Entertainment

Muncie, IN—The 2017 outdoor concert season for America’s Hometown Band begins at Canan Commons on June 22, 2017, 7:30 pm when the AHB & the Reminisce Band get together once more to entertain Muncie folk with Pure Gold music faves. Tunes by chart-topping pop artists from the 50s to the 80s are set to liven up the night in downtown Muncie. The music and the dancing are all FREE. Lawn chairs & blankets + friends, family, & singing along are all encouraged. AHB conductors for the evening are acting AHB Director Will Frazier and AHB president Charles Routh. Original music…

By: Jennifer Johnson— Muncie, IN – Join the Muncie Symphony Orchestra for “Festival on the Green” on Saturday, June 10th, on the lawn of the Ball State University Quad/Arts Terrace.  Children’s activities beginning at 6 pm. with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra concert at 7 pm.  Inclement weather location is the Field Sports Building on the Ball State University campus. An anticipated annual tradition, “Festival on the Green” is free and open to the public.  The community is invited to bring picnics, chairs, blankets, etc., to enjoy the afternoon’s festivities which include the MSO Super Conductor contest, a picnic contest with…

By: Jama Kehoe Bigger— Muncie, IN—The 44th annual Midwest Writers Workshop (MWW) is set for July 20-22 at the L. A. Pittinger Student Center on the campus of Ball State University. The conference, geared to writers at all experience levels, offers an intensive genre-specific Thursday workshop followed by two additional days of classes and panels, plus networking opportunities and pitch sessions. “Every year we bring in about 30 of the most talented, successful faculty members we can find from around the country,” says MWW director Jama Kehoe Bigger. “Plus we book several New York City agents and editors who are associated…

By: Sam Condon— Muncie, IN—Discover how the Horticulture Department at Minnetrista is experimenting with new annual plants in the Orchard Trial Garden, during Tea & Talk: Trial By Flower, on Wednesday, June 7 from 3–4:30 p.m. “I would like to invite you to join Minnetrista at Tea & Talk to compare and contrast our favorite flowers, and to unearth your new found love for annuals,” said Lead Horticulture Specialist, James Edwards. “What will be the court’s decision in this trial by flower? You be the judge.” “Planting annuals in your garden gives you a chance to do something new this…

By: Mike Rhodes— MuncieJournal.com does not have an app, but you really don’t need one to add it to your iPhone or iPad. 60 percent of our users view MuncieJournal.com on a mobile device. Here’s a really quick video to illustrate how you can add MuncieJournal.com to your phone, for super-easy access. It works just like an app, and is a very convenient way to view MuncieJournal.com stories on your mobile device. It takes about 30 seconds to do this. I use this method every day and have installed MuncieJournal.com on about 10 devices in the last week for some…

Muncie, IN—The 2017 Delaware County Fair Queen Pageant is Saturday July 8 at 7pm. The pageant will be held in the Northside Middle School Auditorium in Muncie, Indiana. The Delaware County Fair Board requires all contestants register by Monday, June 26, 2017. Registration must include a sponsor fee of $100.00. For questions or concerns, contact: Pam McCammon – 765-744-4067, Lynde Bratton – 765-748-0189, or Jon Sipes – 765-730-3356 Entrants may click on this link to go immediately to the online application. Make checks payable to the Delaware County Fair Board. Rules Miss Delaware County Fair Queen will be given a…

By: Shelley Shekell— The weekly lunchtime event is sponsored by LifeStream Services Muncie, IN – Muncie Downtown Development Partnership (MDDP) and LifeStream Services will host Foodie Fridays every Friday from June 2-July 28, 2017. Food trucks, activities for children, and live entertainment  will take place on these days from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Canan Commons. Attendees are invited to spend their lunchtime relaxing in the park with friends and family, enjoying the outdoors and weekly entertainment. Attendees can bring their own brown bag lunch, purchase lunch from rotating on-site vendors, or grab lunch to go from a DWNTWN eatery. Seating is…

By: Brittani Richards— Muncie, Ind. – Bring the kids and celebrate Thrive’s 1st anniversary of their Morrison Branch. Thrive Community Kids Day will take place Saturday, June 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy ice cream, outdoor activities and live remote music with WLBC. Delaware County community members are invited to the free event that will take place outside the Morrison branch, 3360 N Morrison Rd. in Muncie. The event will feature bounce houses, face painting, sand art with the Muncie Children’s Museum, and a kids bubble zone. The first 250 people will receive free ice cream from the Barking…

By: Nancy White— “Grandma, what do you and your friends do with all your quilts?” asked my granddaughter. The 32 members of Muncie Quilters Guild that I asked have made a total of 5 king-sized, 14 queen-sized, 14 regular-sized, 11 twin-sized, 42 throws and 35 baby quilts in the last 2 years. Most of these quilters have made quilts for themselves or their family and friends for wedding, graduation and birthday gifts. Some sell a few quilts or wall hangings. The second most number of quilts made by guild members is to give away. These quilts go to the police…