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SUMMARY:Herron-Morton  - LGBTQ+ Life in the Heart of Indianapolis
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person lecture at the Central Library's Indi
 anapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) to explore Herron-Morton Place\, 
 a historic neighborhood and central hub of LGBTQ+ life in Indianapolis..\n
 https://indianapolis.libnet.info/event/16140680
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="color: #808080\;"><strong>Exp
 anding Our Story:&nbsp\;</strong></span><span style="color: #808080\;"><st
 rong>LGBTQ+ History &amp\; Herron&ndash\;Morton Place&nbsp\;</strong></spa
 n></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">From the mid-1970s through the l
 ate 1980s\, a period following the Civil Rights Movement\, when queer comm
 unities transformed space into cultural sanctuaries and enclaves of resist
 ance\, <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://indyencyclopedia.or
 g/herron-morton-place/" style="color: #0000ff\;"><span style="color: #0000
 ff\;">Herron-Morton Place</span></a></span> served&nbsp\;as a site of comm
 unity-building\, cultural production\, often clandestine political organiz
 ing\, and urban revitalization. Join us in person at the Central Library i
 n the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) to explore Herron-Morto
 n Place\, a historic neighborhood and central hub of</span> <span style="c
 olor: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://indyencyclopedia.org/tag/lgbtq-community
 /" style="color: #0000ff\;">LGBTQ+ life in Indianapolis</a>.</span> <span 
 style="color: #000000\;">Made possible by a grant from</span>&nbsp\;<span 
 style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://www.clowesfund.org/" style="colo
 r: #0000ff\;">The Clowes Fund</a>.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #808
 080\;"><strong>Presented by</strong></span>: <span style="color: #000000\;
 ">Dr. Michael Baumann is an educator and poet with roots in Indianapolis i
 nstitutions\, including the Indiana Writers Center\, Marian University\, I
 ndiana Youth Group\, and Ivy Tech Community College. His research\, which 
 often explores identity and writing\, has appeared in periodicals such as 
 the</span><span style="color: #0000ff\;"> <em><a href="https://repository.
 rit.edu/jcws/vol9/iss1/9/" style="color: #0000ff\;">Journal of Creative Wr
 iting Studies</a></em>\,</span> <span style="color: #000000\;">the</span><
 span style="color: #0000ff\;"> <a href="https://journals.indianapolis.iu.e
 du/index.php/teachingwriting/article/view/26145" style="color: #0000ff\;">
 <em>Journal of Teaching Writing</em></a></span><span style="color: #000000
 \;">\, and</span><span style="color: #0000ff\;"> <a href="https://www.mdpi
 .com/2227-7102/12/6/407" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Education Sciences</
 em></a>.</span> <span style="color: #000000\;">Having performed across the
  country\, his poetry has been featured locally by the</span><span style="
 color: #0000ff\;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykze6ytQaq8" s
 tyle="color: #0000ff\;">Writers Guild at Bloomington</a> </span><span styl
 e="color: #000000\;">and</span> <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="ht
 tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl6IMpVswjc" style="color: #0000ff\;">InKY</
 a>\,</span><span style="color: #000000\;"> and most recently as poet in re
 sidence with The Learning Tree (a local nonprofit) and with Indiana Univer
 sity&rsquo\;s</span> <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://www.r
 sa-exhibit.org/michael-baumann" style="color: #0000ff\;">Religion\, Spirit
 uality\, and The Arts</a></span> <span style="color: #000000\;">grant.</sp
 an></p>\n<p><span style="color: #808080\;"><strong>Resources</strong></spa
 n>: <span style="color: #000000\;">This program will combine queer archiva
 l research\, oral histories\, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) bas
 ed digital humanities to make the patterns of this history visible.</span>
 </p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://indyencycl
 opedia.org/tag/lgbtq-community/" style="color: #0000ff\;">LGBTQ Community:
  Encyclopedia of Indianapolis</a></span></li>\n<li><span style="color: #00
 00ff\;"><a href="https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/the-michael
 -bohr-collection-of-the-indy-pride-chris-gonzalez-library-and-archives.pdf
 " style="color: #0000ff\;">The Michael Bohr Collection of the Indy Pride C
 hris Gonzalez Library and Archives</a></span></li>\n<li><span style="color
 : #0000ff\;"><a href="https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/mark-a
 -lee-lgbt-collection-1981-2014.pdf" style="color: #0000ff\;">Mark E. Lee L
 GBT Collection</a></span></li>\n<li><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href
 ="https://indypl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1304039738/2930140947" 
 style="color: #0000ff\;">Expanding Our Story: Reading List and Digital Col
 lections</a></span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="color: #808080\;"><strong
 >Age Group: </strong><span style="color: #000000\;">Adults</span></span></
 p>\n<p><span style="color: #808080\;"><strong>Location</strong></span>:&nb
 sp\;<span style="color: #000000\;">This program will be held in person in 
 the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) on the 6th floor of&nbsp\
 ;Central Library.</span></p>\n<p><strong><span style="color: #808080\;">Pa
 rking</span></strong>:&nbsp\;<span style="color: #000000\;">The Central Li
 brary has a parking garage available to patrons during their time there. G
 arage&nbsp\;pricing information is detailed</span><span style="color: #000
 0ff\;">&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.indypl.org/locations/central-library" s
 tyle="color: #0000ff\;"><span style="color: #0000ff\;">here</span></a>.</s
 pan>&nbsp\;<span style="color: #000000\;">The garage can be accessed on Pe
 nnsylvania Street.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #808080\;"><strong>C
 ontact</strong></span>:&nbsp\;<span style="color: #000000\;">Special Colle
 ctions Librarian</span> <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="mailto:isc
 r@indypl.org" style="color: #0000ff\;">Montoya Barker</a></span></p>\n<p><
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