1. Photos should be of group functions, either from prior International Festivals or your own activities. Please submit two (2) or (3) sharp resolution photos in digital format for consideration. The photos can be reduced to accommodate the page specifications.
2. Content should include relevant identification (group name and purpose, mailing address, meetings, phone numbers, contact & officer names, e-mail and web sites). The reason for the calendar is to promote each selected cultural group and NCI.
3. Submission of monthly content and photos is needed before or by October 11th NCI meeting.
4. Preparation of the NCI calendar for production will occur between now and October 31. Delivery of the final version of 2011 NCI calendar is due to the printer by November 1.
5. Sales of 2011 NCI calendar (500 copies) @ $10/each will occur at the November 18-21, 2010 International Festival.

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Events Spotlight October 2010

Unless specified otherwise, all addresses are in Indianapolis. Abbreviations used: BU (Butler University), CMH (Clowes Memorial Hall), CTS (Christian Theological Seminary), IAC (Indianapolis Art Center), ICC (India Community Center), IHC (Indiana History Center), IMCPL (Indianapolis Marion County Public Library), IUB (IU Bloomington), IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis), JCC (Jewish Community Center), MU (Marian University), PPAC (Pike Performing Arts Center), PWL (Purdue University W. Lafayette), UIndy (University of Indianapolis), ZPAC (Zionsville Performing Arts Center).

• "Twenty Years After German Reunification", presentation by Stefanie Sigrid Rehm, liaison for the Brussels Office of the State Chancellery of Saxony. 8:30 a.m. Lutheran Child and Family Services, 1525 North Ritter Avenue, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Indianapolis Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany, the consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago, the Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Committee, Peace Learning Center, Foundation for Lutheran Child and Family Services, International Center of Indianapolis, Office of Cultural and International Affairs of the City of Indianapolis and the Max Kade German-American Center of Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Reservations, Danielle Stiles, 317:359-5467; deadline 29 September.
• "Sumi-E: The Art of Japanese Ink Painting with Shozo Sato". 7 p.m. Free (ticket required). Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Presented with support from the IMA's Asian Art Society and the Japan-America Society of Indiana. "Join Japanese artist Shozo Sato as he demonstrates techniques and explains the ideals behind traditional black ink painting (called sumi-e)."
• "Tribute to Fela: (Nigerian) Afrobeat, Funk & Soul". 10 p.m.-3 a.m. $5 cover. Hyde at Blu, 20 West Louisiana Street, Indianapolis. Hosted by Cultural Cannibals. Information: Artur Silva, 317-332-5612.
  
   
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• Highland Reign to help celebrate Nine Irish Brothers West official anniversary! Then return to Madison on Saturday!! Nine Irish Brothers West, Anniversary Party! West Lafayette IN, Friday, October 1, 9PM-12AM, nineirishbrothers.com. Thomas Family Winery, Madison IN, Saturday, October 2, 8PM-11PM, thomasfamilywinery.us 
• Trip to Germany sponsored by Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee. Hosted by Sven Schumacher, honorary consul of Germany in Indianapolis and chairman of the committee.
• "Pedal for Peace". 4-10 p.m. Major Taylor Velodrome, Indianapolis. Benefits Central Asia Institute and AWAKEN.
• "Oktoberfest". Indianapolis Liederkranz, 1417 East Washington Street, Indianapolis. "Music by the Alpine Express."
• Enjoy the international flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite meats, herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.comfor details.  Our Market runs until Saturday, October 30th.  It re-opens indoors at the same location on the Saturday before the American Thanksgiving (November 20th; 9 am to noon) and the two Saturdays before Christmas, December 4th and 11th.  Order your special holiday foods now!
• "Feast of the Hunters' Moon". Family, $25 (advance), $30 (gate). Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette. Sponsored by Tippecanoe County Historical Association. "Historic recreation of the activities at the first European fort in Indiana. French and Native American music and dance, fife and drum corps performances, military drills and demonstrations and more."
• "Oktoberfest 2010". 3-8 p.m. $20, adults; $10, children 10 and younger. Schnitzelbank Restaurant, 393 Third Avenue, Jasper. Sponsored by Sister Cities of Jasper. Proceeds benefit the Jasper High School Student Exchange Program. Information, Patricia Goepfrich. "Homebrew tasting will be provided by the Dubois County Suds Club. Also being offered throughout the day and into the evening will be German beer, silent auction, entertainment, face painting, and other activities. Because of the close historical and family ties to Pfaffenweiler, Germany, a high school exchange program was established in 1987. The exchange for Jasper High School has been taking place every two years since then. Around 20 students travel to Germany every other year, while the students from Germany visit in the opposite years. Pfaffenweiler is a small village in the foothills of the Black Forest, with approximately 2600 residents."
• "Microfinance Project in Calnali, Mexico", presentation by (part of Partnership Mexico Lecture Series). Noon. Room 2132, Education/Social Work Building, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 902 West New York Street, Indianapolis. Information, Evelyn Hovee. "Sara Anne Hook (Professor of Informatics and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, IU School of Informatics) , Sarah Stelzner (Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics IU School of Medicine, and Mayuri Jindal (IU School of Medicine student) will discuss their development and implementation of a Rotary International-funded microfinance project in Calnali, Mexico (in the state of Hidalgo)."
• "O'Carroll Castle: Bloodiest in Ireland", presentation by Elizabeth Pike. Regularly scheduled meeting of Irish Society of Kentuckiana. 7:30 p.m. Commonwealth Bank, 286 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY.
• "German-American Day". Schnitzelbank Restaurant, Jasper.
• "German-American Day". Indianapolis City Market.
• Performance by the Vienna (Austria) Vegetable Orchestra. 7 p.m. $18. Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 North Michigan Road, Indianapolis. "The orchestra makes instruments and music from fresh vegetables."
• First day of classes for "Conversational Japanese I". 6:30-9 p.m. $149. Six Thursdays through 11 November. Community Life and Learning Center. Information and registration, online.
• "Bob Marley Tribute: Classic (Jamaican) Reggae, Dancehall & Funk". 10 p.m.-3 a.m. $5 cover. Hyde at Blu, 20 West Louisiana Street, Indianapolis. Hosted by Cultural Cannibals. Information: Artur Silva, 317-332-5612.
• "Ethnic Expo". Downtown Columbus.
• "Mississinewa 1812". 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday. $7 adults, $4 children 6-12. Marion. Information, website or 800:822-1812. "Largest War of 1812 living history event in the United States. Watch battle re-enactments, British and American military encampments, Native American village, 140 settlers, artisans, food purveyors and musicians."
• Inaugural Indianapolis Scottish Highland Games and Festival begins at 9AM.Tickets $10 at gate, $8.00 advanced sale through website, www.indyscot.org/games.htm  Features a Mayoral Proclamation by Mayor Ballard, clans, athletics, pipe bands, vendors, live bands, scotch tasting, youth area events and much much more. The event will be held at the Latvian Center located at 1008 W. 64th Street in Indianapolis, IN with nearby free parking and free shuttle service to and from games. Go to www.indyscot.org/games.htm or Inaugural Indianapolis Scottish Highland Games and Festival on Facebook for more information.
• "The Original and Fabulous Germanfest". Noon-6 p.m. Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. "New this year: Bavarian Stone Lifting."
• Enjoy the international flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite meats, herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.comfor details.  Our Market runs until Saturday, October 30th.  It re-opens indoors at the same location on the Saturday before the American Thanksgiving (November 20th; 9 am to noon) and the two Saturdays before Christmas, December 4th and 11th.  Order your special holiday foods now!
• First class of "Functional French". 6-8 p.m. $169. Eight Mondays through 29 November. Cavanaugh Hall, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Information and registration, online.
• Regularly scheduled meeting of Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 p.m. Max Kade Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Information, Marlon Alfonso, president. All are welcome to attend.
• Presentation by Qamar ul Huda, author of Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam. Regularly scheduled meeting of Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations.
• The Scottish Society of Indianapolis will hold its monthly pitch in dinner and program at The Latvian Center located at 1008 W. 64th Street at 6:30 PM. October's Program will be about Ulster Scots by Mark Lawson.  First time guests are welcomed and its free.  More information can be found at www.indyscot.org. 
• Indiana German Heritage Society. Board Meeting and Stammtisch, but no program. Members are encouraged to participate in the German-American Day events on October 9.
• Federation Convention and Annual Meeting – New Orleans, LA. The Federation of Alliances Françaises USA Board of Directors cordially invites you to participate in the 2010 Convention and Annual Meeting, to take place in and around the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Come and enjoy the camaraderie of your Alliance Française friends and colleagues as you attend the various workshops and other functions planned throughout the week-end in the Vieux Carré and beyond. Contact: Larissa Rolley, Directrice des Opérations, Federation of Alliances Françaises, U.S.A., Inc. 312-431-1880.E-mail: [email protected].
• "The Mikado" by (British) William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan. Friday, 8 p.m., and Sunday, 2 p.m. Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis. Indianapolis Opera presentation.
• "125th Anniversary Concert and Dance". Indianapolis (German-American) SaengerChor, 1824 West 15th Street, Indianapolis. Information, 317:637-CHOR. "Our plans so far are to have a band in the afternoon for everyone's enjoyment. In the evening, each choir attending would be asked to sing 2 or 3 songs, and then all choirs would join together for a finale, followed by music for dancing. Of course, food and beverages would be available throughout the day and evening."
• 9:00 am-3:30 pm, a Seminar "Researching German Immigration in the 18th Century" will be held in Columbus, Ohio, Ramada Hotel and Conference Center. There will be four presentations by Marianne S. Wokeck, Ph.D., of IUPUI on Indentured Servitude and Immigration to America in the 18th Century. Wockeck is the author of Trade in Strangers. Registration $45; Students ages 17-21 $20. Includes morning coffee or tea, Lunch and Gratuity. Deadline October 4. For more information visit http://www.oh-palam.org/bookstore/images/2010fallregistrationform.pdf. or write to Ohio Chapter Palatines to America, P.O. Box 302, Worthington, OH 43085.
• Enjoy the international flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite meats, herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.comfor details.  Our Market runs until Saturday, October 30th.  It re-opens indoors at the same location on the Saturday before the American Thanksgiving (November 20th; 9 am to noon) and the two Saturdays before Christmas, December 4th and 11th.  Order your special holiday foods now!
• Regularly scheduled meeting of Diversity Roundtable of Indianapolis. 8-10:30 a.m. Citizens Energy Group, 2020 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis.
• "An Hour with Robert Aponte" (part of Partnership Mexico Lecture Series). 5 p.m. Room 2132, Education/Social Work Building, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 902 West New York Street, Indianapolis. Information, Evelyn Hovee. " Join us for a presentation by Dr. Aponte, Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology at IUPUI. He helped found the Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan State University; he is also the principle author of the Report to the Governor on Hispanics in Indiana."
• Brew, Books & Fringe Happy Hour. Indy Fringe Theatre, 719 E. St. Clair Street, 46202, Thurs, Oct 21, 5:30 pm. Tickets are $10. “Get a taste of the Anne Katz Festival of Books and Indy Fringe at this hip after-work gathering! Join us at Indy Fringe for "frothy refreshments," a beer tasting courtesy Sun King Brewery, free salty snacks provided by The Pita Pit and great music by Sarah Grain. Rita Kohn will speak on her new book, True Brew: A Guide to Craft Beer in Indiana. She'll also introduce a few great local micro-breweries – we have some real treasures in Indiana! Unwind with friends after your workday at the Brew Books & Fringe Happy Hour!” Visit http://indyfringe.org for more information about the event. Contact information: Lisa Freeman, [email protected], 317-251-9467. 
• "International Healthcare Philanthropy", presentation by James M. Sherry (6th Annual Baker-Ort Lecture). 4 p.m. Room EH304, Emerson Hall, 545 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis. Reservations, Rebecca Cervenka, 317:278-1669. "Dr. Sherry is Director of Center for Global Health at George Washington University."
• "Race for All Races". Military Park, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Asian American Alliance.  Asian American Alliance, Inc. will present the 8^thAnnual Race for All Races, 5K walk/run and 1 mile walk event through downtown Indianapolis to celebrate the wonderful diversity in our community.  Proceeds from the event go towards scholarships for deserving IPS high school students. Over the past 7 years, Asian American Alliance has awarded over $60,000 in scholarships to youth in our community.  Visit http://www.aaalliance.org/race-for-all-races for more information.Register for the Race for All Races at https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=3793.
• "Indiana University-Kenya Gala". Sponsored by IU-Kenya Partnership. Information, email or 317:630-8596.
• Enjoy the international flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite meats, herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.comfor details.  Our Market runs until Saturday, October 30th.  It re-opens indoors at the same location on the Saturday before the American Thanksgiving (November 20th; 9 am to noon) and the two Saturdays before Christmas, December 4th and 11th.  Order your special holiday foods now!
• First day of classes for "Conversational Spanish for Beginners II". 6-8:30 p.m. $149. Six Tuesdays through 30 November. Information and registration, online.
• First day of classes for "Strengthening English Grammar Skills for ESL Students". 6:30-8:30 p.m. $149. Eight Tuesdays through 14 December. Community Life and Learning Center, 815 East Main Street, Carmel. Information and registration, online.
• Enjoy the international flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite meats, herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.comfor details.  Our Market runs until Saturday, October 30th.  It re-opens indoors at the same location on the Saturday before the American Thanksgiving (November 20th; 9 am to noon) and the two Saturdays before Christmas, December 4th and 11th.  Order your special holiday foods now!November 2010
• "Modern Mexico", presentation by Michael Snodgrass (part of Partnership Mexico Lecture Series). Noon. Room 2132 Education/Social Work Building, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 902 West New York Street, Indianapolis. Information, Evelyn Hovee. " Join us on Election Day for a presentation by Dr. Snodgrass, Associate Professor of Latin American History at IUPUI. Dr. Snodgrass' publications include Deference and Defiance in Monterrey: Workers, Paternalism, and Revolution in Mexico, 1890-1950 (Cambridge University Press, 2003; paperback, 2006; Spanish translation published by Fonda Editorial de Nuevo Leon, 2009); 'Patronage and Progress: The Bracero Program from the Perspective of Mexico', in Workers Across the Americas: The Transnational Turn in Labor History, Leon Fink, et al., eds. (Oxford University Press, 2010)."
• "American Indian Genealogy Workshop: Tracking Ancestry". Noon. Room 309, Campus Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the IUPUI American Indian Programs and the Office of Student Involvement. Information, Charli Chyampion Shaw.
• Regularly scheduled meeting of Irish Society of Kentuckiana. 7:30 p.m. Commonwealth Bank, 286 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY.
• "12th Annual Ann Katz Festival of Books". Arthur M. Glick JCC, 6701 Hoover Road, Indianapolis.
• "Native American Cultural Leadership Luncheon". 11:30 a.m. Room 309, Campus Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Native American Student Alliance and the Office of Student Involvement. Information, Charli Champion Shaw; reservation deadline: 1 November.
• "National Health Insurance and Women's Health Policy in Taiwan", presentation by Dr. Hsiu-Hung Wang. 3 p.m. Room R4-101, Cancer Research Institute, 1044 West Walnut Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis Office for Women, IU School of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau-Alpha chapter, IUPUI Office of International Affairs, Hall Center for Law and Health of IU School of Law Indianapolis. Information, Kathy Grove. "Dr. Wang is Dean of the College of Nursing at Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan."
• "Interfaith Peace Building: Global and Local Perspectives", the 4th annual fall conference of the International Interfaith Initiative. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $15, including lunch buffet. Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 West 42nd Street, Indianapolis. Information, Charles Wiles. "Eboo Patel will speak about the urgent need for interfaith cooperation. Patel is a member of the White Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core. He the author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. Amy Kronish will share her experience of Jewish-Arab peacemaking. Ms. Kronish writes and lectures widely on subjects dealing with Israeli film and interfaith peace building; she is the author of two books: World Cinema: Israel and Israeli Film: A Reference Guide. Chief Arvol Looking Horse will offer a unique closing ceremony for this year's conference. Chief Looking Horse is the 19th Generation Keeper of the original Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe of the Lakota and leads World Peace and Prayer Day through the Wolakota Foundation. The Danesh Institute will offer first-hand testimonials on interfaith peacebuilding with perspectives from Iranian-Americans. The conference will also feature interactive presentations from community and religious leaders who are actively involved in conflict resolution, community building and addressing chronic issues in our society."
• "St. Martin Children's Lantern Fest" (German holiday celebration). 5-8 p.m. Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Information, Jim Gould, 317:655-2755, ext. 1. "St. Martin, dressed as a Roman soldier, will relate his story and traditional lantern songs will be sung in German. Legend has it the Roman soldier Martin of Tours, turned Christian cleric, and shared his cape with a beggar. Children celebrate this deed by processing in a lantern parade from the Athenaeum to Lockerbie Square, the original Germantown of Indianapolis. The parade will stop at houses where they will sing their lantern songs. They will be rewarded with treats for their singing. In honor of St. Martin, participants are encouraged to donate a new or gently used coat as part of Coats for Kids."
• "Native American Frybread Cook-Off and Round Dance". 1-3 p.m. Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 West Washington Street, Indianapolis. "Learn about the history of frybread and the many variations that exist within Native American cultures while you watch participants battle it out for the Golden Frybread Award. Sample frybread and cast your vote for the People's Choice Award. Guest judge, Chef Nephi Craig (White Mountain Apache/Navajo) will select the Judges Choice award. Following the competition, join Tony Showa (Navajo) in a round dance to celebrate community."
• Regularly scheduled meeting of Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 p.m. Max Kade Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Information, Marlon Alfonso, president. All are welcome to attend.
• "Discovering Bizarre Foods and Authentic Experience", presentation by Andrew Zimmern (part of Efroymson Lectures on International Art, Culture and Heritage). 7 p.m. Free. Room 450, Campus Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management. Information, Jessica Salinas. "Author, teacher, dining critic and columnist, Andrew Zimmern travels the world, cooking, eating and exploring food in its own territory. He will present traveling 'beyond the last train stop' on a journey that the most memorable and authentic experiences come from exploring worlds that are under-explored and unseen by most tourists. Also, he will talk about how bizarre foods can be key in looking at cultures' sustainability, and that they are often our links to disappearing cultures around the globe."
• "Native American Beading Workshop: A Cultural Art Form". 1-3 p.m. Room 309, Campus Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Native American Student Alliance, the Native American Faculty Staff Council, and the Office of Student Involvement. Registration required. "Though it takes a thousand lifetimes to master Native American bead-working, we will present the opportunity for each of you to begin your journey. Bead kits will be available for everyone to begin their own beading work."
• "The Germans of Crown Hill", presentation by Jim Gould. Regularly scheduled meeting of Indiana German Heritage Society. 7:30 p.m. Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. "IGHS Secretary and Athenaeum Facility and Event Manager, Jim Gould, presents a visual PowerPoint tour of final resting places of some of Indianapolis' famous and not so famous German residents. His 'tour' will focus on famous Germans connected with Das Deutsche Haus as well as presenting unique and unusual headstones and histories he has discovered with a German cultural connection."
• "Imagining (American) Indians". 4-6 p.m. Room 309, Campus Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the IUPUI American Indian Program and the Office for Women. "This event will feature a native perspective on American Indian films."
• "Madeleine Albright: My Life in Pins", presentation by Madeleine Albright. 7 p.m. $10. Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. "While serving as ambassador to the United Nations and as Secretary of State, Albright became known for using jewelry as tools for diplomacy and political statement-making. Hear her discuss her collection of more than 200 brooches, from the gold serpent brooches she wore in response to Saddam Hussein, to gifts of pins (like the one she received from the family of a woman who perished in Hurricane Katrina). The program includes Q&A with Secretary Albright moderated by Maxwell Anderson, director and CEO of IMA. Before or after the talk, visit Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection, an exhibition organized by the Museum of Arts and Design featuring Albright's pins and their stories. Talk ticket prices include exhibition admission. Albright's book of the same name will be for sale; limited book signing after the talk. Presented by the IMA Fashion Arts Society."
• 7 p.m. The Indiana Medical History Museum will host a program "A Progressive Affair: The Threat of Unsafe Food in the Early Twentieth Century" as part of the "Spirit and Place" series. Jeffrey Bennett and Dr. Stephen Jay will discuss events leading to, and some Hoosier physicians instrumental in, establishing the pure food and drug laws and the Federal Drug Administration. There will also be an accompanying exhibit "Food fight! Dr. John Hurty's Battle for Public Health." The program is free but registration is requested. Go to www.imhm.org to register; while there also go to Great Links, Indiana Medical History, and choose Dr. McDougal's 2001 article "Indiana Medical History Museum: German-American Connections". You will find several physicians, an architect, a painter and a strong library from Germany or with close connections. 
• "Diwali Celebration". Sponsored by India Association of Indianapolis.
• "Sauerbraten Dinner". Indianapolis (German-American) SaengerChor, 1824 West 15th Street, Indianapolis. Information, 317:637-CHOR.
• "6th Annual Ceili", sponsored by Irish Society of Kentuckiana. $28. Woodhaven Country Club. Tickets: Connie Fry, 812:283-7305. "Entertainment by Keltricity."
• "Damenchor Bunter Abend". Indianapolis Liederkranz, 1417 East Washington Street, Indianapolis. "Concert and dancing with Jay Fox."
• "Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978", presentation by Kai Bird (part of 12th Annual Ann Katz Festival of Books). $5. 7 p.m. Arthur M. Glick JCC, 6701 Hoover Road, Indianapolis. "Pulitzer Prize-winning Kai Bird knows all too well the 'dangers and seductions of the Middle East'. Raised in the Middle East among Israelis, Jordanians, Saudi Arabians, Lebanese and Egyptians, this American offers empathetic insights into the lives and perceptions he experienced on both sides of Mandelbaum Gate, the only passageway permitted between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem."