Square Share! May 15th! from Big Car on Vimeo.

Tuesday is the day when we share all the stories people have shared with us: their wishes, their dreams, the things that mean the most to them. We hope you can join us between 5-9 p.m. to celebrate the culmination of a three month project that resulted in 507 stories, from 353 kids and 154 adults! A drawing of raffle prizes for story sharers takes place at 7 p.m. Prizes include a video camera, camera, audio recorder and notebooks for people to continue creating their own stories.

How did this happen? Starting in March, Big Car collective members and our partners found these stories at 10 neighborhood sites, including four schools and Service Center. The stories focus on an object or wish that is important to the person sharing. Most often, strangers interviewed each other, getting to know a little about their new acquaintances. Photographers and videographers - many of them kids - also took portraits of each person who shared. Local artists and drawing students taking drawing classes at Ivy Tech then illustrated the stories with sketches that Big Car staff and volunteers scanned and saved before mailing them back to the people who shared. These cards serve as both original art pieces for participants to keep and as invitations to the exhibition. Staff and volunteers then collaboratively designed the scanned drawings, photos and story excerpts to create the exhibition. The show remains up through June 30 and is free to attend.

In partnership with Latino Youth Collective, the performance group Know No Stranger and the youth writing organization Second Story, we got this done by engaging 44 volunteer artists, including three photographers, three writers, three designers, and 38 illustrators who together completed 453 volunteer hours. That was 102 hours gathering stories; 215 hours drawing; 76 hours scanning, typing and filing; and 60 hours designing.

This project is financially supported, in part, by the Eagledale Lafayette Square Area Weed & Seed. It is ending in its current incarnation, as are other government-funded Weed & Seed programs in the city. The May 15 event is also a celebration of earlier Weed & Seed projects through the years and the people involved in making these happen with the goals of creating safer neighborhoods and stronger communities. We thank them so much for supporting our vision to bring the neighborhood together and help us all get to know each other better!

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Big Car is excited to help invigorate our public spaces: parks, city squares, the Canal, The Cultural Trail, White River State Park. This is a big part of our focus this summer and going forward. With the help of people like you in April, we raised more than $4,000 to land a long-term home for our Department of Yes engagement-based public programming effort. Read Erika Smith's column in The Indianapolis Star about the project here. Now we're working to raise $20,000 over the course of this year for the program.

Drop by Service Center!

Service Center for Culture and Community is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for co-working, perusing the library, using the computer lab with free wi-fi, and participating in creative projects like Square Share.

Get the full scoop on what's going on this week here.

Read an excellent story from the Central Indiana Community Foundation about Service Center and Big Car here and another by Indiana Humanities here.

Want to get involved at Service Center?

Artists/writers/experts/tinkerers/thinkers/everyone!
Service Center invites you to volunteer your time to propose and/or lead a public, FREE, brief, informal, one-time or reoccurring event/workshop/class/discussion/session/game and so on. We are also taking suggestions for events people would like to attend that we could explore hosting. Just send an an email by clicking the contact button above to let us know what you'd like to do or what you'd hope to see happen at Service Center. Thanks!

Want to know more about Big Car?

In addition to our Service Center work and our Made for Each Other projects, in 2012 Big Car is busy with several citywide efforts including organizing TEDxIndianapolis (Oct. 26, details soon), producing the city's 48 Hour Film Project, (Aug. 3-5, screening Aug. 11), and participating in projects like Reconnecting to Our Waterways and the White River Festival in September. We're also launching, this summer, a new initiative called the Department of Yes to invigorate public spaces. Play games and get creative with us!

Check out pictures of what we've been up to here.

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Big Car is excited to help invigorate our public spaces: parks, city squares, the Canal, The Cultural Trail, White River State Park. This is a big part of our focus this summer and going forward. With the help of people like you in April, we raised more than $4,000 to land a long-term home for our Department of Yes engagement-based public programming effort. Read Erika Smith's column in The Indianapolis Star about the project here. Now we're working to raise $20,000 over the course of this year for the program.

Drop by Service Center!

Service Center for Culture and Community is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for co-working, perusing the library, using the computer lab with free wi-fi, and participating in creative projects like Square Share.

Get the full scoop on what's going on this week here.

Read an excellent story from the Central Indiana Community Foundation about Service Center and Big Car here and another by Indiana Humanities here.

Happening in May

Square Share May 15, 5-9 p.m. (raffle drawing and presentations at 7 p.m.)
Service Center for Culture and Community, 3819 Lafayette Rd.
Over the last two months, Big Car -- in partnership with Know No Stranger and Latino Youth Collective -- has worked with kids and adults to and get to know people who live, work, or visit the Lafayette Square Area. We have been gathering stories at Service Center, at schools, markets (Saraga and Georgetown), Lafayette Square Mall and other locations. These stories focus on an object or wish that is important to the person sharing. We will exhibit the stories, photos or videos of the people who shared, and drawings that illustrate them made by local artists and drawing students at Ivy Tech. We'll celebrate this show when we gather on May 15. This project is supported, in part, by Eagledale Lafayette Square Area Weed & Seed, a program that is ending along with other government-funded Weed & Seed programs in the city. So, also on May 15 at Service Center, we'll celebrate other projects that have happened through the years and the people involved in making it all happen.

Want to get involved at Service Center?

Artists/writers/experts/tinkerers/thinkers/everyone!
Service Center invites you to volunteer your time to propose and/or lead a public, FREE, brief, informal, one-time or reoccurring event/workshop/class/discussion/session/game and so on. We are also taking suggestions for events people would like to attend that we could explore hosting. Just send an an email by clicking the contact button above to let us know what you'd like to do or what you'd hope to see happen at Service Center. Thanks!

Want to know more about Big Car?

In addition to our Service Center work and our Made for Each Other projects, in 2012 Big Car is busy with several citywide efforts including organizing TEDxIndianapolis (Oct. 26, details soon), producing the city's 48 Hour Film Project, (Aug. 3-5, screening Aug. 11), and participating in projects like Reconnecting to Our Waterways and the White River Festival in September. We're also launching, this summer, a new initiative called the Department of Yes to invigorate public spaces. Play games and get creative with us!

Check out pictures of what we've been up to here.

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Big Car is excited to help invigorate our public spaces: parks, city squares, the Canal, The Cultural Trail, White River State Park. This is a big part of our focus this summer and going forward. With the help of people like you in April, we raised more than $4,000 to land a long-term home for our Department of Yes engagement-based public programming effort. Read Erika Smith's column in The Indianapolis Star about the project here. Now we're working to raise $20,000 over the course of this year for the program.

Drop by Service Center, share your story

Service Center for Culture and Community is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for co-working, perusing the library, using the computer lab with free wi-fi, and participating in creative projects like Square Share.

Get the full scoop on what's going on this week here.

Happening in May

ON MAY 5 from 7:30-10 p.m. iMOCA brings artists LaToya Ruby Fraizer and Tony Buba to Service Center for a talk and performance. Register here to ensure a seat.

Frazier and Buba's work is currently on display at iMOCA (1043 Virginia Avenue Suite 5, Indianapolis, IN 46203) now through May 19. Their work together spans the 20th and 21st Century of socio-economic change in Braddock PA. The similarities between Indianapolis and Braddock, PA and experiences of the African American populations of our two cities and others across America are part of what makes this work so exceptional and relevant to audiences of all backgrounds.

Frazier's work is currently on view in the 2012 Whitney Biennial in New York. She previously exhibited her work at The New Museum, MoMA PS1 and The Andy Warhol Museum. She was featured last fall on the PBS program Art 21.

Buba has had one-person exhibitions at more than 100 universities and museums including The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and The Carnegie Museum of Art. Buba and Braddock have also been featured on NPR. His awards include fellowships from the NEA, AFI, and the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations.

Square Share May 15, 5-9 p.m. Service Center for Culture and Community, 3819 Lafayette Rd.
Over the last two months, Big Car -- in partnership with Know No Stranger and Latino Youth Collective -- has worked with kids and adults to and get to know people who live, work, or visit the Lafayette Square Area. We have been gathering stories at Service Center, at schools, markets (Saraga and Georgetown), Lafayette Square Mall and other locations. These stories focus on an object or wish that is important to the person sharing. We will exhibit the stories, photos or videos of the people who shared, and drawings that illustrate them made by local artists and drawing students at Ivy Tech. We'll celebrate this show when we gather on May 15. This project is supported, in part, by Eagledale Lafayette Square Area Weed & Seed, a program that is ending along with other government-funded Weed & Seed programs in the city. So, also on May 15 at Service Center, we'll celebrate other projects that have happened through the years and the people involved in making it all happen.

Want to get involved at Service Center?

Artists/writers/experts/tinkerers/thinkers/everyone!
Service Center invites you to volunteer your time to propose and/or lead a public, FREE, brief, informal, one-time or reoccurring event/workshop/class/discussion/session/game and so on. We are also taking suggestions for events people would like to attend that we could explore hosting. Just send an an email by clicking the contact button above to let us know what you'd like to do or what you'd hope to see happen at Service Center. Thanks!

Want to know more about Big Car?

In addition to our Service Center work and our Made for Each Other projects, in 2012 Big Car is busy with several citywide efforts including organizing TEDxIndianapolis (Oct. 26, details soon), producing the city's 48 Hour Film Project, (Aug. 3-5, screening Aug. 11), and participating in projects like Reconnecting to Our Waterways and the White River Festival in September. We're also launching, this summer, a new initiative called the Department of Yes to invigorate public spaces. Play games and get creative with us!

Check out pictures of what we've been up to here.

ongoing Service Center and MFEO activities, including garden workdays

May

May 2, 7 p.m. Drawing Party at Service Center

May 5, 7:30 p.m. LaToya Ruby Frazier and Tony Buba at Service Center

May 11, 6-late The Bigger Picture Show at Service Center

May 15, 5-9 p.m. Square Share opening celebration at Service Center

June

ongoing Service Center and MFEO activities + Department of Yes!

July

ongoing Service Center and MFEO activities + Department of Yes!

August

48 Hour Film Project Aug. 3-5 with screening on the 11th

September

White River Festival (all month)

October

26: TEDxIndianapolis (details soon)

November

Spirit & Place events

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Drop by Service Center, share your story

Service Center for Culture and Community is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for co-working, perusing the library, using the computer lab with free wi-fi, and participating in creative projects like Square Share.

Get the full scoop on what's going on this week here.

Square Share: Be part of our project to gather stories and get to know people who live, work, or visit the Lafayette Square Area. We ask that you drop by Service Center, bring an object that's important to you that you'd like to share (or bring your memory of an object that may be lost), and arrive ready to tell your story. Participants are eligible for a drawing of very nice story-gathering prizes such as a new digital camera and recorder. The stories and objects (or drawings of the objects) we gather will be included in an exhibit and celebration opening May 15. This project is supported, in part, by Eagledale Lafayette Square Area Weed & Seed.

Join us to share on:

Monday, April 9

Georgetown Market
4375 Georgetown Rd
6 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 10

Eagle Library
3325 Lowry Road
6:30 to 8 p.m.

Want to get involved at Service Center?

Artists/writers/experts/tinkerers/thinkers/everyone!
Service Center invites you to volunteer your time to propose and/or lead a public, FREE, brief, informal, one-time or reoccurring event/workshop/class/discussion/session/game and so on. We are also taking suggestions for events people would like to attend that we could explore hosting. Just send an an email by clicking the contact button above to let us know what you'd like to do or what you'd hope to see happen at Service Center. Thanks!

Want to know more about Big Car?

In addition to our Service Center work and our Made for Each Other projects, in 2012 Big Car is busy with several citywide efforts including organizing TEDxIndianapolis (Oct. 26, details soon), producing the city's 48 Hour Film Project, (Aug. 3-5, screening Aug. 11), and participating in projects like Reconnecting to Our Waterways and the White River Festival in September. We're also launching, this summer, a new initiative called the Department of Yes to invigorate public spaces. Play games and get creative with us!

Check out pictures of what we've been up to here.

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Drop by Service Center, join in the fun

Service Center for Culture and Community is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for co-working, perusing the library, using the computer lab with free wi-fi, and participating in creative projects like the da Vinci Pursuit's flash sculpture under our front canopy.

You can be one of the first in Indianapolis to participate in the construction of a community sculpture that combines art with the science theme of reflection and refraction. How? 1. Find an object that reflects, refracts or produces light. 2. Bring it to Service Center. 3. Add the object, anytime in the next 28 days, day or night.

Want to know more about Big Car?

Check out pictures of what we've been up to here.

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Writer Night with Frank Bill happens Friday

Southern-Indiana noir writer Frank Bill visits Service Center on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in the first of a series of events with and for adult writers, readers and anybody who loves books at Service Center for Culture and Community located at 3819 Lafayette Rd. in the Lafayette Square neighborhood.

Writer Night is FREE but please RSVP here.

Bill, whose critically acclaimed book of short stories has made a splash in the literary world, wi'll be joined by local readers who won a Punchnel's micro-fiction noir-writing contest. Indianapolis writer Kevin McKelvey will also lead a conversation with Bill in this relaxed social experience.

Writer Night is free but refreshment sales and donations serve as a fundraiser for Second Story and is supported by Punchnel's and Vouched Books.

Drop by Service Center, join in the fun

Service Center for Culture and Community is open Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for co-working, perusing the library, using the computer lab with free wi-fi, and participating in creative projects like the da Vinci Pursuit's flash sculpture under our front canopy.

You can be one of the first in Indianapolis to participate in the construction of a community sculpture that combines art with the science theme of reflection and refraction. How? 1. Find an object that reflects, refracts or produces light. 2. Bring it to Service Center. 3. Add the object, anytime in the next 28 days, day or night.

Also, check it out during NoExit's Reloaded event on Feb. 18.

Want to know more about Big Car?

Check out pictures of what we've been up to here.

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Big Car's Super Bowl Schedule

We have a ton going on with the big game in town -- both Downtown and at our Service Center location on the west side.
Check out pictures of what we've been up to here.

Hope to see you at one of these activities (let us know if you'd like to help out):

All week at City Market: Check out what Big Car's been up to in a display featuring design and nonprofit groups in the West Wing. Plus add your word to the latest What Word Are You tape person.

Th 2/2 - Service Center open Hours for all ages 11-8 p.m. FREE
World Party: The Americas - 8 p.m. until late. $5 w/ receipt from neighborhood restaurant. $8 w/o receipt. 21+

Fri 2/3 - Service Center Open Hours for All Ages 11-8 p.m. FREE
Family Fun Night 5-8 p.m. - all ages - FREE
Yes Games 4:45-5:45 pm at Touchdown Alley in the Super Bowl Village, 201 S Capitol St. FREE
World Party: Africa - 8 8 p.m. until late. $5 w/ receipt from neighborhood restaurant. $8 w/o receipt. 21+

Sat 2/4 - Service Center open hours for all ages 11-8 p.m. FREE
World Party: Asia/India - 8 p.m. until late. $5 w/ receipt from neighborhood restaurant. $8 w/o receipt. 21+

Sun 2/5 - Service Center open hours for all ages - Super Bowl Community BYO Brunch 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. FREE

World Party: International Marketplace Super Celebrations

Feb. 2, 3, 4
8 p.m. until late each night

21-plus
$8/$5 with receipt from Lafayette Square area restaurant from that week

As an official Super Celebration site of the Super Bowl, Service Center for Culture and Community at 3819 Lafayette Rd. is hosting three nights of cultural parties and celebrations of authentic music, dancing, food and drink, art, and local and international beers and wines. The celebrations -- organized by and benefitting the Lafayette Square Area Coalition and the nonprofit creativity organization Big Car -- are coming together in partnership with many of the city's cultural groups. Music curated by Kyle Long of Cultural Cannibals.

Thursday, Feb. 2: The Americas (with a focus on Central and South America)
Friday, Feb. 3: Africa
Saturday, Feb. 4: Asia/India

Under 21 or want to bring the kids? Families and people of all ages can visit Service Center during its open hours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 1-4 and 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday. The facility serves as a welcome center for the Lafayette Square/International Marketplace neighborhood and features a Super Car painted to represent one of the teams in the NFL. A variety of free special events, games and activities will happen during the daytime hours. Starting at 8 p.m., the facility becomes an adult-only celebration zone.

Want to know more about Big Car?

The Evolution of Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

Listen to Big Car Collective's performance at IMA's 100 Acres on Sept. 22, 2010:

Listen to all of Big Car's recordings on Evoca here.

Check out Big Car's Vimeo video channel here.

Check out Big Car's YouTube Channel here.

Check out Big Car's Scribd PDF document page here.

Founder Jim Walker talks about Big Car for NUVO Cultural Vision Awards

Big Car public projects from Big Car on Vimeo.

A slideshow of various Big Car programs

Sea Krowns live on a First Friday at Big Car

Outside/In Iowa City

Time lapse video of a typical opening at Big Car Gallery
Big Car art opening time lapse

Glenn Guimond's Video Tour of Big Car from 2006
w/music by Karl Blau

New Year's party 2006 by The Innate

Installation at Big Car in 2005 video by Colin Dullaghan

Big Car: Creativity, Culture and Community from Big Car on Vimeo.

World Party: International Marketplace Super Celebrations

Feb. 2, 3, 4
8 p.m. until late each night

21-plus
$8/$5 with receipt from Lafayette Square area restaurant from that week

As an official Super Celebration site of the Super Bowl, Service Center for Culture and Community at 3819 Lafayette Rd. is hosting three nights of cultural parties and celebrations of authentic music, dancing, food and drink, art, and local and international beers and wines. The celebrations -- organized by and benefitting the Lafayette Square Area Coalition and the nonprofit creativity organization Big Car -- are coming together in partnership with many of the city's cultural groups. Music curated by Kyle Long in partnership with Cultural Cannibals.

Thursday, Feb. 2: The Americas (with a focus on Central and South America)
Friday, Feb. 3: Africa
Saturday, Feb. 4: Asia/India

Under 21 or want to bring the kids? Families and people of all ages can visit Service Center during its open hours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 1-4 and 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday. The facility serves as a welcome center for the Lafayette Square/International Marketplace neighborhood and features a Super Car painted to represent one of the teams in the NFL. A variety of free special events, games and activities will happen during the daytime hours. Starting at 8 p.m., the facility becomes an adult-only celebration zone.

Live theatre returns to Service Center

The Pillowman, which opened on Jan. 13 and runs through Jan. 21 at Service Center at 3819 Lafayette Rd., is produced by the company paperStrangers and tells the tale of Katurian a fiction writer living in a totalitarian police state. Interrogated about the gruesome content of Katurian's short stories, and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in his town, the story is told through the eyes of Katurian, his stories, his interrogators, and his brother, Michael.

Written by Martin McDonagh and directed by Butler University graduate Michael Burke The Pillowman in turns both hilarious and grippingly poignant, poses the question "What is life worth?" and invites the audience to act as jury for the accused.

The Pillowman performance schedule:

Friday, Jan. 13 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14 - 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 19 - 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 20 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21 - 8 p.m.

$10 ticket admission at the door with cash, credit, or reserved here.

World Party: International Marketplace Super Celebrations

Feb. 2, 3, 4
8 p.m. until late each night

21-plus
$8/$5 with receipt from Lafayette Square area restaurant from that week

As an official Super Celebration site of the Super Bowl, Service Center for Culture and Community at 3819 Lafayette Rd. is hosting three nights of cultural parties and celebrations of authentic music, dancing, food and drink, art, and local and international beers and wines. The celebrations -- organized by and benefitting the Lafayette Square Area Coalition and the nonprofit creativity organization Big Car -- are coming together in partnership with many of the city's cultural groups. Music curated by Kyle Long in partnership with Cultural Cannibals.

Thursday, Feb. 2: The Americas (with a focus on Central and South America)
Friday, Feb. 3: Africa
Saturday, Feb. 4: Asia/India

Under 21 or want to bring the kids? Families and people of all ages can visit Service Center during its open hours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 1-4 and 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday. The facility serves as a welcome center for the Lafayette Square/International Marketplace neighborhood and features a Super Car painted to represent one of the teams in the NFL. A variety of free special events, games and activities will happen during the daytime hours. Starting at 8 p.m., the facility becomes an adult-only celebration zone.

Live theatre returns to Service Center

The Pillowman, which opened on Jan. 13 and runs through Jan. 21 at Service Center at 3819 Lafayette Rd., is produced by the company paperStrangers and tells the tale of Katurian a fiction writer living in a totalitarian police state. Interrogated about the gruesome content of Katurian's short stories, and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in his town, the story is told through the eyes of Katurian, his stories, his interrogators, and his brother, Michael.

Written by Martin McDonagh and directed by Butler University graduate Michael Burke The Pillowman in turns both hilarious and grippingly poignant, poses the question "What is life worth?" and invites the audience to act as jury for the accused.

The Pillowman performance schedule:

Friday, Jan. 13 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14 - 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 19 - 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 20 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21 - 8 p.m.

$10 ticket admission at the door with cash, credit, or reserved here.

Want to support Big Car? Volunteer, give or both!

Do you want to help in our parking lot garden at Service Center? Work with kids in one of our spaces? Help cook up great ideas for ways to get people active and engaged? Big Car is excited to have more you more involved in what we do in 2012. We'll have a volunteer/general meeting at Service Center (3819 Lafayette Rd.) on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Please RSVP here.

Of course, financial support from individuals is crucial to making all of our programs happen. Your donation is tax deductible and can be mailed to the address below or submitted through PayPal -- the donation button is over there on the left side. Checks can be sent to Big Car at 237 N. East St. Indianapolis IN 46202. Thanks!

Big Car Gallery ends its 7-year run

After hosting new art shows on the First Friday of each month for seven years and bringing hundreds of eclectic music shows, readings, film screenings, performances, parties and events to Indianapolis, Big Car Gallery has ended its run in Fountain Square.

Meanwhile, Big Car -- the organization -- will be as busy as ever, operating the Service Center for Culture and Community -- an 11,500-square foot former tire shop in the Lafayette Square neighborhood -- and the Made for Each Other community art space on 10th Street in the Near East Side. Big Car will also keep an office for its downtown public programming effort, The Department of Yes, at Earth House in the Lockerbie area. Big Car will collaborate with Earth House on some exciting programming at the historic church.

Read the full press release here.

Want to support Big Car? Volunteer, give or both!

Do you want to help in our parking lot garden at Service Center? Work with kids in one of our spaces? Help cook up great ideas for ways to get people active and engaged? Big Car is excited to have more you more involved in what we do in 2012. We'll have a volunteer/general meeting at Service Center (3819 Lafayette Rd.) on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Please RSVP here.

Of course, financial support from individuals is crucial to making all of our programs happen. Your donation is tax deductible and can be mailed to the address below or submitted through PayPal -- the donation button is over there on the left side. Checks can be sent to Big Car at 237 N. East St. Indianapolis IN 46202. Thanks!

Get revved up for Car Talk Jabberwocky event

Car Talk: Stories about automobiles from an organization that really has nothing to do with them, Big Car.

The fun happens Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. Jabberwocky event at IndyFringe Theater (719 E. St Clair Street) in partnership with Storytelling Arts of Indiana. Four people or teams (Phil Van Hest, Maureen Dobie and friends, John Clark and Jim Walker and Lee Hinkle) -- will tell stories about their cars or cars in general before we open the mic up for all to share. Bring your car stories!

Your first car, your worst car, the car you always dreamed about when you were a kid. Memories of cars: road trips, make out spots, crashes. The automobile, for better and for worse, is central to our lives as Americans. It's funny. It's romantic. It's odd. Let's talk about that.

Live theatre returns to Service Center

The Pillowman, opening on Jan. 13 at Service Center at 3819 Lafayette Rd., is produced by the company paperStrangers and tells the tale of Katurian a fiction writer living in a totalitarian police state. Interrogated about the gruesome content of Katurian's short stories, and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in his town, the story is told through the eyes of Katurian, his stories, his interrogators, and his brother, Michael.

Written by Martin McDonagh and directed by Butler University graduate Michael Burke The Pillowman in turns both hilarious and grippingly poignant, poses the question "What is life worth?" and invites the audience to act as jury for the accused.

The Pillowman performance schedule:

Friday, Jan. 13 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14 - 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 19 - 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 20 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21 - 8 p.m.

$10 ticket admission at the door with cash, credit, or reserved here.

Big Car Gallery ends its 7-year run

After hosting new art shows on the First Friday of each month for seven years and bringing hundreds of eclectic music shows, readings, film screenings, performances, parties and events to Indianapolis, Big Car Gallery has ended its run in Fountain Square.

Meanwhile, Big Car -- the organization -- will be as busy as ever, operating the Service Center for Culture and Community -- an 11,500-square foot former tire shop in the Lafayette Square neighborhood -- and the Made for Each Other community art space on 10th Street in the Near East Side. Big Car will also keep an office for its downtown public programming effort, The Department of Yes, at Earth House in the Lockerbie area. Big Car will collaborate with Earth House on some exciting programming at the historic church.

Read the full press release here.

Live Theater/Dance Performance comes to Service Center

NoExit's Nutcracker, conceived of and directed by Georgeanna Smith

The mischievous Herr Drosselmeyer returns on Dec. 1 as NoExit Performance brings to life again its successful adaptation of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic for adults -- this time in the garage area of a former tire shop in the Lafayette Square neighborhood. Last year's production broke with the tradition proper dance audiences have come to expect with a dayglow extravaganza described by returning cast member Matthew Goodrich as, "grotesquely beautiful... Vaudeville meets Tim Burton." 2010's staging was so popular that a third weekend has been added in anticipation for this series of performances. This innovative theatrical performance is the first in Service Center's large garage bay area.

NoExit Performance has been recognized as one of Indianapolis' most adventurous theatre groups. To learn more or purchase tickets, visit www.noexitperformance.org. Adult ticket prices are $20 at the door, $15 in advance and $10 for college students and seniors. Show dates are Thursdays, Friday and Saturdays beginning December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. Note: This show is for mature audiences. Contact NoExit at (317) 258-2255

Video by John Clark from the early days of Big Car Gallery.

Big Car Gallery to end its 7-year run

After hosting new art shows on the First Friday of each month for seven years and bringing hundreds of eclectic music shows, readings, film screenings, performances, parties and events to Indianapolis, Big Car Gallery ends its run in Fountain Square in December. Big Car celebrated its run of success in this Murphy Art Center upstairs studio with a closing party on Dec. 14.

While the gallery ends its run, Big Car will be as busy as ever, operating the Service Center for Culture and Community -- an 11,500-square foot former tire shop in the Lafayette Square neighborhood -- and the Made for Each Other community art space on 10th Street in the Near East Side. Big Car will also keep an office for its downtown public programming effort, The Department of Yes, at Earth House in the Lockerbie area. Big Car will collaborate with Earth House on some programming at the historic church.

Read the full press release here.

Pics from Big Car events & programs

All about Big Car

Live Theater/Dance Performance comes to Service Center

NoExit's Nutcracker, conceived of and directed by Georgeanna Smith

The mischievous Herr Drosselmeyer returns on Dec. 1 as NoExit Performance brings to life again its successful adaptation of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic for adults -- this time in the garage area of a former tire shop in the Lafayette Square neighborhood. Last year's production broke with the tradition proper dance audiences have come to expect with a dayglow extravaganza described by returning cast member Matthew Goodrich as, "grotesquely beautiful... Vaudeville meets Tim Burton." 2010's staging was so popular that a third weekend has been added in anticipation for this series of performances. This innovative theatrical performance is the first in Service Center's large garage bay area.

NoExit Performance has been recognized as one of Indianapolis' most adventurous theatre groups. To learn more or purchase tickets, visit www.noexitperformance.org. Adult ticket prices are $20 at the door, $15 in advance and $10 for college students and seniors. Show dates are Thursdays, Friday and Saturdays beginning December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. Note: This show is for mature audiences. Contact NoExit at (317) 258-2255

Dec. 1: SMART show at Service Center (a partnership between Indianapolis Art Center and Big Brothers/Big Sisters: 5-8 p.m. Learn more here: here.

Dec. 2: Bodies of Waters will remain up in Big Car Gallery for our last First Friday opening.

Dec. 2: Meet the Muralists show at our Made for Each Other space at 10th and Rural. It's an exhibit of work by the artists in the Near Eastside who are part of the 46x46 mural program. The show, up until Jan. 13, offers an opportunity to get to know the artists, see the process behind their murals and learn their thoughts behind these projects now making a very visible difference in the neighborhood.

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Dec. 3: Big Car will be showing logos and taglines at Crooked Creek CDC that we made with fourth graders in a really cool project as part of Made for Each Other. Learn more here.

Dec. 14: Big Car Gallery closing party, from 7-9 p.m. The event is free, but donations will be accepted.

Video by John Clark from the early days of Big Car Gallery.

Big Car Gallery to end its 7-year run

After hosting new art shows on the First Friday of each month for seven years and bringing hundreds of eclectic music shows, readings, film screenings, performances, parties and events to Indianapolis, Big Car Gallery ends its run in Fountain Square in December.

Big Car will celebrate its run of success in this Murphy Art Center upstairs studio with a closing party on Dec. 14 from 7-9 p.m. The event is free, but donations will be accepted to Big Car, a successful nonprofit creativity organization that has grown well beyond the gallery's four walls.

While the gallery ends its run, Big Car will be as busy as ever, operating the Service Center for Culture and Community -- an 11,500-square foot former tire shop in the Lafayette Square neighborhood -- and the Made for Each Other community art space on 10th Street in the Near East Side. Big Car will also keep an office for its downtown public programming effort, The Department of Yes, at Earth House in the Lockerbie area. Big Car will collaborate with Earth House on some programming at the historic church.

Read the full press release here.

In the gallery now

Bodies of Waters, part of Spirit & Place, brings pieces based on John Waters's films that some of the nation's top pop surrealist artists and illustrators as well a few local favorites created specially for the exhibit.

iMOCA in partnership with Big Car Gallery put the exhibit together to celebrate the appearance of filmmaker John Waters on November 12 at the Madame Walker. Artists participating are: Glenn Barr, Yumiko Kayukawa, Amy Casey, Paul Chatem, Shaunna Peterson, Lola, Danielle de Picciotto, Lisa Petrucci, Elizabeth McGrath, Kristen Ferrell, Angie Mason, Aunia Kahn, Ken Garduno, Mab Graves, Jacqueline Pichardo, Philip Campbell, Casey Roberts, and Floyd Jaquay.

Up through Dec. 14 with access via iMOCA.

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Service Center transformed!

On Oct. 6, more than 300 Lilly employees joined 30 Big Car Collective members and artists from around the state and country in further transforming Service Center for Contemporary Culture and Community into an even more amazing space complete with three murals (Big Car Collective, Andy J. Miller and Clayton Hamilton) and furniture made from repurposed honeysuckle cut from the banks of Little Eagle Creek (by New York based Matt Bua). Our parking lot garden now features excellent wooden boxes designed by Indianapolis artist and collective member Ray Duffey. All of this was completed in collaboration with Lilly volunteers and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, who organize Day of Service with Lilly.

Located at 3819 Lafayette Rd. in front of Shopper's World in Lafayette Square Mall, Service Center's hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 to 7 and Saturdays 10-2. It is also be open various additonal evenings and weekends for events. Teaching artists and volunteers are also on hand for drop-in creative writing and art sessions for children on Wednesdays after school. Programs for all ages are available on Thursdays. Volunteers are welcome to drop by to help.

Service Center, a nonprofit venture, is also seeking sponsors at all levels for its facility and programs. Find out more here: here. The response has been great so far. Thanks to everyone for their support of Service Center!

The most up to date communication about Service Center is found here.

In the gallery now

Bodies of Waters, part of Spirit & Place, brings pieces based on John Waters's films that some of the nation's top pop surrealist artists and illustrators as well a few local favorites created specially for the exhibit.

iMOCA in partnership with Big Car Gallery put the exhibit together to celebrate the appearance of filmmaker John Waters on November 12 at the Madame Walker. Artists participating are: Glenn Barr, Yumiko Kayukawa, Amy Casey, Paul Chatem, Shaunna Peterson, Lola, Danielle de Picciotto, Lisa Petrucci, Elizabeth McGrath, Kristen Ferrell, Angie Mason, Aunia Kahn, Ken Garduno, Mab Graves, Jacqueline Pichardo, Philip Campbell, Casey Roberts, and Floyd Jaquay.

Up through Dec. 10 with access via iMOCA.

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Think Farm on Nov. 11 at 8 p.m.
This is a themed big-idea-sharing event, an idea party if you will. Happening at Service Center location in the Lafayette Square area as part of Spirit & Place, Think Farm will feature 10 great people presenting their ideas in timed slideshow fashion. We'll also have mingling time as an opportunity to talk with others to build possible future collaborations. The event will also offer an interactive way for all attendees to get engaged in the ideas process and contribute their thoughts to the mix. All of the presenters are paid a stipend for their time from the money raised at the door.

Presenters are: Javier Barrera, Thomas Healy, Tarrey Banks, Michael Bricker, Lisa Daugherty, Evan Edwards, Fae Ehsan, Clayton Hamilton, Nanci Lacy and Phil Van Hest. We're excited about all of their awesome ideas!

Think Farm happens as part of Spirit & Place Festival
Presented by Big Car, Indiana Humanities, Spirit & Place, Pecha Kucha Indy, Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center and Urban Indy.

8 p.m. on Nov. 11, 2011 at Service Center for Culture and Community
3819 Lafayette Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46254
$10 purchased at the door

Also in November

Nov. 12: John Waters: This Filthy World at Madame Walker Theater
617 Indiana Avenue, $20

Part of the Spirit & Place Festival
Presented by iMOCA and Herron School of Art and Design through the Efroymson Family Fund of CICF
With the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival and Big Car as promotional partners.

John Waters' one-man show is a vaudeville act that celebrates the film career and obsessional tastes of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope of Trash." Focusing in on Waters' early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, physical transformation through fashion, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to "filth followers" everywhere. Recommended for ages 18 and over. Buy tickets here.

Service Center transformed!

On Oct. 6, more than 300 Lilly employees joined 30 Big Car Collective members and artists from around the state and country in further transforming Service Center for Contemporary Culture and Community into an even more amazing space complete with three murals (Big Car Collective, Andy J. Miller and Clayton Hamilton) and furniture made from repurposed honeysuckle cut from the banks of Little Eagle Creek (by New York based Matt Bua). Our parking lot garden now features excellent wooden boxes designed by Indianapolis artist and collective member Ray Duffey. All of this was completed in collaboration with Lilly volunteers and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, who organize Day of Service with Lilly.

Located at 3819 Lafayette Rd. in front of Shopper's World in Lafayette Square Mall, Service Center's hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 to 7 and Saturdays 10-2. It is also be open various additonal evenings and weekends for events. Teaching artists and volunteers are also on hand for drop-in creative writing and art sessions for children on Wednesdays after school. Programs for all ages are available on Thursdays. Volunteers are welcome to drop by to help.

Service Center, a nonprofit venture, is also seeking sponsors at all levels for its facility and programs. Find out more here: here. The response has been great so far. Thanks to everyone for their support of Service Center!

The most up to date communication about Service Center is found here.

In the gallery now

Bodies of Waters, part of Spirit & Place, brings pieces based on John Waters's films that some of the nation's top pop surrealist artists and illustrators as well a few local favorites created specially for the exhibit.

iMOCA in partnership with Big Car Gallery put the exhibit together to celebrate the appearance of filmmaker John Waters on November 12 at the Madame Walker. Artists participating are: Glenn Barr, Yumiko Kayukawa, Amy Casey, Paul Chatem, Shaunna Peterson, Lola, Danielle de Picciotto, Lisa Petrucci, Elizabeth McGrath, Kristen Ferrell, Angie Mason, Aunia Kahn, Ken Garduno, Mab Graves, Jacqueline Pichardo, Philip Campbell, Kenneth Rehm, Casey Roberts, and Floyd Jaquay.

Image above titled "Sleaze King" by Ken Garduno

Up through Dec. 10 with access via iMOCA.

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Next at Big Car Gallery: Bodies of Water

Bodies of Waters, part of Spirit & Place, will bring pieces based on John Waters's films that some of the nation's top pop surrealist artists and illustrators as well a few local favorites created specially for the exhibit.

iMOCA in partnership with Big Car Gallery put the exhibit together to celebrate the appearance of filmmaker John Waters on November 12 at the Madame Walker. Artists participating are: Glenn Barr, Yumiko Kayukawa, Amy Casey, Paul Chatem, Shaunna Peterson, Lola, Danielle de Picciotto, Lisa Petrucci, Elizabeth McGrath, Kristen Ferrell, Angie Mason, Aunia Kahn, Ken Garduno, Mab Graves, Jacqueline Pichardo, Philip Campbell, Kenneth Rehm, Casey Roberts, and Floyd Jaquay.

Image above titled "Sleaze King" by Ken Garduno

The opening reception is Friday November 4, 6-11 p.m. The show will run iMOCA's regular hours of Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Also in November

Nov. 5: Irvington Library Branch celebration with oral history recordings by Big Car. Individuals of all ages are invited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Irvington Branch. Activities will include guest speakers on the value of oral histories, booksignings with local authors, music and refreshments. Hear a demonstration of the Library's new Irvington Oral History Collection and sign up to record an interview with a family member or friend to create your own oral history CD. 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. free. Find out more here.

Nov. 11: Think Farm is a themed big-idea-sharing event from some our area's leading creative minds. Held at Service Center location in the Lafayette Square area, Think Farm will feature people presenting their ideas in timed slideshow fashion and have an opportunity to talk with others to build possible future collaborations. The event will also offer an interactive way for all attendees to get engaged in the ideas process and contribute their thoughts to the mix. All of the presenters are paid a stipend for their time from the money raised at the door.

Presenters are: Javier Barrera, Jon Bohlander, Phyllis Boyd, Michael Bricker, Lisa Daugherty, Evan Edwards, Fae Ehsan, Clayton Hamilton, Nanci Lacy and Phil Van Hest. We're excited about all of their awesome ideas!

Think Farm happens as part of Spirit & Place Festival
Presented by Big Car, Indiana Humanities, Spirit & Place, Pecha Kucha Indy, Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center and Urban Indy.

8 p.m. on Nov. 11, 2011 at Service Center for Culture and Community
3819 Lafayette Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46254
$10 purchased at the door

Nov. 12: John Waters: This Filthy World at Madame Walker Theater
617 Indiana Avenue, $20

Part of the Spirit & Place Festival
Presented by iMOCA and Herron School of Art and Design through the Efroymson Family Fund of CICF
With the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival and Big Car as promotional partners.

John Waters' one-man show is a vaudeville act that celebrates the film career and obsessional tastes of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope of Trash." Focusing in on Waters' early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, physical transformation through fashion, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to "filth followers" everywhere. Recommended for ages 18 and over. Buy tickets here.

Service Center transformed!

On Oct. 6, more than 300 Lilly employees joined 30 Big Car Collective members and artists from around the state and country in further transforming Service Center for Contemporary Culture and Community into an even more amazing space complete with three murals (Big Car Collective, Andy J. Miller and Clayton Hamilton) and furniture made from repurposed honeysuckle cut from the banks of Little Eagle Creek (by New York based Matt Bua). Our parking lot garden now features excellent wooden boxes designed by Indianapolis artist and collective member Ray Duffey. All of this was completed in collaboration with Lilly volunteers and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, who organize Day of Service with Lilly.

Located at 3819 Lafayette Rd. in front of Shopper's World in Lafayette Square Mall, Service Center's hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 to 7 and Saturdays 10-2. It is also be open various additonal evenings and weekends for events. Teaching artists and volunteers are also on hand for drop-in creative writing and art sessions for children on Wednesdays after school. Programs for all ages are available on Thursdays. Volunteers are welcome to drop by to help.

Service Center, a nonprofit venture, is also seeking sponsors at all levels for its facility and programs. Find out more here: here. The response has been great so far. Thanks to everyone for their support of Service Center!

The most up to date communication about Service Center is found here.

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Urbanized Summit happening Friday at IMA

URBANIZED
Friday, October 7, 1-5 pm
The Toby | Free
Engage with urban leaders and change-makers in a half-day summit focused on the design of Indianapolis and issues around urbanism: transit, civility, diversity, redevelopment, livability, and resilience. The summit is segmented into three themes: LOOK, MOVE, and GROW. In the LOOK segment, hear from experts on big ideas foundational to the future of our city. In MOVE, tackle issues surrounding transit in Indianapolis. In GROW, participate in a sticky-note brainstorming session facilitated by Big Car and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful designed to translate urban design livability principles into actionable ideas. Also, at the Urbanized Bazaar, meet those leading the latest, greatest urban design initiatives that are shaping Indianapolis now and in the future. At 5 p.m., Gary Hustwit's new film, Urbanized, will be screened in The Toby following the summit.

Learn more here.

First Friday at Big Car: Heather Accurso

Opens Oct. 7, 6-11 p.m. Up through Oct. 22.

Accurso's most recent drawing series, Cherubic Intervention, combines fantasy with reality. Contemporary cherubic angels sprouting botanical projections protect humans and nature from today's threats. They fight or overcome war, terrorism, natural disasters and the exploitation of the earth's resources. Whether the Putti are successful, or not, is unclear…for the act of saving is not depicted in resolution.

Accurso began the series while residing in Cologne, Germany (from 2003 to 2008). Living in a foreign country, still physically and psychologically affected by World War II's devastation and overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush administration's policies, fueled the decision to make political work. Also significant -- fellow immigrant students in her intensive German classes had fled oppressive situations. Important artistic influences in Cologne were Stephan Lochner's luminescent cherubs and Ernst Barlach's Flying Angel.

Service Center now open!

Service Center for Contemporary Culture and Community is now open at 3919 Lafayette Rd. in front of Shopper's World in Lafayette Square Mall. Hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 to 7 and Saturdays 10-2. Service Center is also be open various additonal evenings and weekends for events.

Teaching artists and volunteers are also on hand for drop-in creative writing and art sessions for children on Wednesdays after school. Programs for all ages are available on Thursdays. Volunteers are welcome to drop by to help. Currently, we need help in the parking lot garden and in the facility and will soon need help with creative programs in the center.

We are also in the progress of developing an independent publishing resource center with publishing equipment (design and printing) for people and organizations to use to self-publish books, posters and other materials. This will be linked our plans for a small reference and lending library in the space -- as well as a large collection of independent music.

Service Center, a nonprofit venture, is also seeking sponsors at all levels for its facility and programs. Find out more here: here. The response has been great so far. Thanks to everyone for their support of Service Center!

The most up to date communication about Service Center is found here.

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Service Center now open!

Service Center for Contemporary Culture and Community is now open at 3919 Lafayette Rd. in front of Shopper's World in Lafayette Square Mall. Hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 to 7 and Saturdays 10-2. Service Center is also be open various additonal evenings and weekends for events.

Currently on view at Service Center: THE THIN BLUE LINE. Ten celebrated Herron designers explore the meaning of water resource protection and their role in protecting this valuable resource. It's about the next generation of caretakers stepping up and diving in. Head first. Given nothing more than shapes and patterns reflecting the White River watershed and a mission to capture the essence of water resource protection in the context of these designer's lives, each piece becomes a personal exploration of a river that doesn't divide a region, but holds a community together. The project is a partnership between Lodge Design and Big Car. Up through Oct. 22. Designs are by Jayne Glick, Jamie Goldsborough, Austin Radcliffe, Skyler Lawson, Ross Shafer, Dustin Lynch, Courtney Kuhstoss and Andrea Haydon.

Teaching artists and volunteers are also on hand for drop-in creative writing and art sessions for children on Wednesdays after school. Programs for all ages are available on Thursdays. Volunteers are welcome to drop by to help. Currently, we need help in the parking lot garden and in the facility and will soon need help with creative programs in the center.

We are also in the progress of developing an independent publishing resource center with publishing equipment (design and printing) for people and organizations to use to self-publish books, posters and other materials. This will be linked our plans for a small reference and lending library in the space -- as well as a large collection of independent music.

Service Center, a nonprofit venture, is also seeking sponsors at all levels for its facility and programs. Find out more here: here. The response has been great so far. Thanks to everyone for their support of Service Center!

The most up to date communication about Service Center is found here.

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THE THIN BLUE LINE

Ten celebrated Herron designers explore the meaning of water resource protection and their role in protecting this valuable resource. It's about the next generation of caretakers stepping up and diving in. Head first. Given nothing more than shapes and patterns reflecting the White River watershed and a mission to capture the essence of water resource protection in the context of these designer's lives, each piece becomes a personal exploration of a river that doesn't divide a region, but holds a community together. The project is a partnership between Lodge Design and Big Car.

Opening Sept. 16 6-9 p.m.
up through Oct. 22

Service Center for Contemporary Culture and Community
3819 Lafayette Rd.

Designs by Jayne Glick, Jamie Goldsborough, Austin Radcliffe, Skyler Lawson, Ross Shafer, Dustin Lynch, Courtney Kuhstoss and Andrea Haydon.

Service Center now open!

Service Center for Contemporary Culture and Community is opening with regular hours soon at 3919 Lafayette Rd. in front of Shopper's World in Lafayette Square Mall. Regular hours will begin on September 7: Wednesdays and Thursdays 11 to 7 and Saturdays 10-2. Service Center will also be open various additonal evenings and weekends for events.

Teaching artists and volunteers will be on hand for drop-in creative writing and art sessions for children on Wednesdays after school. Programs for all ages will be available on Thursdays. Creativity workshops will be offered on Saturdays covering various topics. These, once posted, will require pre-registration. Visitors are welcome at Service Center any time during open hours.

Volunteers are welcome to drop by to help. Currently, we need help in the parking lot garden and in the facility and will soon need help with creative programs in the center.

We are also in the progress of developing an independent publishing resource center with publishing equipment (design and printing) for people and organizations to use to self-publish books, posters and other materials. This will be linked our plans for a small reference and lending library in the space -- as well as a large collection of independent music.

Progress is being made on improving our facade look and adding some signage. This should be completed in the next two months (the photo is a rendering of a proposed look for the building). And a large-scale effort will take place on Oct. 6 as Service Center is part of this year's Lilly Global Day of Service. There, volunteers from Lilly will create a mural that will go on the front of the building, build boxes around our garden beds and planter benches for outdoor seating, paint the interior of the garage bay space and help with general beautification of the area. It's going to be an amazing day.

Service Center, a nonprofit venture, is also seeking sponsors at all levels for its facility and programs. Find out more here: here. The response has been great so far. Thanks to everyone for their support of Service Center!

The most up to date communication about Service Center is found here.

Currently at Big Car Gallery

To visit the show, stop in at iMOCA in Suite 5 and see attendant. iMOCA is open Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Up through Sept. 17.

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