Sit hunched over the same kind of typewriter Kurt Vonnegut pecked away on, next to his famous red rooster lamp. See Vonnegut's drawings and doodles including Kilgore Trout and the author's actual typewriter, reading glasses, Purple Heart, one of his infamous packs of Pall Mall cigarettes and other belongings generously shared by his family. View photos from family, friends and fans that reveal the man as he lived: lounging, laughing and languidly contemplating the universes inside his head.
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Looking for things to do? Our newsletter has the best concerts, art, shows and more — and the stories behind them. The second-floor decoration is stretched out on the wall with colorful lights lining its borders. This is actually the tiger's second life. The dark comedy chronicles the tale of a rich soldier and hunter who rose to fame killing people and then returns to New York and a life that's grown antithetical to his beliefs.
The play spent a brief stint on Broadway in before the author asked his friend Richard Auldon Clark, a Butler University music professor, to fashion it into an opera. It premiered Sept. Fans of the old Vonnegut museum will recognize some favorites. The author's original typewriter will be mounted into the wall, and a replica of his desk, which is famously so uncomfortably low to the ground that you wonder how he wrote even a sentence.
On display near the "Slaughterhouse-Five" exhibit are his Purple Heart and an unopened letter. Vonnegut's father wrote him the letter while he was serving in World War II but wasn't able to get it to him until he returned home. The author never opened it, Whitehead said, and passed it on to his son, Mark Vonnegut, who lent it to the museum and asked that no one ever read it.
In the future, visitors will find new exhibits — like one that unites Vonnegut's love of jazz and Indiana Avenue's history with the art form — and interactive activities, Whitehead said. The money will finish off the "Slaugherhouse-Five" exhibit and related programming. Rosewater cafe, which is being planned by Bluebeard owner Edward Battista.
Along with a menu influenced by the restaurant, it will serve Amelia's bread and pastries.
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