Join the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library (KVML) on our Vonnegut USA Tour - this time in Northern Virginia - where you can spend an afternoon exploring free speech and common decency and discussing future initiatives that will further expand our impact. The tour will take place at the home of hosts Jane and Greg […]

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library (KVML) invites you to our annual Night of Vonnegut gala in the year during which our theme is education. Our evening at the Madam Walker Theater, located directly across from KVML on historic Indiana Avenue, will be emceed by Vice Chair of the KVML Board Terrian Barnes and feature a […]

The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library invites you to an interactive discussion with Indiana authors on the state of censorship, its impact on the writer community, and how it affects the way they write. Our panelists include Maurice Broaddus, Mike Mullin, and other special guests.

Join KVML for a screening of The Right to Read, which shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. Enjoy free popcorn and our Bokonon Lounge bar. Thank you to The Right to […]

Join us for an LGBTQ+ Open Mic, celebrating the importance of diverse voices and perspectives in literature. Our featured author is the brilliant Robin Sinclair, who has also been a contributor in KVML’s literary journal So It Goes. Immerse yourself in a supportive and welcoming environment, where attendees can engage with and uplift current LGBTQ+ writers.

Join KVML for an evening with artist Trisha van Cleef, as she live paints. Before live painting, we'll screen the documentary Paul & Trisha – The Art of Fluidity, which follows the colorful life of well-known Gender Fluid British artists Paul Whitehead and his alter ego Trisha Van Cleef as they navigate their gender and artistic […]

The sixth of Oktober is German-American Day. It commemorates the founding of Germantown, PA in 1683. It was the first German settlement in America. Indianapolis attracted many Germans throughout the 19th century and they built and built their houses, stores, churches, and factories. Celebrating German American Day and Vonnegut's German Heritage with a special Walk […]

Join KVML and activist in residence Chad Heck for a book discussion on Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. Gender Queer: A Memoir is a graphic memoir following Kobabe’s exploration of gender identity and sexuality from adolescence to adulthood. It has been banned in 56 school districts between 2021 and 2022 according to PEN America

“High school is closer to the American experience than anything else I can think of. We have all been there (and while) there, we saw nearly every sign of justice and injustice, kindness and meanness, intelligence and stupidity, which we are all likely to encounter later in life.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Esquire 1970 Join the Kurt Vonnegut […]

The panel will include YA authors, an educator, and an ACLU representative. Attendees will gain a better understanding and awareness of the attacks on free speech through the restriction of books. Come listen, learn, and walk away with effective arguments to defend free speech and the circulation of books. The use of book bans in […]