The Spirit and Place festival kicks off Thursday. The 10-day event will bring together more than 100 cultural organizations to present a wide variety of performances, discussions and displays centered around the theme “nourish”.

The Spirit & Place Festival will present "Outside the Boxes: Challenging Labels Attached to Justice Involved Individuals," as one of several events this year.

A local nonprofit's monthly community dialogue exploring topics around race and racism recently received $10,000 for its innovative approaches to serving the community.

The Spirit & Place Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The 10-day festival brings arts, humanities and religion together -- in a variety of programs, performances and conversations. While usually experienced in person, this year's Spirit & Place is going virtual for most of its events.

Last year, Indianapolis was one of several U.S. cities selected to host a dialogue series aimed at improving civic relationships.

The Spirit & Place dialogue series called "Powerful Conversations on Race" uses passages from a reading list created after a white supremacist shot nine black bible study members in their Charleston, South Carolina church two years ago.