Harikrishna Nakshatri, B.VSc., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Marian J. Morrison Investigator in Breast Cancer ResearchDepartments of Surgery, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyIU School of Medicine & Walther Oncology Center :: more

The Spirit & Place Civic Festival celebrates and explores arts, humanities, and religion. The dozens of events that make up the festival each year are collaborative ventures between organizations, government, education, churches, and many others with the goal of promoting civic engagement, respect for diversity, thoughtful reflection, public imagination, and enduring change in the communities where we live.

The theme for 2008 is Exploring Imagination; its four sub-themes are: Re-Imagining Indy, Youthful Imagination, Imagining our Future, and Community Creation and Celebration.

Now celebrating its 13th year, the Spirit & Place Civic festival festival reaches over 25,000 people in Central Indiana during a 16-day period each November. The festival opens with the Public Conversation. Available to the public free of charge, this moderated dialogue explores the annual theme through a spontaneous, on-stage exchange among three nationally known figures from the humanities, religion, and th :: more