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Smaller Indiana
Smaller Indiana is a networking community
for creative Hoosiers in the Indianapolis
area, and it is creating its first
art exhibition, opening August 1.
Sharon Gamble found out more about
Creative Commerce: Art & Design
when she spoke with Wug Laku and
Nancy Digman. For more information
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Eagle Creek
Fishing, boating, hiking, birding and
picnicking – there is always
plenty to do out at Eagle Creek Park,
but what about going out there to
catch a concert this summer? Travis
DiNicola chatted with Eagle Creek
Park Foundation Executive Director,
Jim Weir, to find out more. The In
Concert with Nature series continues
through early August, Wednesday evenings
from 7-8:30 pm at Eagle Creek Park
Marina. The 2008 Jazz on the
Point series is on Tuesday Evenings from
7-8:30 pm. Next Tuesday is Derrick
Gardner and on Wednesday night you
can hear the Witch Hazel Valley People.
A complete schedule can be found
online at eaglecreekpark.org. All
the concerts are free with regular
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Pike Performing Arts
2008-2009
The Pike Performing Arts Center’s
new season offers something for everyone,
from a Lucille Ball review to Quartetto
Gelato’s eclectic music to the
athleticism of Body Vox. Sharon Gamble
gets the tour with Executive Director
Jeff Maess. For more information, visit
pikepac.org |
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Sharon
Gamble
Sharon Gamble has enjoyed careers as
an English teacher, writer and editor,
arts administrator and classical radio
host (on WSYW-FM and WFYI Radio FM
90.1). She currently serves as the
executive director of the Phoenix Theatre.
When she is not interviewing some of
the most fascinating people in Indianapolis,
she collects McCoy pottery and vintage
linens, gardens, reads, studies cello
and works on restoring a classic pre-World-War-I
Craftsman Bungalow in Old Meridian
Park. She also contributes pieces to Across
Indiana on WFYI Radio's sister
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Travis
DiNicola
Art of the Matter co-host M. Travis
DiNicola is also the Executive Director
of Indy Reads, a non-profit which provides
free tutoring programs for functionally
illiterate adults in Indianapolis who
want to learn to read. Prior to joining
Indy Reads, DiNicola was the Director
of Public Relations for Young Audiences
of Indiana for ten years. Originally
from Pennsylvania, DiNicola received
a B.A. in Theatre & Dance and a
M.S. in Art Education from Penn State
University. Before moving to Indiana,
he worked as an actor and a performance
artist, presenting his work at venues
in New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
Philadelphia, and other locations on
the East Coast. Indianapolis audiences
saw him perform occasionally for five
seasons (1999-2003) as Rowdie, the
mascot of the Indianapolis Indians.
He is also a writer, and has taught
at IUPUI, Butler University, and Seoul
National University. Awards he has
received include Best Graduate Research
at Penn State, a Creative Renewal Arts
Fellowship, an Indiana Individual Artist
Award, WFYI’s Community Volunteer
Award, Broad Ripple Art Fair Volunteer
of the Year, and most recently was
picked as an IBJ Forty Under 40 recipient.
He is married to Elizabeth Garber,
owner of The Best Chocolate in Town. |
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Matthew
Socey
January 29, 2005, marked the last regular
appearance for Matthew Socey as host
of The Art of the Matter. Matthew has
had triple duties at WFYI. Besides
co-hosting TAOTM, he's host of The
Blues House Party and is the
voice of WFYI Sundays from 3-8 p.m.
Leaving The Art of the Matter will
allow Matthew to devote more time to
The Blues House Party, including a
series of live appearances at The Slippery
Noodle. Not to worry, Soceyphiles -
He'll stop in from time to time as
a special correspondent. Matthew is
also a contributing writer for NUVO
Newsweekly, Downbeat and Big City Blues
magazine. He's acted, directed and
produced several local plays, and teaches
theatre to grade school students. |
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