Tag Archive: culture

Tryban, Georgeanna Marie

Posted in: , Story by: March 29, 2014

Georgeanna Tryban tells about being a young American exchange student in Osaka, Japan with Youth For Awareness in the 1960’s.  A fearless, eager student, she attended traditional Japanese cultural training along with her Japanese host family sisters.

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Hall, Michael Lee

Posted in: , Story by: March 28, 2014

HIS STORY: One day Michael Hall walked to his local vintage store to buy a jean jacket and while there he found a woman who would say “I do!”. He explains.  Heather Irene Hall tells her story about meeting Michael during her Life Stories Project interview.

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Lawrence, David Brian

Posted in: , Story by: December 9, 2013

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.

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Silva, Artur

Posted in: , , Story by: November 12, 2013

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-culural events across Indianapolis. Co-founder Artur Silva talks about being a hybrid of two cultures and creating a world where ever you are. SEE ALSO – Kyle Long THE CULTURAL CANNIBALS STORY:

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Cork, Cato and Beatrice Louise

Posted in: , , Story by: August 9, 2013

Cato and Beatrice Cork reflect on life, love, marriage and how honest role models can help couples get through difficult times.

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Burkhart, Gay

Posted in: , , , , , Story by: July 29, 2013

Gay Burkhart talks about Indianapolis and Westfield in the 1940’s, coal furnaces, tin can phones, and telephone party-line etiquette.

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Kelly Jr., Denis Ryan

Posted in: , , , Story by: July 28, 2013

Professional photographer Denis Kelly talks about going to South America as a young man, two stunning photographs of holy sites in Peru, the resulting cross cultural perspective they offered and the help he received in Indianapolis in printing the photos for a New York gallery show.

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Goodyear, Cynthia H.

Posted in: , Story by: July 28, 2013

Cynthia Goodyear talks about how WWII impacted her childhood and how the nation’s sense of war since has changed.

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Wellington, Ophelia

Ophelia Wellington talks about creating Freetown Village as a new, innovative way for people to learn about self-reliant African American communities in Indiana through interactive theatre.

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