Spring 2006 Meeting
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General
Information
Date: 8–9 April 2006
Location: Courtyard by Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
Hosted by Butler University -- Jordan College of Fine Arts, Indianapolis,
Indiana
Local Arrangements: Prof. James
Briscoe, <jbriscoe@butler.edu>
Registration
As always, registration for Chapter meetings is free to members in good standing--just
fill out a registration form and pick up a nametag at the registration
table
outside the meeting room. You may join or renew your membership by paying annual
dues to the Chapter treasurer at this time as well. Visit our membership and dues
pages for more information.
Accommodations
Rooms are available
at the conference hotel site, the Courtyard by Marriott Indianapolis
Downtown, 501 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Call (317) 635-4443 or (800) 321-2211 for reservations
(mention "AMS"). Rooms at a special $99 rate are being held until March 15 (outdoor pool, exercise room, free continental breakfast, free parking, and free highspeed internet). Click here for maps and driving directions.
About ten blocks east of the conference site, less expensive rooms ($79 plus tax) are available at The Days Inn Downtown, 401 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Call (317) 637-6464 for reservations before March 15 (mention AMS). Exercise room, free parking, free highspeed internet, and free continental breakfast are included in room rate. Click here for maps and driving directions.
After March 15, hotel rooms subject to availability and possibly at higher rates.
Travel
By Air
About ten airlines serve the Indianapolis International Airport; contact your preferred vendor for particular information. Taxis from the airport to the conference hotels will cost $20-25 each way, and a shuttle $10 each way. For specifics see http:// <http://toandfrom.org/airport/indiana.html/#IND> toandfrom.org/airport/indiana.html/#IND. The city bus costs $.75 or $1.00 during rush hours and works well enough, with a bit of a walk once downtown. Check at the Ground Transportation Center for schedules and stops. Having collected your bags, proceed just outside the terminal for a cab or to the Ground Transportation Center for a shuttle or city bus.
By Train (Amtrak) or Bus (Greyhound)
Trains to Indianapolis come and go at odd hours and are not recommended, regrettably. Express bus service, however, is available from major Midwest cities such as Chicago ($65 round-trip), Columbus, OH, Champaign-Urbana, IL, and Bloomington, IN. From the Greyhound terminal it is only a short cab ride to either meeting hotel..
Driving
Directions
Indianapolis, for decades and until recently the demographic center of the nation, is at the intersection of four interstate highways, I-69 northeast to Fort Wayne and Michigan, I-65 south to Louisville and north to Chicago (via I-90/94), I-74 west to Champaign-Urbana and southeast to Cincinnati, and I-70 west to St. Louis and east to Columbus, OH. Driving time from Chicago and Columbus is 3 1/2 hours, Urbana 3, St Louis 4 1/2, Cincinnati 2, and Ann Arbor or Bowling Green about 6 hours. See maps.
Parking
Free at conference hotels.
Conference
Sessions
All conference sessions will be held in the Courtyard by Marriott Indianapolis Downtown, 501 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Call (317) 635-4443 for information.
Session Times (see program for details)
Saturday, April 7
Optional Chapter Dinner (see below)
Saturday, April 8
Sunday, April 9
Cultural Attractions and Events
Go to www.aroundindy.com, scroll to the foot of the page, and seek pages 16-20. Or, you can move directly to specific websites as suggested below. The following events are recommended by local arrangements:
Then there’s another kaleidoscope of entertainment including live blues nightly at the Slippery Noodle Inn, since 1850 the oldest bar in Indiana (if at times sharing space now with a bordello, now with the Underground Railway); the Jazz Cooker café and live jazz; an IndySalsa Studio Party, the Crackers Comedy Club (nasty, delightful, a feeder for Second City in Chicago), or the Mystery Theatre at the Milano Inn, a well-done meal and interactive murder mystery. Most of these are close to the meeting hotels, and some are an easy stroll.
Chapter Dinner
Local Arrangements suggests meeting for dinner at a downtown restaurant for those who can arrive in time. If you'd like to join the 7:30 party, notify Jim at jbriscoe@butler.edu.
Restaurants close to the meeting hotels (* denotes $10-15 entrées)
Also see www.emilyandchristopher.com/restaurants/ or, blandly, www.usrg.com
The Massachusetts Avenue corridor, just north of the Days Inn
Day’s Inn 4 blocks south and well worth the trip:
Circle Center Mall and immediate vicinity, 4 blocks to either hotel
Links
Indianapolis travel information — Indianapolis.com.
Weather
Expect unpredictable spring weather. Temperatures can range from freezing
to warm.
Local Arrangements
Please extend our sincere thanks to Professor James Briscoe of Butler University for his hospitality.
Further details about the Spring meeting will be added as they become available.
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