The Rotary Club of Indianapolis will NOT be meeting on July 5. Have a safe and happy holiday! Be sure to join us for our first meeting at the Murat Shrine on Tuesday, July 12.
Month: June 2022
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June 28: Celebration Dinner & Fundraiser
Our club will NOT be meeting for lunch on June 28. Instead, we hope you’ve purchased your tickets for the Celebration Dinner, which will be a delightful opportunity to gather and celebrate the Rotary year.
Tickets are still available for the dinner. Tickets must be purchased by Friday, June 24 by 11 a.m. on Square. The public is welcome and encouraged to join us for this spectacular night.
Location: Tinker House Events, 1101 East 16th. Street, Indianapolis, 46202
Cocktail Hour Sponsored by Gregory & Appel: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and Program with Title Sponsor – Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana: 6:30 p.m.
After Party: The after party will take place at the Murat Shrine Oasis Lounge located at 510 N. New Jersey Street, Indianapolis. Registration is not required to attend the after party.
Please note:
– Onsite parking is free and the greenspace to the west of the building can be used for additional parking.
– If you have any special dietary restrictions that you have not alerted to staff, please email Jamie.
– Each guest will receive two drink tickets good for wine or beer or use both drink tickets for our specialty cocktail. Cash bar will be available.
– The silent auction is live and open until 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 28. Register and bid today! You do not have to attend the event to participate.THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS OF THE CELEBRATION EVENT:
Title:
Gleaners Food Bank of Central Indiana
Platinum:
Barnes & Thornburg
Bedel Financial
Gold:
Indianapolis Colts
RecycleForce & Keys2Work
Danny Danielson Award:
Stifel
Reception:
Gregory & Appel
Silver:
RJE Business Interiors
Schuetz Insurance Services
Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLP
Bronze:
Cape Fletcher & Associates
FCCI Insurance Group
Greenwalt CPAs
Paramount Schools of Excellence
Sutton Garten
People of Action:
Borshoff
Ramona Adams
Peggy Blackard
Larry Brodnik
Jenny Dexter
Tom Fisher
Stan Jacobs
Jeff Moffatt
David Stamper
Don Steffy -
July 5:31 Club – Guggman Haus
Join the Rotary Club of Indianapolis 5:31 Club at the Guggman Haus Brewing Co on Wednesday, July 6.
Who: Rotarians, friends, guests, and anyone wanting to learn more about Rotary.
What: No agenda, just the regular monthly social get-together.
When: July 6, from 5:31 pm till 7:00 pm, or whenever you can be there.
Where: 1701 Gent Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202 (The old stomping grounds of the Boyle Racing Headquarters on the northwest side of downtown Indianapolis.)
Other Details: Family and pet friendly. Free parking is available in the paved lot across the street. -
June 21: Constance Macy & Bill Simmons
Join us Tuesday to hear from Constance Macy the new artistic director of the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre and Bill Simmons the former artistic director for the “Passing of the Artistic Baton.”
Constance was recently named as the artistic director after serving on an interim basis since January. She is the theater’s third artistic director and first female in the role in its nearly 40-year history. She follows Bill Simmons, who had been serving in the role since 2018. Bill became the full-time major campaign director in January.
Constance Macy is the newly named Artistic Director of the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre. She is the third A.D. in the theatre’s 35-year history (following Bill Simmons & founder Bryan Fonseca) and the first woman to hold the title. She is a native Hoosier and has been an Indy-based theatre artist for more than 30 years. As a professional actor, she has appeared on regional stages such as Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company in Utah, Geva Theatre Center in Rochester NY, Syracuse Stage, Playmakers Rep in North Carolina, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Bloomington’s Cardinal Stage, Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, and the New Harmony Project, as well as the Phoenix where she last appeared as Margaret Sanger in The Pill by Tom Horan. She also puts her acting skills to good use at the IU Health Simulation Center, a training facility for IU’s Schools of Medicine and Nursing.
As a director/producer, she led the collective ensemble ShadowApe Theatre Company from 1998 to 2010, and has directed plays for Butler University, Anderson University, Franklin College, Summer Stock Stage and the Phoenix (Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs). She has taught acting at Butler University and spent 15 years with the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Summer Conservatory for Youth.
Constance is a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow (only 10 regional theatre actors from across the country are chosen for this honor each year), a two-time Arts Council of Indianapolis Creative Renewal Fellow, and was honored by the Indianapolis Foundation as an Indy Theatre MVP at their 100th Anniversary Celebration. She received her training at Indiana University Bloomington and in master classes through the years. Her teachers include David Hyde Pierce and the late great Olympia Dukakis.
Bill Simmons
A 1991 graduate of Indiana University with a double major in journalism and political science, Bill Simmons began his professional career as an arts administrator in 1993 as director of communications for Starlight Musicals Indianapolis. His arts administration career includes serving as director of development and marketing for the Madame Walker Theatre Center, director of development for the Indianapolis Art Center, an independent consultant for the Arts Council of Indianapolis, And from June 2018 until this January, he was a second Artistic Director of the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre.
While working for arts organizations in the late 1990s, he spent two years studying the Sanford Meisner Acting Technique (a style of American Method Acting), with Bloomington-based actor, director, and teacher Martha Jacobs. From 2002 until 2013, he was a teaching artist for the Indiana Repertory Theatre, and from 2008-2010, he was a guest lecturer in acting for dancers at Butler University.
On June 1, 2018, he was appointed artistic director of the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre. Prior to that time, Bill was capital campaign director for Phoenix Rising, a multi-million-dollar campaign to build the new 20,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Phoenix Theatre facility on the corner of Illinois Street and the Glick Peace Walk of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. As a professional actor, director, and acting instructor since the late 1990s, Bill has worked throughout Indiana, the Midwest, and New York.
He began his artistic relationship with the Phoenix in 1998 as a professional actor in an evening of Christopher Durang one-acts called Durang/Duran. His Phoenix acting career also includes August: Osage County, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, The Washington-Sarajevo Talks, The Nether, My Name is Asher Lev, The Action Against Sol Schuman, Seminar, Clybourne Park, North of the Boulevard, Rancho Mirage, On Clover Road, and (most recently) the world premiere of Love Bird, written by local playwright K.T. Peterson. In 2012, he made his professional directing debut at the Phoenix with Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles. As a director, he has guided the Phoenix world premieres of former Phoenix playwright-in-residence Tom Horan’s Typhoid Mary, The Acid Dolphin Experiment, and The Pill. His most recent Phoenix directing credits include The Hotel Nepenthe, The Children, and Vino Veritas.
From 2011-2015, he was a resident artist at Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan. His work there included world premieres of Carey Crim’s Some Couples May… and Wake as well as Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. In 2014, he began teaching the two-year Sanford Meisner Acting Technique through the Phoenix. In addition to professional theatre expertise, he has developed vital skills as an arts administrator during his tenures at the Madame Walker Theatre Centre (now Legacy Centre) in the 1990s and as director of development for the Indianapolis Art Center as it completed its campaign for the Michael Graves-designed facility and launched the campaign to build Graves’ ArtsPark sculpture and nature walk in 2002. He is a former board member of the Friends of Herron School of Art and the National New Play Network. He also is a two-time recipient of the Arts Council of Indianapolis’ Creative Renewal Fellowship.
All are welcome at Rotary programs. If attending in-person at Ivy Tech Culinary and Conference Center reservations and prepayment are appreciated, but not required. Register on Square at https://rotary-club-of-indianapolis.square.site/. Lunch will be available starting at 11:45 a.m. and the program runs 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
To join our meeting via Zoom starting at 12:15 p.m. go to https://zoom.us/j/710170874?pwd=bFE4ejJTc29IMlNzVmx1Wlg4MTA1UT09. While our Tuesday programs via Zoom are free to attend a suggested donation of $3 – $5 is appreciated in lieu of the typical room fee. These contributions help defray the cost of our hybrid meetings. Please note that donations to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis are not tax deductible. You can support our hybrid meetings at https://rotary-club-of-indianapolis.square.site/.
Meeting ID: 710 170 874
Password: 821795
If joining via a mobile phone for audio only click one of the following numbers:
+13126266799,,710170874#,,#,821795# US (Chicago)
+19292056099,,710170874#,,#,821795# US (New York)
You can also join us from a landline phone.
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 710 170 874
Password: 821795 -
2022 Celebration Event Sponsors
Thank you to the following sponsors of the 2022 Gleaners Food Bank of Central Indiana Celebration Event & Fundraiser:
Title:
Gleaners Food Bank of Central IndianaPlatinum:
Barnes & Thornburg
Bedel FinancialGold:
Indianapolis Colts
RecycleForce & Keys2WorkDanny Danielson Award:
StifelReception:
Gregory & AppelSilver:
RJE Business Interiors
Schuetz Insurance Services
Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves & Wagner, LLPBronze:
Cape Fletcher & Associates
FCCI Insurance Group
Greenwalt CPAs
Paramount Schools of Excellence
Sutton GartenPeople of Action:
Borshoff
Ramona Adams
Peggy Blackard
Larry Brodnik
Jenny Dexter
Tom Fisher
Stan Jacobs
Jeff Moffatt
David Stamper
Don Steffy -
June 14: Deonna Craig
Join us Tuesday to hear from Deonna Craig the President of The Eighteen Art Collective. The Eighteen is a collective of 18 like minded and civically engaged Black visual artists in and around the Indianapolis area. They promote awareness and engagement of the arts by supporting local organizations, providing community education and mentorship, exhibiting to the public and serving as a resource to other artists.
Deonna is the owner of Art by Deonna, an Indianapolis based visual artist and art instructor. She graduated from Cathedral High School and DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Sociology. Her eclectic spirit led her down various career paths from production assistant for the Jerry Springer talk show to Insurance Fraud Investigator. After 15 years in Corporate America, Deonna’s creativity and love for adventure caused her to pursue art full-time.
As an entrepreneur, Deonna is able to pursue her passions of community building, teaching, public speaking and visual art. Her artwork has been featured in various museums and galleries such as the Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis Art Center, and Indianapolis Children’s Museum. She is also a published artist with credits to dozens of outlets such as Forbes, Indianapolis Monthly Magazine, Carmel Monthly Magazine, Creative Mornings Indianapolis, NUVO, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Recorder, WTHR 13, WISH-TV 8, RTV 6, FOX 59, and PBS. Deonna is the 2021-2022 Visiting Artist at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum and the 2020-2021 Virtual Resident Artist at The Madam Walker Legacy Center. She also painted the Black Lives Matter mural on Indiana Avenue in 2020 with artists from the Eighteen Art Collective.
All are welcome at Rotary programs. If attending in-person at Ivy Tech Culinary and Conference Center reservations and prepayment are appreciated, but not required. Register on Square at https://rotary-club-of-indianapolis.square.site/. Lunch will be available starting at 11:45 a.m. and the program runs 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
To join our meeting via Zoom starting at 12:15 p.m. go to https://zoom.us/j/710170874?pwd=bFE4ejJTc29IMlNzVmx1Wlg4MTA1UT09. While our Tuesday programs via Zoom are free to attend a suggested donation of $3 – $5 is appreciated in lieu of the typical room fee. These contributions help defray the cost of our hybrid meetings. Please note that donations to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis are not tax deductible. You can support our hybrid meetings at https://rotary-club-of-indianapolis.square.site/.
Meeting ID: 710 170 874
Password: 821795
If joining via a mobile phone for audio only click one of the following numbers:
+13126266799,,710170874#,,#,821795# US (Chicago)
+19292056099,,710170874#,,#,821795# US (New York)
You can also join us from a landline phone.
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 710 170 874
Password: 821795 -
June 28: Celebration Event After Party
Come join us at the totally renovated Murat Shriners Bar following our annual Celebration Event honoring departing President Don and incoming President Jenny. Parking is free and we’ll have light snacks available. Beverages are available for purchase.
You’ll get a preview of the beautiful new dining room and adjoining bar where future meetings will be held in the Year of Dexter.
Murat Oasis Lounge, 510 N. New Jersey Street, Indianapolis, 46204
Tickets for the Celebration Event and Fundraiser can be purchased at https://rotary-club-of-indianapolis.square.site/
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June 7: Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership Service Project
Join us Tuesday to hear from Lynn Baldwin the Director of Operations for Goodwill’s Nurse-Family Partnership. The Nurse-Family Partnership empowers vulnerable first-time moms to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies. The Nurse-Family Partnership works by having specially trained nurses regularly visit young, first-time moms-to-be, starting early in the pregnancy and continuing through the child’s second birthday. Lynn will share with us about the organization and then we will participate in a club service project of packing tote bags filled with baby essentials for their new moms. This project is funded by the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation and organized by the Community Service Committee.
All are welcome at Rotary programs. If attending in-person at Ivy Tech Culinary and Conference Center reservations and prepayment are appreciated, but not required. Register on Square at https://rotary-club-of-indianapolis.square.site/. Lunch will be available starting at 11:45 a.m. and the program runs 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
To join our meeting via Zoom starting at 12:15 p.m. go to https://zoom.us/j/710170874?pwd=bFE4ejJTc29IMlNzVmx1Wlg4MTA1UT09. While our Tuesday programs via Zoom are free to attend a suggested donation of $3 – $5 is appreciated in lieu of the typical room fee. These contributions help defray the cost of our hybrid meetings. Please note that donations to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis are not tax deductible. You can support our hybrid meetings at https://rotary-club-of-indianapolis.square.site/.
Meeting ID: 710 170 874
Password: 821795
If joining via a mobile phone for audio only click one of the following numbers:
+13126266799,,710170874#,,#,821795# US (Chicago)
+19292056099,,710170874#,,#,821795# US (New York)
You can also join us from a landline phone.
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 710 170 874
Password: 821795