Arts & CultureFriday, November 6
VonnegutFest brings Jordan Klepper and a new Tralfamadore exhibit to Indianapolis Nov. 7-11
The Daily Carmel team
If you want a weekend of comedy and books, VonnegutFest runs Nov. 7-11, mostly at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, 543 Indiana Ave. The festival opens with the Night of Vonnegut gala Saturday, where "The Daily Show" correspondent Jordan Klepper gets the 2026 Kurt Vonnegut Humor Award.
VonnegutFest packs five days of events into Nov. 7-11
- Nov. 7Night of Vonnegut gala, where Jordan Klepper gets the Humor Award
- Nov. 8"So It Goes" Journal release at 1 p.m.; Cristiana Pegoraro plays at 6 p.m.
- Nov. 10Yin Yoga at 4 p.m., then a "Loveability" discussion at 5:30 p.m.
- Nov. 11Tralfamadore exhibit opens at 10 a.m.; youth writing program at 11 a.m.
Source: WISHTV8
- Gala: Sat., Nov. 7, at Indianapolis Public Library's Central Library
- Cost: many events are free, others need tickets
- Full schedule and tickets: Vonnegutlibrary.org
New this year is Tralfamadore: An Immersive Slaughterhouse-Five Experience, opening at 10 a.m. Wed., Nov. 11. Purdue engineering students from the EPICS program built animatronics and other elements for it, and the schedule also includes a Sunday author talk and a youth writing program.
About 2 yearsthe museum worked with Purdue undergraduates on the exhibit
The students, from West Lafayette and Indianapolis, read and studied Vonnegut and learned about professional museum-visitor experience, Mirror Indy reports.
Source: Mirror Indy
Sources: WISHTV8, Fox 59, Mirror Indy