Entertainment

By Rachel Buckmaster, Assistant Director, David Owsley Museum of Art— MUNCIE, Indiana – The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, is inviting members of the Muncie community to apply for the Docent Learning Program. A docent is a volunteer trained to facilitate learning in the museum through a variety of activities and techniques. To learn more, attend an informational meeting on Wednesday, January 18 at 3:30 p.m. in DOMA’s Contemporary Craft Gallery on the third floor of the Fine Arts Building, 2021 Riverside Avenue. The docent program follows the Ball State semester calendar and meets most…

By Planetarium Staff— MUNCIE, IN—All planetarium programs are free of charge. No tickets or reservations are required for public planetarium shows.  Due to construction being done on the Cooper Science Complex, select parking and pathway access to the planetarium is blocked off. Plan to arrive early to safely navigate the area and arrive on time for the program. Visit the planetarium’s location and transportation webpage for up-to-date information.    January —Tour of the Winter Sky Fridays: Jan. 13, 20 at 6:30pm Saturdays: Jan. 14, 21 at 6:30pm The sky on cold winter nights has some of the brightest stars and the…

By Debra Roberts— MUNCIE, IN – Cornfed Roller Derby (CFRD), had their 10th season in 2020 cut short due to the pandemic, so they are picking back up where they left off with Season 10v.2. Cornfed Roller Derby will hold their Season 10v.2 home opener on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in the Memorial Building. CFRD will take on Naptown Roller Derby, from Indianapolis, Indiana in the first game of this doubleheader. The second game will be a beginner level mixer with newer skaters from Cornfed, Naptown, and other Indiana teams getting the opportunity to get…

By Mike Rhodes, Editor-in-Chief— To call the year 2022 an “interesting one” doesn’t do it justice. That’s why it’s important to go back and remember all that’s happened in the last year. Below you’ll find a special audio presentation produced by Woof Boom Radio’s news-gathering partners, Chris Davis and John Herrick at Network Indiana. You’ll hear all about the ramifications of Roe v Wade being overturned, the impact of inflation, and an arrest in one of Indiana’s criminal cases that dates back more than five years, just to name a few.            

By Katherine Huggler— MUNCIE, IN—The next performance from the Central Indiana Flute Choir, part of America’s Hometown Band, is set for 2 pm on Saturday afternoon, December 17th. This event is Free and open to the public. The venue is the Fine Arts Center of Heritage Hall School, located at 6401 W River Road, Muncie, IN – across from Grace Baptist Church. Parking on-site is free also. This unique presentation of seasonal music favorites comes from the choir’s flutes-of-many-sizes that produce the full range of ‘choir voices’ – from high soprano to low bass. Their assemblage of tiny, small, medium,…

By Dee McKinsey— Three Well-Known Indiana Bands to Perform in February  MUNCIE, IN – Mike Mulligan and Steam Shovel, from Kokomo, The Why Store from Muncie, and Pushing Daisy’s Band of Indianapolis, will perform in the E.B. Ball Auditorium at Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E. Main St. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 from 6 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. The high energy bands will play blues, rock and roll, and “heady funk.’ Mike Mulligan and Stream Shovel will play their version of rock and blues beginning at 6 p.m. until 7 p.m.; Pushing Daisy’s Band plays from 7:30 – 8:30…

By Erin K. Lovall— MUNCIE, IN—The East Central Neighborhood will have its annual Victorian Holiday Home Tour this weekend on December 10 from 4–8 PM and December 11 from 1–5 PM. There will be multiple homes on the tour, including the historic Emily Kimbrough home. Cider and cookies will be provided. You won’t want to miss the gingerbread house competition, which takes place inside the Emily Kimbrough home. Everything you need to build a gingerbread house will be provided. The winner of the gingerbread house competition will receive two home tour tickets.  Ticket for the neighborhood home tours may be purchased…

By Sheryl Swingley— MUNCIE, IN—The Muncie Central High School Alumni Association’s Memorabilia Room will be open to people attending Central home boys basketball games through January 2023. The Memorabilia Room will open 30 minutes ahead of each boys varsity game and will close after halftime. The room will be open on Saturday, Dec. 17; Wednesday, Dec. 21; and Tuesday, Dec. 27. In 2023, the room will be open on Friday, Jan. 6; Friday, Jan. 13; and Friday, Jan. 20; Jan. 28; Saturday, Feb. 8; and Tuesday, Feb. 14; Graduation classes organizing reunions and interested in including a visit to the…

By Michelle Kinsey— MUNCIE – Muncie Civic Theatre invites you to gather family and friends and head downtown for the delightful holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” on the main stage through Dec. 23. In fact, the theater – wait for it – triple dog dares ya to go. Based on the hit holiday movie, “A Christmas Story” finds Ralphie in pursuit of his Christmas Dream of getting a Red Ryder BB gun. Based on humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in Indiana in the 1940s (which became a must-see holiday film) follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to…