Register with Eventbrite
  

Pre-register for events and save your seat! This year, free Festival events have Eventbrite pages where you can guarantee your spot in advance, see who else is coming, get last-minute updates, and be eligible for great perks and prizes! We already have a couple of events with limited seating that are filling up fast, so pre-register for your event today!

Go to the Festival event pages to register via Eventbrite.

Festival Previews

The Great Pumpkin Fling Thing

Watch as pumpkins are flung across the sky by catapults created by Ivy Tech students. Children of all ages can make their own miniature catapults and trebuchets and decorate their own pumpkins to join the pumpkin flinging fun.

Faith, Fasting, and Football

How does an Arab-American football team compete while fasting for Ramadan? Muslim teens in Detroit confront rivals on the field during this holy month and struggle for acceptance in post 9/11 America in the documentary Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football. See the movie, listen to a discussion with players, coaches, and film directors, and take part in a Q&A.

The Wright Way to Play

Did you know Frank Lloyd Wright's famous architectural designs were inspired by the work of Friedrich Froebel, the creator of Kindergarten? Join a guest speaker and students and staff from The Orchard School as they explore and demonstrate the way simple shapes can be the building blocks for imagination and design.

Bali Dream

Shadow puppets and Shakespeare? See A Midsummer Night's Dream as you've never seen it before...in the Balinese theater tradition, which brings music, movement, and spoken word together. Steeped in both theater traditions, this play is sure to be unpredictable and unforgettable.

Telling a Story through Dance

Do you sometimes feel you and your daughter are from different planets? Explore ways to communicate with each other through dance, drama, and storytelling. Daughters and mothers will split-up to get hands-on experience in creative communication, and then come back together to share stories.

An Evening with Amy Sedaris

Actress, author, and comedian Amy Sedaris chats with WFYI's "Art of the Matter" co-host, Travis DiNicola. Ask Ms. Sedaris your own questions during the Q&A and enjoy pre- and post-event performances by NoExit Performance, an adventurous Indy theater group.

Just for Fun!

Did you know that Indy was named one of the best cities in the world to ride a bicycle? Don't believe us? See it for yourself in this article on away.com. And in honor of our awesome cycling city, don't miss this video of a daredevil cyclist taking on San Francisco.

Danny MacAskill vs. San Francisco

IN THIS ISSUE

Festival Booklet

Spirit & Place Festival Blog

Remember that kid in school who was the last one picked for any game or sport? The one who was overweight, slow, not very coordinated? I was that kid.

SEPTEMBER 21 & 22

Balinese Spectacular

IUPUI Regatta

OCTOBER 6

Intentional Communities: Co-Creation and Collaboration at the Crossroads