April 3, 2020 at 11:46 p.m.
Asbury planning brown bag dinner on April 13
Taking note
Asbury United Methodist Church in Portland will be serving a brown bag dinner with submarine sandwiches on Monday, April 13.
To donate food items for the meal follow this link, bit.ly/AsburyMeal, to get signed up.
Film fest
Indiana Humanities will be providing a digital film festival beginning next week.
Four short films exploring how Hoosiers experience and grapple with urban, suburban and rural divides will be part of the festival beginning next week.
The films, which were funded by Indiana Humanities, premiered in early 2020 at live events around the state. Now they’ll be streamed online for free.
The films — about a dance instructor in Gary dealing with the city’s disinvestment in arts education, about a rural community newspaper in Wayne County filling the gap caused by media consolidation, about a southern Indiana composting business that hires the formerly incarcerated to transform the land and their lives — may complicate traditional notions about who lives in Indiana and what they’re up to.
Every Tuesday in April at 7 p.m., Indiana Humanities will host Facebook Live watch parties for four of the films. Each week, online question-and-answer sessions with the filmmakers, along with links to resources on the film’s themes will also be posted on Facebook.
The films and their launch dates include:
•April 7: “Sundown to Sunrise” (featuring Valparaiso)
Filmmakers: Pat Wisniewski and Tom Desch
About the film: Trace one man's journey from sundown to sunrise as he and his family integrate an all-white Indiana town in 1968.
By breaking the color barrier, they also helped transform the town and place it on a trajectory of inclusion.
•April 14: “Hometown Media” (featuring Hagerstown)
Filmmaker: Ryan Gleeson
About the film: Follow a week in the life of a small-town newspaper in Wayne County, Indiana, for a look at how rural journalism is practiced today and why it matters.
•April 21: “Raised in Contrast” (featuring Lebanon)
Filmmaker: Chad Perdue
About the film: A look at the experiences of mixed-race and non-white Hoosiers who live in rural and suburban communities.
•April 28: “The EarthKeepers” (featuring Bloomington)
Filmmakers: Mitch Teplitsky and Gabriel Lantz
About the film: In southern Indiana, a married couple decide to leave academia to start a composting business—employing ex-offenders along the way.
Now they're on a mission to avert a looming waste crisis in Indiana.
The fifth film, “Larry From Gary,” is being submitted to film festivals and will be released online in late 2020.
The digital film festival will be held on Indiana Humanities’ Facebook page. Learn more, and watch a trailer of all the films, at IndianaHumanities.org/Films.
Takes third
East Jay Middle School student Aubrey Millspaugh, daughter of Tim and Kristen Millspaugh, Portland, recently took third place the Indiana North Optimist essay scholarship contest based on a theme of “Is Optimism the Key to Achieving the Dreams You Imagine?”
To donate food items for the meal follow this link, bit.ly/AsburyMeal, to get signed up.
Film fest
Indiana Humanities will be providing a digital film festival beginning next week.
Four short films exploring how Hoosiers experience and grapple with urban, suburban and rural divides will be part of the festival beginning next week.
The films, which were funded by Indiana Humanities, premiered in early 2020 at live events around the state. Now they’ll be streamed online for free.
The films — about a dance instructor in Gary dealing with the city’s disinvestment in arts education, about a rural community newspaper in Wayne County filling the gap caused by media consolidation, about a southern Indiana composting business that hires the formerly incarcerated to transform the land and their lives — may complicate traditional notions about who lives in Indiana and what they’re up to.
Every Tuesday in April at 7 p.m., Indiana Humanities will host Facebook Live watch parties for four of the films. Each week, online question-and-answer sessions with the filmmakers, along with links to resources on the film’s themes will also be posted on Facebook.
The films and their launch dates include:
•April 7: “Sundown to Sunrise” (featuring Valparaiso)
Filmmakers: Pat Wisniewski and Tom Desch
About the film: Trace one man's journey from sundown to sunrise as he and his family integrate an all-white Indiana town in 1968.
By breaking the color barrier, they also helped transform the town and place it on a trajectory of inclusion.
•April 14: “Hometown Media” (featuring Hagerstown)
Filmmaker: Ryan Gleeson
About the film: Follow a week in the life of a small-town newspaper in Wayne County, Indiana, for a look at how rural journalism is practiced today and why it matters.
•April 21: “Raised in Contrast” (featuring Lebanon)
Filmmaker: Chad Perdue
About the film: A look at the experiences of mixed-race and non-white Hoosiers who live in rural and suburban communities.
•April 28: “The EarthKeepers” (featuring Bloomington)
Filmmakers: Mitch Teplitsky and Gabriel Lantz
About the film: In southern Indiana, a married couple decide to leave academia to start a composting business—employing ex-offenders along the way.
Now they're on a mission to avert a looming waste crisis in Indiana.
The fifth film, “Larry From Gary,” is being submitted to film festivals and will be released online in late 2020.
The digital film festival will be held on Indiana Humanities’ Facebook page. Learn more, and watch a trailer of all the films, at IndianaHumanities.org/Films.
Takes third
East Jay Middle School student Aubrey Millspaugh, daughter of Tim and Kristen Millspaugh, Portland, recently took third place the Indiana North Optimist essay scholarship contest based on a theme of “Is Optimism the Key to Achieving the Dreams You Imagine?”
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