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Look: Butter art fair returns to the Stutz

by Will James and Mirror Indy team September 1, 2024July 29, 2025

The 4th annual Butter art fair turned an old car factory into a showcase of the work of Black visual artists from all over the country. Mali and Alan Bacon, the co-founders of GANGGANG, the organization that hosts Butter, expected more than 10,000 people would visit the Stutz from Aug. 29-Sept. 1 to see art, […]

A line of girls and boys in traditional Irish dancer attire dance in a line, holding hands upraised and jumping with pointed toes.

Arts & Culture

32 things to do in Indianapolis this September

by Breanna Cooper August 29, 2024August 30, 2024

Enjoy free outdoor concerts, food festivals, fashion shows and plays about trailblazing women.

Vann Jones, who is a young Black boy, poses for a photo with Gary Gee, who is an older Black man. Gary has one arm around Vann's shoulders, and his sweatshirt and pants are splattered with paint.

Arts & Culture

Butter will be a reunion for a 9-year-old artist and his mentor

by Amanda Kingsbury August 29, 2024August 30, 2024

Vann Jones and Gary Gee bonded at last year’s art fair over ceramic skulls and their wild imaginations.

Mike Woodson and his wife, Terri Woodson, Tamara Payton, and Mali and Alan Bacon pose for a group photo in an art gallery.

Arts & Culture

Meet ‘C-grade art enthusiasts’ Mike and Terri Woodson

by Amanda Kingsbury August 29, 2024August 30, 2024

The IU men’s basketball coach and his wife, who’ve been collecting art for 30 years, will be at this weekend’s Butter fine art fair.

Arts & Culture

Award-winning poet Hanif Abdurraqib to celebrate book launch in Indianapolis

by Breanna Cooper August 28, 2024August 30, 2024

Abdurraqib will read from his latest poetry and essay collection, “There’s Always This Year” at event hosted by Loudmouth Books.

A group of actors in costumes from the 1930s stand on stage, in a set that looks like an old-timey perfume shop.

Arts & Culture

Fall theater season is here! Here are 10 shows to see.

by Lou Harry August 27, 2024August 30, 2024

A play about the first female baseball player, ‘Kinky Boots’, a collab with The Met, and new works in progress you can enjoy for free.

The front entrance to the Slovenian National Home.

Neighborhoods

Food, fun and polka at this year’s Slovenski Festival in Haughville

by Enrique Saenz August 27, 2024August 27, 2024

Head to Haughville on Aug. 31 for the sixth annual Slovenski Festival, a celebration of Slovenian food and culture. The festival will be held at the Slovenian National Home, 2717 W. 10th St., in the heart of Indianapolis’ Slovenian American population on the west side. The event will feature cultural staples, such as a traditional […]