Irving Theater | Indianapolis

the Irving Theater | 5505 East Washington Street | Indianapolis

Segment of Society Productions presents

Songwriter's Circle
KALO (Indianapolis)
Jake Walker (Indianapolis)
Sukie Conley (Carmel)
Megan Maudlin (Columbus)

Friday, January 27th | 8:00pm | free ($5 suggested)

KALO is a soulful, bluesy, rock acoustic duo. The dynamic pair consists of Kara Cole and Alan Long. These two have only been playing music together for a little over a year. High school mates several years apart, reconnected after graduating. When making the decision to work together they were both uneasy about how it would work out. It wasn’t long after their first practice that they knew that they had something so different than they had ever had. They are pumped about whats to come in the near future! Spread the word, spread the ((love)).

Jake Walker has been playing guitar, singing, and songwriting for over 20 years. He has been featured on Fox 59, the Mosaic Art show, work for the Lebanon Arts Council, appeared on radio shows in Brownsburg and Shelbyville, and has been a featured artist at Starbucks in Irvington. He also plays wedding ceremonies, and has a beautiful acapella acoustic version of the Bridal Chorus and the Bridal March.

The singer/songwriter Sukie Conley was born and raised in the Midwest. During the summer of 2008, she picked up a friend's guitar that was left in her home and began playing, exploring the ranges of her voice, and writing her own songs. A few years later, she decided it was time to start taking her music outside the confines of her living room couch and let others in on the fun. Sukie’s work seeks a sound that is constantly revelatory and at the same time familiar and real. The result is a growing body of relentlessly original songs. To listen to Sukie's songs is to walk around inside of them and come out feeling at home and refreshed. Strong, beautiful, clear, coy, and curious vocals paired with creative, confident fingerpicking and fretwork are what sets her pieces apart. Her first EP, titled Part 1: Home, was released December 2011.

Megan Maudlin is a Folk/Rock artist with powerful pipes and honest, soul-baring songwriting.

Next Songwriter's Circle - Friday, February 24th

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the Irving Theater welcomes
Signs of Life:
The Essence of Pink Floyd LIVE

Saturday, January 28th | 8:00pm | $17 / $20 (DOS)

Signs of Life: The Essence of Pink Floyd concert captures the mood, emotion, and excitement of a Pink Floyd Show. Six multi-talented musicians and 2 dynamic female vocalists, 4 lighting, video and audio technicians that are dedicated to reproducing the vast and spacious Pink Floyd "essence" - arguably one of the most musically accurate Pink Floyd Tribute concerts anywhere. Every Signs of Life show utilizes authentic sound effects, engaging video and dynamic lighting effects to recreate the classic Pink Floyd feel. Each show features well-known Floyd favorites in addition to lesser known gems - our extensive set list includes selections from every Floyd album ever produced. We can guarantee that concert-goers will never see the same show twice!

Segement of Society Productions presents
Girlyman
Edie Carey

Tuesday, February 7th | 8:00pm | $14 ($16 DOS)

Can the members of Girlyman read each other's minds? Sometimes it seems so. Onstage they often finish one another's sentences or burst into improvised three-part ditties so tight they seem rehearsed. Truth is, the Atlanta-based trio has had years to develop this rapport. Doris Muramatsu and Tylan Greenstein became best friends in second grade. The two met Nate Borofsky in college at a talent show, and since then they've been creating their own unique language of three-part harmony. Informed by 60s vocal groups like Simon & Garfunkel and The Mamas and the Papas, and infused with years of classical and jazz training, Girlyman's songs are a dance of melody and suspensions - an irresistible blend of acoustic, Americana, and rock The Village Voice calls "really good, really unexpected, and really different."

“Accidental Poet,” one of Edie Carey's earliest songs, describes a particularly eloquent friend, but could just as easily refer to Carey herself and the circuitous and serendipitous route that led her to become one of the country's most notable young songwriters. Somehow, all of the seemingly unrelated turns – from her intention to become a doctor, to a tiny music room in the basement of a Morningside Heights' chapel, to a year in Italy – managed to steer her towards music.

the SPIRIT Paranormal Investigation Research & Intervention Team presents
SPIRIT Academy Class
learn paranormal investigation

Friday, February 10th | 8:00pm to Midnight | $25

SPIRIT Academy is a combined effort between Marilene Isaacs, The H.I.T. Team (Haunted/Historic Investigations and Tours) and S*P*I*R*I*T (Spirit Paranormal Investigation Research & Intervention Team). You will be taught paranormal investigation. Each session will include classroom instruction and an investigation of the Irving Theater or other Irvington hot spots.

The cost will be $25.00 if you pre-register at the Irvington-Ghost-Tours-and-Soup-Shop (6 South Johnson Avenue) or by calling 317/525-7629. If you register the night of the investigation the cost will be $30.00.

Next Class - Friday, March 9th

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Indianapolis RHPS presents
Midnight Picture Show

USA 1975 | digital | Dir: Jim Sharman |100min | R

Saturday, February 11th | Midnight | 17+ | $6

This campy cult classic (which unfortunately, we can't name here, but you can watch the trailer over there) is the most popular midnight movie of all time. A corn-fed all-American couple stumbles onto a creepy castle one night when their car breaks down, entering a world they never dreamed existed. The castle turns out to be inhabited by a collection of kinky Transylvanian freaks led by a mad bisexual transvestite. The film gained notoriety as the most successful midnight movie ever, in which hundreds of cult fans show up in costume and act out scenes from the movie.

You are not allowed to bring your own props. Prop kits are available at the show. Prop kits including rice (during the wedding scene at the very beginning, throw yours in celebration), a newspaper (during the rain scene, keep dry), noise maker (during the creation speech, celebrate and MAKE SOME NOISE), toilet paper (when the doctor breaks through the lab wall, hurl your "scotts" tissue), and toast (make your toast during the birthday dinner...toss it), will be available at the show for $4. You are encouraged to come in costume. (We're offering a discount for those who do.)

Doors open at 11:00pm. Virgin sacrifice before the show. The movie begins at Midnight.

Next Midnight Picture Show - Saturday, March 10th

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Karmic Courage Productions presents
A Night of Indie Shorts

independent films:
Love Dance

USA 2012 | digital | Dir: Kate Chaplin | 12min | NR
Home Security

USA 2012 | digital | Dir: Kate Chaplin | 12min | NR
He Who Watches

USA 2012 | digital | Dir: Katie Toomey & Kylee Wall | 10min | NR
Leah Not Leia

USA 2011 | digital | Dir: Thomas A Johnson & Nathaniel Savidge | 23min | NR
and more

with music by:
Lowdowns

Friday, February 17th | 7:00pm | $7

Love Dance - A sexy comedy about a married couple who wanders into an adult store and might have gotten a little more than they bargained for. Written by Terry Shepard. Directed by Kate Chaplin. Stars: Rachel Illingworth, Joshua C. Ramsey and Eric T. Schroeder.

Home Security - Horror hits home as a security salesman tries to increase sales by breaking into people house to scare them. Written & Directed by Kate Chaplin. Stars: Emmanuel Carter, L.E. Bradford and Sarah Moore.

He Who Watches - a thriller by Pants Cannon Media. Written & Directed by Kylee Wall and Kathleen Toomey. Stars: Eric T. Schroeder, Sarah Hoback, and Angela Steele Bowers.

Leah Not Leia - A dark comedy about a baby girl born during the STAR WARS boom in 1977 who shares a similar name to a certain Jedi Princess that wasn’t allowed to wear underwear. Written by Kate Chaplin. Directed by Tom Johnson and Nate Savidge. Stars: Carrie Fedor, Joshua C. Ramsey, Liz Collar and Chris Spurgin.

Ready to Settle - After too many weird blind dates a young lawyer decides if she is ready to settle. Directed by Valerie Pierce. Stars: Andi Wilson and Cassandra Schomer.

Domestic Disturbing - a dark comedy by Gary Weeks.

Fertility 2.0 - A young couple falls prey to a socially- engineered Internet scam. Written & Directed by David Ross. Stars: Brian Boyd and L.E. Bradford. Liberty or Death Productions.

Funny Cat - a public service announcement or sorts about cats from El Cheapo Films. Written, Directed and Staring Dean Lee Devore.

Segment of Society Productions presents

Songwriter's Circle
Martine Locke (Indianapolis)
JenRose Fitzgerald (Kentucky)
Jerry Maulin (Columbus)
Michael Hayes (Indianapolis)

Friday, February 24th | 8:00pm | free ($5 suggested)

Australian singer/songwriter Martine Locke has never worked a 9 to 5 job. She has never worn a skirt to work. She has never had straight hair. She has never played the tuba.

She has had only one dream her entire life. To play music..

JenRose Fitzgerald is a Kentucky-based singer/songwriter with a soulful voice and eclectic writing style. Her songs display a motley mix of influences, with tinges of blues, country, folk, pop, jazz, and soul. Jenrose’s songs cover a wide range of musical and lyrical styles. The common thread that runs through all of her music is a passion for story-telling and an appreciation of the well-crafted song.

Jerry Maulin has been writing performing songs for almost twenty-five years now. As an early solo performer, he played around Texas in Kerrville, Austin, and Houston. During college, on a lark, he formed the Clodhoppers with his wife and another friend and promptly won third place at the school's gong show competition, beaten only by a pair of powerful sopranos. Bolstered by success, the group continued and played for several years in various configurations. The band finished up touring one step ahead of the law in 2007 and Jerry is now performing once more solo or with his wife, Hanna.

Next Songwriter's Circle - Friday, March 30th

accessABILTY presents
"The Body Extended"
USA 2011 | digital | Prod: Leigh Denoon |80min | NR

Thursday, March 1st | 7:00pm | $10

Please join us for an evening benefiting accessABILITY.

Come and enjoy live music, a light reception, a showing of the short film "The Body Extended", a silent auction and more - all in celebration of Disability Awareness Month.

accessABILITY, a non-residential place of action and coalition, works to help people with disabilities live as independently as they want and to improve their overall quality of life. We are in a unique position to do this, because the majority of our staff and board members are people with disabilities.

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the Irving Theater welcomes
Irvington First Friday

with music by:
onewayness
DREKKA
Faux Pas Quartet

with video by:
Joe Howard

and with art by:
TBA

Friday, March 2nd | 7:00pm to 10:00pm | free ($5 suggested)

onewayness is Adam Holquist, an experimental electronic musician from Erie, Pennsylvania. He uses hardware and software synths, spoken word and field recordings, and a variety of acoustic and electric instruments to create atmospheric compositions which draw influence from vintage Berlin-school electronic music, minimalism, post-rock, and contemporary electronic 'listening music'.

DREKKA is the work of Michael Anderson, along with an occasional rotating cast of characters primarily drawn from the Day2 Alliance (a community and collective of artists, labels, musicians and filmmakers which has been creating experimental folk and skewed pop masterpieces for almost a decade).

Faux Pas Quartet is a free form improvisation ensemble whose sole purpose is the spontaneous expression of the unconscious. The resulting music, quite literally, comes from the same stuff of which dreams are made. Archetypes of the psyche rising unfettered through the medium of the unconscious and becoming manifest in the share conscious reality. The music is soothing, agitating, floating, rhythmic, funny, scary, sad, angry, melodic and atonal. Relax, open up and take the time to flow with the music. Above all, give yourself permission to explore the irrational.

Next Irvington First Friday - Friday, April 6th

Segement of Society Productions presents
Callaghan
The Yellow Kites

Thursday, March 8th | 8:00pm | $8

In the Summer of 2010 Callaghan packed up her life in London and moved to Atlanta to record with Grammy Nominee Shawn Mullins. Mullins had heard her music online. After being knocked out by her voice and songs, he agreed to produce her debut album.

Callaghan performs live on piano and guitar. Her music blends the sounds of Folk, Americana and Pop. Her rich and haunting vocals are regularly compared to Sarah McLachlan and Emmy Lou Harris.

In the UK she was a regular at London’s top singer-songwriter venues, The National Theatre and Ivy Club. Since making her home in the USA she has played shows and festivals across 21 states, opened Shawn’s US tour, secured TV and Radio appearances and been in the studio recording her debut album.

That album, Life in Full Colour, was completed in June. A limited 1,000 edition preview release of the record sold out within a couple of weeks of being offered to Callaghan’s fans through her website and at shows.

The Yellow Kites are Kendall Ludwig (Indianapolis folk-rock artist and from the U.S. band, The Stories of Clockwork) and Erina Ludwig (guitar and vocals). The husband and wife duo have brought together the sounds of classic folk from America to Ireland to East Africa. From upbeat humour-laden songs to those with reflective lyrics played out in their voices and interwoven with the dulcimer and guitar; their music has brought much needed diversity in a heavily saturated scene.

The band’s name comes from the feeling you get when wind tickles your bare arms on an autumn day. This coupled with the laughter of children playing and a love for the colour yellow, The Yellow Kites simply hope to reintroduce the love of music, sound, life and people back into places where it’s gone missing.

The Yellow Kites have played shows in London, Indianapolis and Pohang, South Korea and has just finished their first album.

the Irving Theater welcomes
Montana Skies
cello.guitar.fusion

Wednesday, March 21st | 7:30pm | $12 / $15 (DOS)

With the full spectrum of an orchestra and the energy of a rock band, Montana Skies' music thrills with a sound much bigger than any two instruments should rightfully produce. This eclectic duo utilizes amplified acoustic instruments with a modern twist. By fusing traditional sounds with new technology, they generate music with multiple layers, textures and rhythm...and it’s all created live! In concert the duo delves into music from Pink Floyd to Vivaldi, as well as their own, award winning, originals that have been featured everywhere from NPR to the Travel Channel. Montana Skies’ touring has taken them all across the US, Canada and to Asia and Russia.

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