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Real Life, Revised - The Reading Series with Indiana Humanities and the Butler MFA "Stories, Poems, and Other Truths" - Join us for a lively afternoon of poetry, storytelling, and unfiltered reflections on life, love, loss, and everything in between - written and performed by invited and writers and guests at our open mic.

Lee Alig and Steve Mannheimer sit down with David McKissic, founder and creative strategist at Cerebro Creative House. A self-described cultural architect, David discusses his vision for Indianapolis beyond being a benchmark city.

At this month’s month’s meeting of Radio Free Book Club, we’re spending the day—just one day—in London, mid-June, 1923...which can only mean we’re talking about Virginia Woolf’s classic novel  Mrs. Dalloway.  Sarah Layden, Matt Gonzales, and Robin Beery join Ken Honeywell inside all those streams of consciousness.

In this episode of Listen Hear, CAMi Director & Chief Curator Shauta Marsh speaks with Indianapolis-based artists Sylvia Thomas and Jess Dunn about their new experimental documentary "Drafts,” which is about the history and evolution of the Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi) campus. Despite being established artists individually, this is the duo's first collaborative proje...

(This is an archived episode from 10/05/2021) In Part 1 of this audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers, Susan Neville, Adrian Matejka, Kevin McKelvey, and Jim Walker discuss the beauty and challenges of Indiana through the lens of William Gass's 1968 story, "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country." The episode features excerpts of the story and conversation abo...

( This is an archived episode from 10/05/2021) In the 2nd installment of Words & Music: An audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers, Oreo Jones, explores the fascinating life and poetry of an Indiana Icon, Etheridge Knight. Susan Neville, Adrian Matejka, Hanako Gavia, and Jones discuss Knight’s later years as a poet living in Indianapolis, his critically acclaimed publishing...

(This is an archived episode from 10/25/2021) In the third installment of Words & Music: An audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers, we learn about two new books linked to music from poet Adrian Matejka. This program is made possible by a grant from Indiana Humanities. Matejka, who lives in Indianapolis, teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington and grew up in Germany, C...

(This is an archived episode from 11/30/2021) Some call him a cult leader, some call him a religious leader. An alchemist and successful business man, Father George Rapp set the stage for the future of Indiana when he purchased 20,000 acres of land in Southern Indiana. Learn more about this man and the myths behind him through the eyes of author Marguerite Young, Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh. With...

(This is an archived episode from 10/5/2021) Words and Music on WQRT is a series of audio programs highlighting the lives and work of Indiana Writers. The series — produced by Big Car Collaborative and first heard on our FM radio station, 99.1 WQRT and streaming at wqrt.org — is made possible by a grant from Indiana Humanities.    In this episode, Indianapolis author Susan Neville discusses her mo...

( This is an archived episode from 1/6/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org...

( This is an archived episode from 1/20/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.or...

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org . In this program, 18 Collective Artist Rebe...

( This is an archived episode from 1/20/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. In this episode, Oreo Jones interviews photographer Kris Graves, the most recent Artist in Residence a...

( This is an archived episode from 2/1/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. In this episode, Shauta Marsh interviews New Harmony, IN based textile artist Laura Foster Nicholson, w...

( This is an archived episode from 2/17/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. In this episode, Jim Walker interviews John Green and Sarah Urist Green — married collaborators based...

( This is an archived episode from 3/2/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org...

( This is an archived episode from 3/4/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.org...

( This is an archived episode from 3/11/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.or...

( This is an archived episode from 3/31/2022) Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative — the nonprofit arts organization behind WQRT — Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond. Find out more and access additional episodes at wqrt.or...

( This is an archived episode from 4/26/2022) The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory gathering April 10-13 in New Harmony, a town twice the site of utopian experiments. Conversations — led by more than 20 authors, artists, designers, and philosophers from around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Attendees are welcome to join any parts o...

( This is an archived episode from 4/26/2022) The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory gathering April 10-13 in New Harmony, a town twice the site of utopian experiments. Conversations — led by more than 20 authors, artists, designers, and philosophers from around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Attendees are welcome to join any parts o...

( This is an archived episode from 4/26/2022) The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory gathering April 10-13 in New Harmony, a town twice the site of utopian experiments. Conversations — led by more than 20 authors, artists, designers, and philosophers from around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Attendees are welcome to join any parts o...

( This is an archived episode from 4/27/2022) The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory gathering April 10-13 in New Harmony, a town twice the site of utopian experiments. Conversations — led by more than 20 authors, artists, designers, and philosophers from around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Attendees are welcome to join any parts o...

( This is an archived episode from 7/12/2022) This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility—one of the year’s big books by the author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel. It’s a time-tripping science fiction mystery with some interesting things to say about the pandemic, moon colonies, book tours in the 23rd century, and, like most good...

( This is an archived episode from 8/31/2022) Radio Free Book Club will be tackling one of this summer’s biggest books: The Candy House, Jennifer Egan’s so-called sibling novel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show only on 99.1 WQRT