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Frances Whitener
After a childhood in Martinsville, North Carolina, reading plays and dreaming of being a teacher of drama, Frances faced the frightening real life drama of serious heath issues. When Frances and her husband Rick came to Indianapolis they found job opportunities,...
John Franklin Hay
John Hay talks about his values and working with community centers in the near east side of Indianapolis through NESCO.
Larry George Durkos
Larry Durkos describes the ingenuity and creativity of his Grandfather Rudolph, a man who may have given Larry the genes and the personal inspiration to become an engineer.
M. Travis DiNicola
The question, “What are you going to do with your life?” came up many times in the life journey of Travis DiNicola. When you are multi-talented, how do you know when you shouldn’t be, say, a dancer? Travis tells of one of the many mentors who helped to guild him along...
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.
Artur Silva & Kyle Long
CULTURAL CANNIBALS is “One of the most audacious cultural experiments currently happening” – Nuvo Newsweekly. They combine ethnic music, graphics, dance together in multi-media and multi-cultural events across Indianapolis. Co-founder Artur Silva talks about being a...
Mary Lou Lofton
Mary Lou Lofton’s son Tim was full of energy and and joyful sound effects but he also feared two things that were designed to delight children. Both were to be found at the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis.
Ann O’Bryan
Ann tells of growing up in the small town of Somerset Kentucky; family camping, bike trips with her father, and her love of nature.
Robert Zalkin
Bob Zalkin graphs a path from school to the Pentagon, to the Synagogue, to the high seas. It is the course of a man who is always growing.