Weekly Downtown E-News 3/13/08

Bring the family downtown this Saturday, March 15th, for the annual St. Patty's Day Parade through the streets of Downtown Muncie. Parade begins at 5:30pm. Click here to download an entry form.

On Monday, St. Patricks Day, there will be plenty of Irish entertainment, food and beer to be found Downtown. The Irish Toasters will perform during the St. Pat's party at The Fickle Peach. The music will begin at 8 p.m. and the bar will be offering Irish beer. Morton's Pub & Grub will feature music by Walden Song at 7pm, and at 11 p.m., Pray for Mojo will take the stage. Irish brews like Guinness and Murphy's will be offered on draught, and traditional food will include Irish bacon and cabbage, Scotch eggs and more. Colin Elliot will perform at Doc's Music Hall.

MARCH EVENTS :

13th - Community Center for Vital Aging: Luck of the Irish 6:30-8:00pm FREE

13th - Morton' Pub & Grub features Get Lost! (Then Get Stoned), 9:00 pm

13th - Doc's Music Hall presents Cory Hill acoustic show, 10pm.

14th - Community Center for Vital Aging: TRIAD meeting 10-11am

14th-16th - Muncie Civic Theatre presents: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Friday and Sat. performances 8:00pm, Sunday matinees at 2:00pm

14th - Morton's Pub & Grub features Megan's Mystical Harp, 8:00 pm

14th - Community Center for Vital Aging: Brown Bag lunch and a Movie 12-2pm "A Patch of Blue"

14th - Cotton Mouff presents local Muncie hip-hop at 11pm.

15th - YMCA's community Egg Hunt at 10am

15th - FB Fogg Saturday Salon featuring Susan McCollum from 10-4

15th - Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade through Downtown Muncie, starting at 5:30pm

15th - Katie's Birthday Party at Morton's Pub & Grub, featuring Cory Hill, 9:00 pm

15th - Snuck-a-Foo at Doc's Music Hall, 8pm.

17th - Community Center for Vital Aging: Medication Management 6:30-8:00pm FREE

17th - ST. PATRICK'S DAY

17th - The Irish Toasters will perform during the St. Pat's party at The Fickle Peach. The music will begin at 8 p.m. and Irish beer will be served.

17th - Colin Elliot at Doc's Music Hall, 8pm.

17th - Morton's Pub & Grub will feature music by Walden Song at 7pm, and at 11 p.m., Pray for Mojo will take the stage. Irish brews like Guinness and Murphy's will be offered on draught and traditional food will include Irish bacon and cabbage, Scotch eggs and more.

18th - Marti Icenogle offers "Basic Art Clay Silver" at The Artist Within from 6-9pm.

18th - Dan Tedesco at Doc's Music Hall, 8pm.

19th - Community Center for Vital Aging: Radio of YesterYear 2-3:30pm

19th - PBS ProgramClub at Minnetrista, 2-4pm. Join us as we view the PBS documentary "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency." Afterward we'll discuss what we?ve learned about "Old Hickory" and the controversies that surrounded his politics. Price: Free. Registration is requested. Call (765) 213-3549.

20th - 22nd - Muncie Civic Theatre presents Godspell, March 20, 21, 22 and April 4, 5, 12 & 17 at 7:30pm as well as March 30 at 2:00pm. All performances will be on the main stage at Muncie Civic Theatre, 216 East Main Street, Muncie, Indiana. Tickets are available by calling 765-288-PLAY or at the Box Office.

21st - Malbec and Feguson will be playing at The Living Room on March 21st. Doors open at 8pm, show starts at 8:30pm. Check out their myspace pages at myspace.com/malbectheband and myspace.com/therealferguson.

21, 25th-28th Muncie Children's Museum - Spring Break Programming

22nd - Joan Hamilton Band at Doc's Music Hall, 9-11pm.

26th - The Downtown Business Council will meet at 3:00 at Minnetrista, immediately followed by a "Meet the Members" mixer from 4:30 to 6:00pm. This meeting at Minnetrista is a departure from our usual meeting place. DBC meetings are open to businesses, residents and supporters of Downtown Muncie - please bring a friend! Visit munciedowntown.com for more information.

28th - Community Center for Vital Aging: Craft Seminar 10-12:00pm

28th - Muncie Children's Museum Free Family Saturday 10am-5pm

28th - Brown Bag Lunch lecture series at BSU Center for Media Design at Mitchell Place Gallery, 301 S. Walnut St. This month's lecture features Trina Cooper (USA | 3D Animation/Media Artist, Assistant Professor at Ball State University) .

28th & 29th - Muncie Civic Theatre presents Anne of Green Gables, March 28, 29 and April 10, 11, 18 & 19at 7:30pm as well as April 6 at 2:00pm. All performances will be on the main stage at Muncie Civic Theatre, 216 East Main Street, Muncie, Indiana. Tickets are available by calling 765-288-PLAY or at the Box Office.

28th - Center Stage presents Red Horse w/ Devil to Pay, Lo-Pan, and Cocaine Wolves Doors open @ 8pm.

29th - Morton's Pub & Grub features acoustic music from Daniel Seymour Saturday Mar 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM.

29th - Doc's Music Hall features Losing September and Boho Paisley, 8pm.

31st - Community Center for Vital Aging: The Art of Writing: Memories to be remembered and recorded 6:30-8:00pm

MARCH ONGOING :

Through March - Tthe Artist Within will feature paintings by Lynnsy Terrill from March 4-29, 2008. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will be from 5-8pm on Thursday, March 6.

Through March -Artworks will exhibit "Passion and Sensitivity" featuring paintings by Sandy Day. An opening reception will be held during First Thursday, March 6, 5:30pm to 8:30pm

Through March - Gordy Fine Art and Framing will exhibit paintings by Robert Farlow. The artist will be on hand for a reception during the First Thursday event, from 5 to 8 PM on March 6th. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.

Through March - Gallery 308 will exhibit "Ben Bates and Ted Neal: New Ceramics Work." The opening reception for the pair's new exhibit is First Thursday, March 6 at 308 East Main in downtown Muncie. Admission is free; refreshments will be served.

Through March 30 - 18th Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show & Sale. The visual arts are alive and flourishing in East Central Indiana. Artists from across East Central Indiana will participate in the 18th Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show & Sale. The exhibit will be open to the public February 16 - March 30, 2008 at Minnetrista.

Through Apr. 24th Cornerstone for the Arts winter classes. Call for more info about classes at 281-9503 or visit www.cornerstonearts.org.

Through April 27th - "Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body" exhibit at Minnetrista. For more information, call (765) 282-4848, visit www.minnetrista.net, or visit the Grossology tour Web site at www.grossologytour.com.

Through May 2 - Muncie Children's Museum presents Chagall for Children, a one-of-a-kind traveling exhibit. Admission is included with regular admission to the Museum. For more information on Chagall for Children, call (765) 286-1660 or visit www.munciechildrensmuseum.com