News from Downtown Muncie 6/2/06

The Downtown Business Council has worked very hard to partner with Ball State University and, because of your efforts, the families of BSU Orientation will be visiting downtown Muncie this summer!!! They will be dropped off at Walnut at the Crossing (via MITS bus) around 10:45 a.m. and stay until Noon on the following dates: June 6-9, June 13-16, June 20-23, June 27-30, July 6-7, July 11-14 What we need from you is help with our Downtown Script. We want to have bullet points to talk about all of the wonderful things to do downtown, and we would like for you to give us a one-sentence blurb about your organization, business, restaurant, etc. Of course, we need it yesterday (SMILE), but we will take it by the end of the day on Monday. Also, please bring any brochures (100 would be great) that you would like to share with the BSU families to Walnut at the Crossing. They will provide a display for us to share our information. You may take them directly to Walnut at the Crossing, or you can drop them off at Gordy’s or Artist Within. We will also be talking about it on Wednesday morning at our Downtown Business Council meeting, and asking you or your employees to sign up to be downtown tour guides. Thanks in advance for your help! Please email info to Terry Whitt Bailey at tbailey@cornerstonearts.org. Tell your downtown friends to send me their info too! FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ANY DOWNTOWN FOLKS WHOM YOU THINK WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.

JUNE EVENTS:

2nd Muncie Children’s Museum: Friends & Family Fun Night. Free Admission from 3pm to 7pm. Help us celebrate the 1st Anniversary of Friends & Family Fun Night

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 Lynyrd Skynyrd downtown Muncie at the Summer Jam 7:00pm 3rd-4th Minnestrista’s annual Garden Fair--Free

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

8th - Mitchell Place Gallery Living Art Series at 7 pm. “River Odyssey: Two Artists on the Wabash” presenting local artists David Dale and Jim Faulkner.

8th Mitchell Place Gallery Living Series with local artists David Dale and Jim Faulkner talk about their adventures on the Wabash. The program starts at 7 p.m.

12th-16th - Muncie Children's Museum Young Naturalist Summer Camp. Registration Required - deadline is June 2. Call 286-1660 to register.

16th - Muncie Young Professionals Networking Social Group, 5:00 – 6:30 The Rose Court (125 E. Charles St.) Come meet other local young professionals and enjoy a night downtown. Connect, share, socialize, and network while learning about the new Muncie Young Professionals Group. For additional information, contact Traci Lutton at tlutton@muncie.com. Complimentary appetizers provided by Vince’s. Cash bar and facilities provided by the Fickle Peach

18th - Muncie Children’s Museum is closed for Father's Day

20-22nd - Muncie Children’s Museum - Snack Attack Workshop from 2pm to 3:30 pm. Sink your teeth into a variety of fun and health snacks each afternoon during this three day workshop. Call 286-1660 to register.

24th Muncie Children’s Museum - DeFur Voran Family Saturday - Free Admission from 10 am to 5 pm. Special guests from the Academy of Model Aeronautics Museum will be doing flight demonstrations throughout the day. In addition, participate in an airplane making activity at 2 pm.

26-30th - Muncie Children's Museum - Rocks, Bones and Homes Summer Camp. Registration is required by June 9. Call 286-1660 to register

JUNE ONGOING:

Beginning June 9th through August 25th Downtown Development and Mutual Federal Savings Bank will host Free Friday Night Movies Downtown every Friday night on the big white wall at the corner of Walnut and Charles St. We are now taking requests from not for profit organizations who would like to assist with set-up and sell concessions to benefit their organization during the movies. Interested groups should call: Cheryl Crowder @ (765) 282-7897. For a full listing of this summer's movies visit www.munciedowntown.com.

1st-30th - Artist Within exhibit Margi Prim

1st-30th - Mitchell Place Gallery presents: Photojournalist Lyle Mannweiler

1st-30th - Artworks Gallery presents: Beaded It exhibit by Leslie Blair

JULY

23rd - 9:30 PM EST Kent and Steve’s place above Vera Mae’s will be featured on the HGTV show called reZONED

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