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Muncie, IN—Breathe in the spring air and find market-fresh produce at Farmers Market at Minnetrista! The Outdoor Market begins May 7, and takes place from 8 a.m. to noon, every Saturday through October. “Outdoor market is a great time to spice up your life with a variety of fresh produce,” said Farmers Market Coordinator Rosemary Tankersley. “Come often and learn about the many different varieties of produce that are offered throughout the season, and don’t forget, this food is as real as it gets; fresh from the farm!” While you’re finding fresh ingredients for your cooking and canning recipes on…

By: Tracy Dishman— Muncie, IN – Long before Downtown Abbey mesmerized audiences, Carmen flirted with Don José. Figaro married Susanna. And ‘Butterfly’ deeply loved Lt. Pinkerton. Join the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and guests for “Night at the Opera”, Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Emens Auditorium. Tickets start at $20 for adults in advance and $5 for youth, K – 12. Contact the Emens Box Office at 765.285.1539 or visit munciesymphony.org. “’Night at the Opera’ is basically opera’s greatest hits. We’ll have overtures, solo arias, duets, and the largest opera chorus in the land with the Masterworks Chorale and Ball…

By: Ball State Division of Strategic Communications— Ball State University’s Matt Chappell has seen it time after time. A fun afternoon in the backyard ruined by a mishap at the grill. Instead of eating perfectly cooked burgers, hot dogs and steaks, people spend a summer’s day in the emergency room being treated for burns. “Safety is all important when grilling food,” says Chappell, a hospitality and food management instructor at Ball State. “However, many people are in a rush to get the charcoal started and the food done. It just leads to tragic accidents.” The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates…

By: Andy Saxon— MUNCIE, Ind. – Masterworks Chorale has something very special in the works for this spring, and you’re invited. As their thirty-eighth season winds to a close, the local choral singing ensemble and their artistic director, Dr. Andrew Crow, plan to leave the audience on a high note with the event, Middletown USA. The May 14th event will kick-off the Delaware County celebrations honoring Indiana’s bicentennial at 7:30 p.m. in the Muncie Central High School auditorium, and tickets are free. The evening’s lineup will feature the world premiere performance of Middletown Chronicles: The Making of Middletown America, a…

Black Holes, Wormholes & the Movies Fridays | April 1, 8 @ 6:30 PM Saturdays | April 2, 9 @ 6:30 & 8:00 PM A place from which nothing can escape, not even light, is called a black hole. Once thought to be only a mathematical curiosity, astronomers now think they are real. The theory of relativity also predicts the existence of wormholes that connect different regions of the universe. Popular movies have shown black holes as places of great destruction and wormholes as a way for instantaneous travel across the galaxy. But is any of this true? Did Hollywood…