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Lewis Black at KVML

November 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Comedian, playwright, and author Lewis Black will visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library on November 9, 2025, to share reflections on his lifelong journey as a writer and to view the unveiling of the Lewis Black Youth Comedy Writing Program. The museum will also reveal an exhibition of his writing life. 

Long before his rise to fame as one of America’s most insightful and sharp-tongued comedians, Black was a young writer finding his voice in school, where he first discovered the thrill of storytelling and the power of language to expose truth and absurdity. His passion for writing grew through college and graduate study in playwriting at the University of North Carolina and the Yale School of Drama, where he honed his distinctive blend of humor, intellect, and social critique. During his visit, Black will discuss how those formative writing experiences shaped his creative life and how, like Kurt Vonnegut, he continues to use wit and words to challenge convention and illuminate the human condition.

Details

Venue

  • Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
  • 543 Indiana Avenue
    Indianapolis, IN 46202 United States     + Google Map
  • Phone (317) 423 - 0391

Kathi Badertscher, PhD

Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Kathi Badertscher, PhD, is Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Dr. Badertscher teaches a variety of BA, MA, and doctoral courses, including Applying Ethics in Philanthropy and History of Philanthropy. She has participated in several Teaching Vonnegut workshops and is a member of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. Dr. Badertscher has been a guest speaker on ethics in philanthropy, including at the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners – Indianapolis Council; Association of Fundraising Professionals – Indiana Chapter; and Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. In 2019 she received IUPUI Office for Women, Women’s Leadership Award for Newcomer Faculty. In 2019 and 2020 she received the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Graduate Teaching Award.
Dr. Badertscher’s publications include “Fundraising for Advocacy and Social Change,” co-authored with Shariq Siddiqui in Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, 5th ed., 2022; “Insulin at 100: Indianapolis, Toronto, Woods Hole, and the ‘Insulin Road,’ co-authored with Christopher Rutty, Pharmacy in History (2020); and three articles in the Indiana Magazine of History: “A New Wishard Is on the Way,” “Evaline Holliday and the Work of Community Service,” and “Social Networks in Indianapolis during the Progressive Era.” Her chapters on social welfare history will appear in three upcoming edited volumes on the history of philanthropy, including “The Legacy of Edna Henry and Her Contributions to the IU School of Social Work,” Women at Indiana University: Views of the Past and the Future, edited by Andrea Walton, Indiana University Press, 2022 (forthcoming). Dr. Badertscher is also the Philanthropy and Nonprofits Consulting Editor for the forthcoming Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, edited by David J. Bodenhamer and Elizabeth Van Allen, Indiana University Press, 2021. Dr. Badertscher is an active volunteer in the Indianapolis community. At present, she is a Coburn Place Safe Haven Board Member and a Children’s Bureau/Families First Brand and Marketing Advisor. Dr. Badertscher holds the MA in History from Indiana University and the MA and PhD in philanthropic studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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