Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

General admission

"<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The Earthlings behaved at all times as though there were a big eye in the sky—as though that big eye were ravenous for entertainment.” - Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">On April 8th at 3:06 P.M., Indianapolis will be shrouded in darkness for three and a half minutes during The Great American Eclipse. Join us for our solar eclipse celebration “A Big Eye in the Sky.”  <span fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Spend the day at the community partner fair and a book discussion of <span fr-original-style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:italic;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;" style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:italic;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Cold Millions<span fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:0.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> by Jess Walter as part of our NEA Big Read programming. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Secure your spot and score a FREE copy of the book if you don't already own one – because great stories are universal! We will provide free viewing glasses from NASA, thanks to our friends at Visit Indy. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">More information to come soon. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">_____________________________________________________________________________________ <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">SCHEDULE OF EVENTS <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">10:00 A.M. - Museum Opens<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">1:00 - 2:00 P.M. - The Cold Millions Book Discussion<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">2:00 - 3:00 P.M. - Literary Festival<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">3:00 - 3:30 P.M. - Eclipse Viewing<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">3:30 P.M. - Museum Closes

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name, Thank you for signing up to be part of our solar eclipse celebration A Big Eye in the Sky! 📭   at 543 Indiana Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA⌚   On <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{date-variable-ae68878e-db74-48b1-b9ac-3fc25b996bf2}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Date SCHEDULEKVML opens at 10 A.M. Admission is free. Starting at 1 P.M., we will have our The Cold Millions discussion hosted by KVML Curator Chris Lafave. At 2 P.M., our community partner fair begins on the second floor. At 3 P.M., we invite you out onto our balcony or parking lot to watch the solar eclipse. Solar eclipse sunglasses will be available for free courtesy of our friends at Visit Indy. At 3:30 P.M. KVML will close to set up for our evening event.  FREE BOOKTo pick up your free copy of The Cold Millions by Jess Walter, stop by KVML during open hours. Show your confirmation email for one of our NEA Big Read programs to staff and they will give you your free copy. Copies will also be available at the event. PARKING Parking is first come, first serve. KVML’s parking encompasses the south side of the building and wraps around behind the building. All parking is free and open except for staff parking which will be marked off with orange cones. There is a parking lot next door to our lot that will also be available. The Indiana State planning guide for the Eclipse recommends accounting for congested traffic the day before, the day of, and the day after the eclipse (come early; stay late).<a href="https://www.in.gov/dhs/solar-eclipse-2024/planning/#Safety_Messaging_for_Drivers" target="_blank"> Check out their planning guide here to ensure you travel safe</a>. If you haven’t already, sign up for our future NEA Big Read events at <a href="http://kvml.org" target="_blank">kvml.org</a>. Our next Big Read events is KVML x Carmel Clay Public Library: The Cold Millions Book Discussion on April 11th and Cesar Chavez: Film and Lecture on Latino Labor Rights on May 16th.  As we look forward to our upcoming event, we invite you to further support our mission of free speech and common decency by donating. Your contribution enables us to build upon our programs for students, veterans, teachers, and lifelong learners like you. You can donate at <a href="http://kvml.org/donate/" target="_blank">kvml.org/donate/</a>. We appreciate your support.  KVMLinfo@vonnegutlibrary.org(317) 423-0391 543 Indiana AvenueIndianapolis, IN46202 Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10 - 6 P.M.

"The Earthlings behaved at all times as though there were a big eye in the sky—as though that big eye were ravenous for entertainment.” - Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan On April 8th at 3:06 P.M., Indianapolis will be shrouded in darkness for three and a half minutes during The Great American Eclipse. Join us for our solar eclipse celebration “A Big Eye in the Sky.”  Spend the day at the community partner fair and a book discussion of The Cold Millions by Jess Walter as part of our NEA Big Read programming. Secure your spot and score a FREE copy of the book if you don't already own one – because great stories are universal! We will provide free viewing glasses from NASA, thanks to our friends at Visit Indy. More information to come soon. _____________________________________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 10:00 A.M. - Museum Opens1:00 - 2:00 P.M. - The Cold Millions Book Discussion2:00 - 3:00 P.M. - Literary Festival3:00 - 3:30 P.M. - Eclipse Viewing3:30 P.M. - Museum Closes

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

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A Big Eye in the Sky: Solar Eclipse Celebration

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library 543 Indiana Ave

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