will include a powerful program, “The Road to Freedom,” which traces Lithuania’s long and valiant struggle for independence. In addition, we will introduce and welcome the recently elected officers and board members of the Indianapolis Lithuanian Community. A pitch-in dinner will be followed by singing and dancing to our folk ensemble Biru Bar. As always, we ask that you bring a favorite main course or salad to share for our buffet! Admission is $10 per person or $20 per family.”

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• Mid West Fashion Week. "Midwest Fashion Week is dedicated to empowering the creative efforts of the clothing design community through events that connect people to take positive action for the common good while discovering new ways to express individuality through fashion." Contact information: Midwest Fashion Week, PO BOX 24784, Indianapolis, IN 46038, Phone: 317 408 9186, Fax: 317 536 3544, Email: info@midwestfashionweek.com.

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• Regularly scheduled meeting, Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 pm, Max Cade Room, Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan. All are welcome!

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• Indianapolis-Campinas (Brazil) Sister City Callout Meeting. “Get involved in the Indianapolis-Campinas Sister City program, an initiative of Mayor Ballard’s Office of International & Cultural Affairs!”March 16th, 2011, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. International School of Indianapolis, 4330 N. Michigan Road, Cafeteria of the Taurel Building. Please RSVP to Jane Gehlhausen, Director of International and Cultural Affairs at global@indy.gov or call 327.3145.

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• March 17th-10:30 AM we will gather near the Elbow Room at Pennsylvania Ave and Fort Wayne Street for the St. Patrick's Day Parade. So put on your favorite kilt or Scottish or Irish attire and join us. Our unit will consist of The Scottish Society, Re-enactors and Mary Queen of Scots and our Bagpiper as we walk the parade route. We will also have a vehicle non walkers can ride on for the entirety of the parade. http://www.indyscot.org/.

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• IndyFringe Theatre. Transformations Fashion Show. March 18 @ 7:30pm. One Hour Show. Tickets $10 Complimentary Barefoot Bubbly Champagne. Grant Recipient Presents Transformations Fashion Show. “Bold, textural, possibly even bizarre, this intimate fashion show will feature apparel which transforms the human silhouette. Catherine Fritsch’s design inspirations spring from historical underpinnings: corsets, hoop skirts, panniers, petticoats. Her designs take on an architectural feel, constructed with plastic, Styrofoam, steel and rattan armatures.” 719 E St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, http://www.indyfringe.org/. 317.271.9458.

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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."

• Caribbean Association of Indiana, “Tribute to Bob Marley”. Saturday, March 19, 2011, 9PM-3AM. Madame Walker Theatre Center (617 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis 46202). Live reggae performance by Gizzae Reggae Band. DJ sets by “The Original Music Master”. Tickets $15 Advance $20 Door. Details: http://bobmarleytributeindy.eventbrite.com/. For more information contact: 317.289.8282 or wiai.news@gmail.com.

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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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• Would you like to be involved in the Indianapolis-Hangzhou sister city initiative and help strengthen the relationship between these two cities? Join the callout meeting on March 24! On March 24, 2011, the committee will hold its callout meeting at the International School of Indiana (4330 N. Michigan Rd.) from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. You will find plenty of volunteer, networking and idea-sharing opportunities. Everyone is welcome to attend! To sign up for the callout meeting or learn more about the Indianapolis-Hangzhou sister city initiative, contact Jane Gehlhausen, director of International & Cultural Affairs, Office of Mayor Greg Ballard - City of Indianapolis, at jane.gehlhausen@indy.gov or 317-327-3145.

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• National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture, Incorporated. The 10th Annual NCGLNAC Spring Cultural Arts Classes will be held March 26 and 27 in the Women's Building, Jay County Fairgrounds in Portland, Ind. Four classes for ages 12 and over and one class for ages 6 and up are planned. Adult classes are Lawrence Norcross, Loom Beading; William Blalock, Stone Tools; Boni Bent Nelson, Tobacco Bags; and Cathy Mowrey, Gourd Head Corn Husk Dolls. Tina Burns will teach Cherokee Culture to the class for children ages 6 and up. Doyle Blooding will provide another delicious meal Saturday evening. Robin McBride Scott will talk about "Canebrakes: An Indispensable Resource: Native Peoples Use of River Cane in Indiana" at 7 p.m., part of the 2011 NCGLNAC Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public.

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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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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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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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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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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."



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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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• Anti-Hate Workshop - When Hate Hits You: dealing with anti-Asian sentiment. Monday, April 18, 2011 7-8:30 pm at IUPUI, Campus Center (CE) Building. 420 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN. Room 450 A and B (4th floor). Free admission. Speaker: Bill Yoshino, Director, Midwest Regional Office, Japanese Citizens League (JACL). Topics: Why is it important to be concerned about hate crimes? What are the prevailing stereotypes directed at Asian Americans? What is the history of hate crimes directed at Asian Americans? What is the best way to respond to hate crimes? JACL is co-sponsoring this event with the Asian American Alliance, Inc., and the Asian Student Union of IUPUI.

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• K.P. Singh will be our presenter at the next BRAG Leaders Luncheon on Tuesday, April 19th at 11:30 am at George's Neighborhood Grill on the southeast corner of Binford and East 71st Street. This will be a unique opportunity to find out more about K.P.'s extraordinary artistic career. RSVP to kasvargo@gmail.com and bring $15 to cover your gourmet lunch.

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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.