Events

The Conflict Resolution Center reeived a grant to offer two trainings - Family Group Conferencing and Family Group Decision Making. CRC would recommend the first of these for those interested in learning whether or how to incorporate Conferencing Circles. This training is offered at no cost (donations accepted). The trainings are as follows:

March 19-20 Family Group Conferencing - 8:30-4:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., lunch is provided.

March 21-22 Family Group Decision Making - 8:30-4:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., lunch is provided.

The Richmond Art Museum presents the First Annual Phantoscope High School Film Festival. Young filmmakers from East Central Indiana and West Central Ohio will screen their films. One talented filmmaker will win the $500 cash prize.

The Richmond Art Museum is located at 350 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond. Call (765) 966-0256 for more information.

Whitewater Community Television will have it's annual meeting at 4 PM on Tuesday, March 27th, in its studios on the IU East campus. The event is open to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information, visit the WCTV website or call 765-973-8488.

The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at Indiana University East and Earlham School of Religion is pleased to announce that writer Dan Wakefield, an Indiana native, will be in Richmond on Thursday, March 29th and Friday, March 30th He will offer a series of writing workshops, and give a reading from his work. Friday, March 30th, from 1:30 to 4:00 in Whitewater 132 on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will screen New York in the Fifties, a film based on his memoir of the same name, and lead a question and answer period following the film. Friday, March 30th at 7 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will read from his book Returning: A Spiritual Journey. All events are free and open to the public.

The f.a.d.e.-IN film series presents "The Triplets of Belleville" (2003, France, directed by Sylvain Chomet, Rated: PG13).

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch, Bruno, team up with the Belleville Sisters - an aged song-and-dance team - to rescue him in this animated crowd-pleaser.

Richmond Art Museum, 350 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond. (765) 966-0256. $3 RAM members/students, $5 general public.

The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at Indiana University East and Earlham School of Religion is pleased to announce that writer Dan Wakefield, an Indiana native, will be in Richmond on Thursday, March 29th and Friday, March 30th He will offer a series of writing workshops, and give a reading from his work. Friday, March 30th, from 1:30 to 4:00 in Whitewater 132 on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will screen New York in the Fifties, a film based on his memoir of the same name, and lead a question and answer period following the film. Friday, March 30th at 7 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will read from his book Returning: A Spiritual Journey. All events are free and open to the public.

Every spring The Parks Department organizes clean-ups to give back a little to the parks that give so much to us. Please come out and help beautify the city you live in. You can make a big difference! Bring work gloves if you have them. Snacks and Lunch will be provided for all volunteers. Gorge & Greenway Clean Up, March 31st 8 a.m.-Noon. Meet at Bicentennial Park (corner of Sim Hodgin Pky. & Bridge Ave.) For more information, call the Richmond Parks Department at (765) 983-7275

Presented by Achieva Resources, formerly Green Acres & Landmark services, Saturday, March 31, 2007 @ Glen Miller Park. We will be hosting our 4th annual Disability Awareness 5k run/walk. Registration begins @ 10:15 and the activity will start @ 11:00 am. Prices for this event are; Adults $12, Kids 13 and under $10, and Achieva Consumers $ 5, price includes goody bag and t-shirt. To register for this amazing event you can go online to www.achievaresources.org or contact Mike Gross @765-966-0502. March is disability Awareness month and your support is greatly appreciated .

Actor and activist Peterson Toscano will perform "Doin' Time in the Homonomo Halfway House: How I survived the Ex-Gay Movement" at 8 PM in Goddard Auditorium on the campus of Earlham College. More information about the show can be found on its website, at homonomo.com.

The Richmond Art Works Tree Show to benefit the Cope Environmental Center runs from April 1 through 30, 2007. On Thursday, April 5 2007 from 5 to 7 PM, the opening reception and benefit auction will happen. For more information, visit the Richmond Art Works site.

The public is invited to join the Take Back the Night March on Thursday April 5, beginning at 6:30 PM on the "Heart," the center of Earlham College's campus. Take Back the Night is an internationally-held march and vigil with the purpose of unifying women, men, and children in awareness of sexual violence and other forms of violence against women, children and families. It is about taking a stand against violence and making the night safe for everyone. The march will proceed to the Richmond Municipal building, where around 7 PM, various speeches will be given and a vigil will be held. For more information, contact Action Against Rape at Earlham, at (765) 973-2759.

Richmond City Council Candidate Josh Williams will host a Town Meeting Saturday, April 14, to discuss issues affecting the community. Williams is running in the May 8th Democratic primary for an at-large seat on the Richmond Common Council.

The Town Meeting will convene at 11:00 a.m on Saturday at Charlie's Coffee Bar and Gallery, 416 North 10th Street, Richmond.

Williams, age 29, is a student at Indiana University East. He has twice been presented the "Disabled Student of the Year" award by the Community Council on Disability Awareness (CCDA). He is running "to be voice in our community that may not always be heard."