October kicks off with a three-day celebration of the arts in Downtown Muncie Indiana. Family fun fills the streets from Thursday, October 2 through Saturday, October 4, with four festivals spotlighting the best of East Central Indiana's visual arts, poetry, music, dance, film and more.
Thursday, October 2 - ARTSWALK Downtown Muncie in partnership with Ball State University presents "ArtsWalk" from 5-9pm. Featuring gallery openings, performances and demonstrations, free hors d'oeuvres, music in the streets and more.
ADMISSION: free for all ages, and the free downtown trolley will be running.
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Friday, October 3 - MUNCIE FILM SHOWCASE Harvest Moon Film Festival and Ball State Cardinal Filmworks will present a Muncie Film Showcase AT 8PM in downtown Muncie, at the Blue Bottle Coffee Shop parking lot at 206 S. Walnut Street. The Muncie Film Showcase will feature six short films from Muncie and Ball State University filmmakers.
ADMISSION: free for all ages. There will be a cash bar available.
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Saturday Afternoon, October 4 - ARTS KALEIDOSCOPE The legendary Humpback Barn Festival of Poetry & Art returns with a new home and a new name, at Gallery 308. More than 70 poets and artists from all over Indiana will be on hand for this event where the poets' work has inspired the artists' work. A public reception will open the event during ArtsWalk on October 2; and Arts Kaleidoscope Festival Day is Oct. 4, 10 to noon and 2 to 5 p.m.
ADMISSION: free for all ages, cash luncheon will be served.
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Saturday Night, October 4 - MUNCIE MUSIC FEST The Second Annual Muncie Music Fest will be held in the streets of Downtown Muncie from 6 p.m.-1 a.m. This gated, all-ages event features a wide variety of music from more than 40 bands on three outdoor stages and 7 indoor venues. Food, music and merch vendors, listening stations and more.
ADMISSION: $7 advance, $10 at the gate, $5 with student ID. Free Muncie Music Fest sampler CD to first 1000 tickets. Free trolley will run to and from downtown and BSU campus.
Click Here for details, or read below for summary of events.
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ARTSWALK - THURSDAY, OCT. 2
October's First Thursday is a special all-inclusive arts event we call "ArtsWalk." It is our biggest gallery walk of the year, held in conjunction with Ball State University. Happening Oct. 2, from 5-9pm, featuring special events all over downtown, free shuttles to and from BSU, performances and demonstrations, free food, music in the streets and more. Stay tuned to munciedowntown.com for details.
Many locations will offer light refreshments for free, and the concession stand at Civic Theatre will be open. The free trolley will run Main - Walnut - Charles Streets from 5 to 9 PM.
Scheduled activities for this year's ArtsWalk include:
(Intermittent) Singers on board
BSU Art Department Student Fine Arts League art sale - patio next to Blue Bottle
Ceramics demonstration by Ted Neal, Vance Bell and the Student Clay Guild - outside Artist Within
Installation/exhibit of video art - John Fillwalk @ Ball State Center for Media Desig
"Art of Democracy" exhibit in the BSU Atrium Gallery. Reception 4 - 6, open until 9 PM.
IDIAA in Mitchell Bldg, exhibit of student work
BSU Jazz band - by Blue Bottle 5:45-7 PM
BSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble - alcove @ Chase Bank 7-7:30 PM
BSU Theatre and Dance - REFLEX (comedy troupe), 7:30-8 PM Blue Bottle lot
BSU Dance troupe - Civic Theatre stage, 7:30-8 PM
BSU Museum of Art - Demonstration of new DIDO (Digital Images Delivered Online) Project in the lobby of Muncie Civic Theatre (ongoing)
Downtown City Hall - Tour at 6 PM of The Muncie City Hall Art Collection, with Ned Griner. Collection of nineteen artists placed in our city hall at the building's completion. Rare opportunity to view works by Beulah & Francis Brown, George Mock, Hill Sharp & others. Meet at first floor desk.
Artist Within - Party room; Designer Clothing Resale Boutique for the Rose H. Meyer Memorial Scholarship Fund. Main Gallery: Thurman Grantham, fiberglass sculptures. Reception 5 - 9. Outside: Beyond I Can Wheelchair Art and Make-your-own greeting card.
Artworks Gallery - Lisa Atchison, featured artist, Electroformed Lampwork Bead Artist, "Turning Over a New Leaf." Megan Upchurch, harpist, will provide live music. Member Anny Delk will give knitting and felting demonstrations
Casella's Kitchen - Art by Bill Inman, La Chamba Handmade Cookware and appetizers prepared by Ivy Tech Culinary School using products from Cassella's Gourmet Food line.
Downtown Development Office - Watch artists paint at their easels! Muncie Artists Guild.
Doc's - art exhibit by local artist John Campbell.
F.B. Fogg - Come make a hand made paper cabbage rose. See Amy Greeley's new unique one of a kind jewelry line. Welcome Jo Bokelman and her "JB's Little People" figurine line
Gallery 308 - "Arts Kaleidoscope: Art, Poems & Videos." In tribute to the Humpback Barn Festival of years past, this exhibit features artworks by 38 artists which were responded to by Indiana poets. Videotape of Humpback Barn founder, Mildred Trivars, reading her poems. Free souvenir color catalog of exhibit.
Gordy Fine Art and Framing - Reception for artist David Slonim of Anderson. Exhibit of Slonim's newest oil paintings. BSU instructors Kim Anderson & Mary Ann Rahe will be throwing on potters wheel on the sidewalk
Cornerstone Gallery - Artwork of Blair Bowden will be shown in the gallery. Open until 9 PM. Cornerstone will also have two booths on Walnut Street: Portraits by Sarah LaBarge, with proceeds going to Children International, and Children's activity table & info on Cornerstone offerings
Muncie Civic Theatre - BSU Museum of Art ongoing demonstration of DIDO (Digital Images Delivered Online) project will be offered in the lobby. BSU Dance Troupe will perform on stage, 7:30 to 8 PM. Muncie Ballet Studio will have information about classes & schedules in lobby. Concession stand will be open with popcorn, candy & soft drinks.
Vera Mae's Bistro will have Culinary (garnishing) demonstrations by Ivy Tech students in front of restaurant, 5 to 8 PM.
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MUNCIE FILM SHOWCASE - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
Harvest Moon Film Festival and Ball State Cardinal Filmworks will present a Muncie Film Showcase on Friday, October 3rd at 8:00PM in downtown Muncie at the Blue Bottle Coffee Shop parking lot at 206 S. Walnut Street. The Muncie Film Showcase will feature six short films from Muncie and Ball State University filmmakers and is in partnership with the ArtsWalk events of the weekend.
The Muncie Film Showcase is a great networking opportunity for those interested in film and for those wanting to get involved in film projects. An information table will be provided with details on acting in local films, working on crews, and discovering other ways to get involved in film in the Muncie area.
This event is free for all ages. There will be a cash bar available.
The six films will be presented in the following order:
Any Way - Directed by Griff Partington and Sam Day (Run Time: 9 min.)
An Orwellian drama about two lovers planning an escape from the unseen forces that keep them separated.
The Hours - Directed by Tori and Marggy Griffin (Run Time: 7 min. 56 sec.)
The current law in the US refuses to recognize marriages between same-sex couples, forcing foreign born partners to leave the country, and their loved ones, behind. Follow Brittany and Joanna as they spend their last day together in the United States.
Makeover - Directed by Heath Benfield (Run Time: 6 min. 47 sec.)
Forging Friendships - Produced by Cameron Kinzer, Joe Vella, and Blake Brenneman
(Run Time: 3 min. 03 sec.)
Forging Friendships is about two teenage students who not only forge metal, but friendships.
Telltale - Directed by Andy Bond (Run Time: 11 min. 21 sec.)
When the things that go bump in the night lurk around every corner and in every shadow, when evil watches over you every waking moment... what is one to do? Hide under the covers? Hark! No! "Vigilance," I say! Take action! Based on the short story The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, this darkly comedic short is a play on madness and paranoia.
Dinner for Two - Directed by Heath Benfield
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ARTS KALEIDOSCOPE - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 (daytime)
Art and poetry lovers may remember the popular annual autumn ritual known as the Humpback Barn Festival of Poetry & Art. Memories of the event are associated with its creator, the late poet Mildred Trivers, who died in 2007.
Gallery 308 is bringing back The Humpback Barn Festival of Poetry & Art under a new name - ARTS KALEIDOSCOPE - and you don't want to miss it!
The public reception that opens the event is Thursday, Oct. 2 from 5 to 9 p.m.; Arts Kaleidoscope Festival Day is Oct. 4, 10 to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. More than 70 poets and artists from all over Indiana will be on hand for this event. The poets' work has inspired the artists' work. It's the marriage of the two artistic endeavors that makes Arts Kaleidoscope so unique.
ARTS KALEIDOSCOPE is sponsored by Gallery 308 with support from The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County and individual private donors. A full schedule of activities for ARTS KALEIDOSCOPE is found below; more information is available at www.gallery308.org (click on Arts Kaleidoscope).
Oct. 2 at Gallery 308 (located at 308 East Main, Muncie):
* Poetry readings and video recordings (including one of Mildred herself);
* An exhibit by 38 regional artists and published Indiana poets;
* Relevant works produced by video artists Joshua Chatwin and Amelia Morris (recent Ball State graduates);
* A memorial exhibit entitled "Remembering Mildred Trivers and the Humpback Barn";
* Humpback Barn Festival memorabilia from Mildred's estate (courtesy of Yvonne Williams, curator)
Oct. 4, Festival Day, at Cornerstone Center for the Arts (520 East Main, Muncie):
* Poetry readings and video, "Art of the Moving Image and the Spoken Word" in the Theater Room (10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m.);
* A cash-at-the-gate, catered al fresco luncheon, in the parking lot on Main Street, just east of the Gallery (noon to 2 p.m.).
All of these events are open to the public; admission to everything (except the Saturday luncheon) is free.
Gallery 308 is a nonprofit art gallery located at 308 East Main, Muncie. Contributions to the Gallery are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Information about Gallery hours and volunteer opportunities is available at 765-289-8575.
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MUNCIE MUSIC FEST - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 (evening)
The Second Annual Muncie Music Fest will be held in the streets of Downtown Muncie from 6 p.m.-1 a.m. This gated, all-ages event features a wide variety of music from more than 40 bands on three outdoor stages and 7 indoor venues. Food, music and merch vendors, listening stations and more.
ADMISSION: $7 advance, $10 at the gate, $5 with student ID.
Free Muncie Music Fest sampler CD to first 1000 tickets.
Free trolley will run to and from downtown and BSU campus.
Village Green Records and Dan's Downtown Records will host the MMF Music Market featuring locally produced music and a big screen for viewing awesome stage performances.
Produced by Muncie Downtown Development
Brought to you by WLBC/MAX
Sponsored by: Muncie Downtown Development, MSD, Sam Pierce Chevrolet, FM Music, Michelob Ultra, Mountian Dew, Wishbone Gifts
For band info and links, schedule, map and all the latest info for the Fest, visit www.munciemusicfest.com or www.munciedowntown.com. Food or merchandise vendors should call 765 282-7897 for participation info.
Click Here for video from Indiana Films at last year's Muncie Music Fest.
MUSIC LINEUP:
FM Music Stage (outdoor)
6:00 - CHS Jazz
7:15 - WeÕre History Now
8:15 - Selifane Parade
9:15 - The Bears of Blue River
10:15- Michael Martin Band
11:15- James Brown Car Alarm
12:15- Losing September
Budweiser Stage (outdoor)
6:00 - A Bad Idea
7:15 - The Buzz
8:15 - Gabe Vitek and the Ivory
9:15 - The Cocaine Wolves
10:15- The Spitshine
11:15- Steely James
12:00- The Blues Funk Project
Center Stage (indoor)
7:00 - Wanted Band
8:30 - Mud Eye Joe
11:00- Smokin' Guns
Launching Pad Stage (outdoor)
6:30 - Zephr
7:30 - Dreams of University
8:30 - Remember Paris
9:30 - The Ataris
10:30- Id Obelus
11:30- Merc Versus
The Heorot (Downstairs)
8:00 - Joe Paulson
9:00 - Mike Feeney
10:00- Ancient Arts and Laughing Monkey Dancers
The Heorot (Upstairs)
9:00 - Revelation 13
10:00- Solomon Grundy
11:00- Necrophagous
Doc's Music Hall (indoor)
7:00 - Millions and Millions of Vitmains
8:00 - One Piece Suit
9:00 - Red Light Remedy
10:00- Pierce Duncan Band
11:00- Gamblin' Christmas
12:00- Fresh Hops
1:00 - The Bashville Boys
Fickle Peach (indoor)
10:00- Pray for Mojo
The Blue Bottle (indoor)
6:00 - Bryce Taylor
8:00 - Ashley Gray
The Artist Within (indoor)
8:00 - Golden Moses
9:00 - Adam Kuhn and the Cardboard Cutouts
The Living Room (indoor)
Time TBA - Ferguson
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