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Axios
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
IBE Summer Celebration season returns to Indianapolis
The marquee event of Indiana Black Expo's programming is back to celebrate the summer and promote unity within the Circle City. Why it matters: IBE's Summer Celebration is the largest annual fundraiser for the statewide nonprofit and an Indianapolis staple that has welcomed crowds for more than five decades. How it works: Proceeds generated by the event pay for year-round initiatives related to education, business development, community learning, performing arts, college scholarships and more. Since 1983, IBE has provided more than $5 million in college scholarships. The big picture: The gathering arrives just one weekend after a mass shooting occurred in downtown Indianapolis, hours after the city's Fourth of July fireworks. Two were killed and five were wounded in the shooting, sparking public safety changes and a proposal to extend the youth curfew in Marion County to get kids off the street two hours earlier each night. The Summer Celebration suffered its own gun violence when 10 people were hurt in separate downtown shootings during the 2010 festivities. What they're saying: Organizers and police are focused on making IBE's 2025 Summer Celebration safe. "It will take every sector — families, faith leaders, businesses, schools, elected officials and grassroots organizations — working side by side to rebuild the village it takes to raise and protect our children," IBE president and CEO Alice Watson said in a statement. Flashback: The first Indiana Black Expo gathering took place in 1971 and was inspired by the Rev. Jesse Jackson-led Operation PUSH exposition held in Chicago in 1969. Donny Hathaway, an NBA-ABA game and crowning the first Indiana Black Expo Queen were highlights of the inaugural Summer Celebration. If you go: The 2025 IBE Summer Celebration runs through July 20. The full list of events can be found here. Here are a few can't-miss standouts. 📽️ The Black Film Festival in IBE's Black Box Theater on Saturday will feature the premiere of IBE's "Telling Our Story: A Month Is Not Enough" documentary. 💼 Monday and Tuesday's Business Conference at the Indiana Convention Center will offer free workshops for small businesses on topics like preparation strategies for commercial loans and economic trends. 📚 Thursday's Education Conference is headlined by keynote speeches from Veritas Schools founder Brandon P. Fleming and Shaun Woodly, creator of the "Teach Hustle Inspire" movement. 🏆 The Pacers Sports & Entertainment luncheon on July 18 will honor people like Deniece Williams, Wendell Pierce, Chiney Ogwumike and Alfre Woodard. 🎵 outdoor concert returns to Carroll Stadium July 18 with Keith Sweat, SWV, Cameo, Deniece Williams and Christopher Williams taking the stage. 🩺 The Indiana Health Fair takes place from July 18-20 in the Indiana Convention Center, offering more than $4,000 worth of free health screenings. 🎤 DJ Kid Capri, Da Brat and Larenze Tate will be in the house for IBE's All White Affair Concert July 19 at the Indiana Convention Center.
UPI
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Famous birthdays for June 3: Deniece Williams, Anderson Cooper
Deniece Williams arrives on the red carpet at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 13 in New York City. The musician turns 74 on June 3. File Photo by Serena Xu Ning/UPI | License Photo June 3 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include: -- Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, in 1808 -- Automaker Ransom Olds in 1864 -- British King George V in 1865 -- Dancer/musician Josephine Baker in 1906 -- Actor Tony Curtis in 1925 File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI -- Poet Allen Ginsberg in 1926 -- Writer Larry McMurtry in 1936 -- Musician Curtis Mayfield in 1942 -- Actor Penelope Wilton in 1946 (age 79) -- Musician Deniece Williams in 1951 (age 74) -- Former U.S. first lady Jill Biden in 1951 (age 74) Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI -- Actor Scott Valentine in 1958 (age 67) -- Musician Kerry King (Slayer) in 1964 (age 61) -- Actor James Purefoy in 1964 (age 61) -- Musician Mike Gordon (Phish) in 1965 (age 60) -- Journalist/TV anchor Anderson Cooper in 1967 (age 58) File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI -- Writer John Hodgman in 1971 (age 54) -- Actor Hong Chau in 1979 (age 46) -- Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in 1980 (age 45) -- Tennis legend Rafael Nadal in 1986 (age 39) -- Actor Josh Segarra in 1986 (age 39) -- Actor Lalaine Dupree in 1987 (age 38) -- Actor Imogen Poots in 1989 (age 36) -- Actor Anne Winters in 1994 (age 31) -- Actor Louis Partridge in 2003 (age 22) File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI
