Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Built in 1994, The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center is a premier educational and public arts facility designed to house… Read More »Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center
Classical Music The earliest cultivators of “classical” or “serious” music were vocal groups, specifically church choirs and amateur singing societies. One of… Read More »Classical Music
Clowes Memorial Hall Built in the early 1960s at a cost of $3.5 million, its construction was made possible by major donations from… Read More »Clowes Memorial Hall
James R. Coe (Mar. 20, 1921-Feb. 26, 2004). James R. Coe was born James R. West in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. William McKinley Coe adopted… Read More »James R. Coe
Composers Even though Indianapolis is not known as a music center, it has been home to several noteworthy 20th-century composers, especially… Read More »Composers
Crazy Al’s Al Finch established Crazy Al’s, a restaurant and music venue, in 1973, at 5408 North College Avenue in what would… Read More »Crazy Al’s
Dance Bands Professional bands hired to perform for public and private social dances began to flourish in Indianapolis during the 1880s. Groups… Read More »Dance Bands
Dance Kaleidoscope Dance Kaleidoscope (DK) is Indianapolis’ longest-running modern dance company. of Indiana formed DK in 1972 to bring dance into the… Read More »Dance Kaleidoscope
Madelyn Pugh Davis (Mar. 15, 1921-Apr. 20, 2011) Madelyn Pugh Martin Davis is best-known as one of two principal writers for I Love… Read More »Madelyn Pugh Davis
Dramatic Club In 1889, 25 young women from the city’s leading families formed an amateur theatrical group called the Matinee Club. The… Read More »Dramatic Club