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Daina G Chamness
An unlocked farmhouse in Morgan County. A blizzard in April 1960. Dozens of people without power, water or food. What did they do? Diana Chamness tells the story.
Ben Thomas Asaykwee
Take the classic literature of Edgar Allen Poe and turn it into successful modern musical theatre. Absurd? That is exactly what actor/musician/playwright Ben Asaykwee did. Ben tells the story of why he created Cabaret Poe in Chicago and brought it to Indianapolis...
David Brian Lawrence
David Lawrence tells of an early defining experience with Art in the form of music that helped to set his career path toward Arts Administration.
Carolyn Elizabeth Mosby
Carolyn Mosby tells about her start in public relations and politics at the age of 11 giving speeches for a new State Representative, her mother!
Pauline M Moffat
Pauline Moffat tells of growing up near Sidney, Australia in the very different climate down under.
Daisy Elizabeth Borel
In excerpts of her life story, Daisy Borel describes the sheltered self-sufficiency of the African American community along Capital Avenue in down town Indianapolis of the 1930’s and 1940’s. When she returned to Indy from Tennessee with a BS in Nursing and a family...
Elizabeth Jeanne Brandt
In an excerpt of her oral history of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church’s Spiritual Life Center the director, Elizabeth Brandt, tells about her love of labyrinths. How did the center come to have three labyrinths for meditative walking? Elizabeth tells the story.
Thomas Corbett
Thomas Corbett has volunteered countless hours and biked thousands of miles in support of those who suffer from multiple sclerosis. It all began with a red, single speed Schwinn.
Vop Osil
Vop Osilli’s earliest memories are from Nigeria at the beginning of civil war when his mother, an American, decided it was time to leave.