News from Downtown Muncie 4/14/06

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APRIL EVENTS:

14th - Minnestrista presents: The Tropical Paradise Garden 7-8:30pm, speakers are Brent Heath of Brent and Becky's Bulbs

15th - Minnestrista presents: Living Flower Arrangements 9am-12pm speakers are Brent Heath of Brent and Becky's Bulbs

15th - Muncie Children's Museum Friends and Family Fun Night featuring "Snakehead Ed Slithers", 11:30am and 2pm

19th - 3:30 Muncie Children's Museum Reduce, Reuse, Recycle activities workshop at 3:30. Call for more details

20th, 27th at 3:30 Muncie Children's Museum "Paper Making Madness" workshop. Call for more details.

21st - Muncie Civic Theatre presents: AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO Starring Frank Ferrante, Friday, April 21 at 8:00pm.

22nd Muncie Children's Museum Friends and Family Fun Night featuring Earth Friendly Workshops and Children's Health Fair

25th A free concert of Baroque music will be presented in the sanctuary at High Street United Methodist Church at 7:00pm. The repertoire includes vocal music by John Dowland and George Frideric Handel, two masters of the baroque era.

28th-29th Muncie Civic Theatre presents: WIZARD OF OZ 8:00PM

29th - Downtown's Delaware Clean and Beautiful will be celebrating "Arborfest-2006" at Cowing Park from 10 am to 1 pm. Food will be available by downtown eatery Grandma Betty's, and 200 saplings will be handed out. For more information, call Jim Reese at 289-6222.

30th - Muncie Civic Theatre presents: THE WIZARD OF OZ, 2:00PM

APRIL ONGOING:

1st-30th ArtWorks Gallery presents Barbara Grimball photo/poetry artist.

1st-30th Artist Within presents Lois Chin

1st-30th Blue Bottle Coffee Shop exhibit will be Mary Kay Holladay.

1st-30th Mitchell Place Gallery presents two artists titled "Mystery Spot".

1st-30th Gordy's Fine Art and Frame Co. presents: Pamela DeMarris & Jerry Henning Exhibit

Thru April 15th - Cornerstone for the Arts: many workshops, for more information call 281-9503 or visit our website at www.cornerstonearts.org.

Thru April 16 - Minnetrista Hunters of the Sky

Thru April 22 - Friday and Sat Muncie Civic theatre presents Rocky Horror Show 11pm

MAY EVENTS:

1st-31st - Artist Within exhibit: Angela and Ray Hedman-- opening reception Thursday, May 4th form 5-8 pm.

4th-6th Muncie Civic Theatre presents: WIZARD OF OZ, 8:00PM

7th Muncie Civic Theatre presents: WIZARD OF OZ, 2:00PM

19th- 20th Muncie Civic Theatre presents: European Cabaret 8:00pm

21st. Muncie Civic Theatre presents: European Cabaret 2:00pm

25th-27th Muncie Civic Theatre presents: European Cabaret 8:00pm

JUNE EVENTS:

2nd - Minnestrista presents: What's Hot and What's Not in Container Horticulture - Garden Fair keynote address 7:45pm by Byron E. Martin of Logee's Greenhouses

3rd - Minnestrista presents: Learn to Plant Tropical Containers 9am


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