The last several months have been tough ones for peace and tolerance in America. Hate is on the rise. During the 10 days immediately after November 8, the Southern Poverty Law Center—which monitors hate and extremist groups across the country—tracked 867 non-online hate incidents. These hate incidents happened on streets, in stores, and at workplaces….
Reading and writing go hand-in-hand, so we’re adding journals to our book share stations to collect your thoughts on reading, writing, and art and to encourage a moment of pause in our busy world. Please see below for some guidelines and a list of possible themes to consider. The journals will be available until November 30. If you’d rather…
On any given weekday, if you feel like people-watching, you can see some intensely social interactions happening around downtown Indianapolis. On Monument Circle, in White River State Prak, and especially at City Market—either inside where the food is, or outside, near Brose Partington’s book share station, Harvesting Knowledge, where friends spin the wheel together to…
If you’ve ever had the privilege of reading to a child, you can probably recall the almost magical spell that it casts. If it’s bedtime, the reading may take place inside a circle of light—outside of which everything else seems to shrink and fade. There’s a look of excitement in the child’s eyes as each…
“This is a terrific addition to the Monument Circle area! It’s a great message and very meaningful. Overall Monument Circle was a very memorable public space – I recently completed a cross country trip by bus and of the cities where there were brief layovers, Monument Circle, with its magnificent Soldiers and Sailors Monument, parklets,…
If you’re paying attention, you can see a lot of great art in Indianapolis just by turning your head, whether you’re exploring on foot, on a bike, or even on your way to work. Whether it’s one of the 46 murals painted for the 2012 Super Bowl, the array of pieces greeting travelers at the Indianapolis…
When you open a book and start reading, you’re probably thinking about the adventure or romance you’re about to reenter, or about the number of chapters you need to read for the class you’re taking, or maybe about the notes made in the margin by a previous reader. Is it really helpful to write “Yes!” next to…
The Public Collection is a public art and literacy project developed by Rachel M. Simon, with support from the Herbert Simon Family Foundation. Books for TPC are supplied and stocked by the Indianapolis Public Library.
