Nov 1, 2025
Today
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UU Church of Muncie Bazaar in the Woods
8am to 2pm @
Unitarian Universalist Church of Muncie
4800 W Bradford Dr, Muncie, Indiana
The UU Church of Muncie invites you to their bazaar on Nov 1!
UUCM is on Bradford Road, south of Walmart
Enjoy browsing through collectibles, pottery, plants, gently-used clothing, media, food, jewelry, and much more. Artisan booths with local and regional handmade items will also be available, along with breakfast and lunch. Not to be missed!
Muncie Central Holiday Art & Craft Show
9am to 2pm @
Muncie Central High School
Door 17 in North Parking lot
801 N Walnut St, Muncie, IN 47305
Cost: $1 admission Over 100 vendors will be selling everything from candles, jewelry, clothing, baked goods, and books to handmade holiday crafts, and crochet items. All proceeds will benefit the Muncie Central class of 2026 senior trip. Pampered Chef, Mary Kay Cosmetics, ZYIA activewear, Lia Sophia Jewelry, Thirty-One bags, Tastefully Simple, Norwex and more.
- Muncie Cars & Coffee 9am to 12pm @ Corner of Walnut & Charles Streets Old National Bank Parking Lot 116 W Charles St, Muncie, IN 47305
Open to all years, makes and models. Come out, check out the vehicles and talk Cars with other gear heads and car enthusiasts. Hosted by the Muncie Volkswagen Club.
Good Night Forest
9am to 12pm @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
1200 N Minnetrista Pkwy, Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: $15 Ages: all Ages Visitors will feel like they are stepping into a beloved children’s storybook as they encounter whimsical scenes and engaging sensory activities in this nature-inspired experience. Designed to help build confidence and cultivate scientific curiosity, children will discover and learn about animals that emerge in their neighborhoods and local forests after the sun goes down.
June 7 through November 2, 2025
Location: Center Building, Gallery 1 & 2
Cost: Included with your admission ticket
Good Night Forest is organized and produced by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, with support from Ball Brothers Foundation and George and Frances Ball Foundation.
This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Jun 7, 2025 to Nov 2, 2025 and happens every:
Wednesdays: 9:00am - 12:00pm Timezone: EDT
Thursdays: 9:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Fridays: 9:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Saturdays: 9:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Sundays: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Indiana Pastoral: The Photography of Lamar Richcreek
1:30pm to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Lamar Richcreek (American, 1947–2018), Untitled from the Series Ideal Farm, 2004, chromogenic color print, gift of Jean Richcreek, 2024.006.011.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Ball State alumnus Lamar Richcreek (1947–2018) earned a degree in business administration in 1969. After a 24-year career in banking, he launched a second career in photography. In his 50s, he returned to school, earned an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and taught for 20 years as an adjunct professor of photography at the Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. His success as a fine art photographer resulted in a solo exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2002.
Like the pastoral genre in literature, art, and music, Lamar Richcreek’s photographs often present nostalgic visual stories of Indiana’s agricultural landscape inflected by his business perspective. He once wrote in an artist’s statement, “My views of the landscape, agriculture and the family farm are romanticized ones, originating from childhood experiences and visits to my grandfather’s farm in Central Indiana. In the aftermath of World War II and during the Cold War years, the Midwest saw the creation of global markets for farm products and the development of technological advances that were invented to increase production for improved and insured profitability, all of which transformed American farming. These transformations favored agri-businesses and multi-national corporations, thereby altering the viability of the traditional family farm. This change occurred over time without my realizing its impact.”
Lamar Richcreek’s photography testifies to the effects of the post-war economic-agricultural boom in the Midwest through his images with surreal settings, witty juxtapositions, and sublime scenery. A recent donation of art from his wife, Jean Richcreek (1948–2025), to the David Owsley Museum of Art allows subsequent generations to view the corporatization of farming in Indiana through Lamar Richcreek’s creative lens. We are also grateful to Ball State alumnus Thomas Murphy (‘69) for his recent philanthropic investment in DOMA in memory of Lamar and Jean Richcreek.
Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art
1:30pm to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896–1976), designs for Cercle et Carré logo, 1929. Pen and ink on paper, 9 3/4 × 6 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. 2011.125.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Hours: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Tuesday–Friday)
1:30–4:30 p.m. (Saturday)In Paris in 1929, Belgian painter and critic Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), Uruguayan painter and theorist Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), and Catalan-American artist Pierre Daura (1896–1976) founded an influential but short-lived artistic group named Circle and Square, after the geometric shapes fundamental to abstract art. The group attracted more than eighty international artists including Jean Arp (1886–1966), Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Alexandra Exter (1882–1949), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1987), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), and Sophie Täuber-Arp (1889–1943), among other famous and lesser-known personalities in the Parisian art world. Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art showcases more than sixty works by thirty of Cercle et Carré’s participants, as well as outlines the formation of the group and its artistic legacy.
The exhibition was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, with the addition of works from the collection of the David Owsley Museum of Art. Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Daura Foundation.
- Self-Defense Workshop 4pm to 6am @ Ross Community Center 1110 W 10th Street, Muncie IN
Feminists for Action is hosting a free hands-on self-defense workshop with Judo instructor Indigo at the Ross Community Center. There will also be an educational portion covering gender-based violence and victimology.
University Choral Union, Cardinal Chorus, and Vox Anima
7:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: General Public: $8 in advance / $10 at the door Seniors: $5 in advance / $7 at the door BSU Faculty/Staff: $5 in advance / $7 at the door About
Under the direction of Andrew Crow and Kerry Glann, the Ball State Choirs present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music from around the world and across the centuries.
The University Choral Union is a large and lively mixed choir comprised of approximately 100 students that performs a variety of literature, from multicultural pieces to show tunes. The Cardinal Chorus is a tenor-bass ensemble and Vox Anima is a treble-voice ensemble.
Program
Program to include Featuring music from South Africa and a wide variety of other choral traditions, the Cardinal Chorus performing "The Cardinal Call", and Vox Anima performing "Will the Circle Be Unbroken".
Tickets
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall starting August 1.
Prices
- General Public: $8 in advance / $10 at the door
- Seniors: $5 in advance / $7 at the door
- BSU Faculty/Staff: $5 in advance / $7 at the door
- Students: free* in advance / $5 at the door
*One (1) free student ticket per ID is available in advance (before 5 p.m. on the night of the concert) at the College of Fine Arts Box Office
Purchase Options
- ONLINE
- Phone: 765-285-8749
- In person: Monday through Friday from Noon to 5 p.m., or starting 1 hour before the performance
**Please note: As part of our commitment to sustainability, all College of Fine Arts tickets are paperless and are accessible via email confirmation. Your confirmation email contains your digital tickets which can be scanned at the door from your mobile device, or you can print your digital tickets at home to be scanned. There is no need to visit Will Call prior to the performance.
Parking
Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. Metered parking is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free.
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Storytime Saturday
11:30pm to 11:50am @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
1200 N Minnetrista Pkwy, Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: Free Ages: 12 and under Bring your little ones to Storytime Saturday! Join one of our experience guides for a cozy storytime perfect for children 5 and under and their families. Each month, we’ll feature a special seasonal story that celebrates the time of year.
Saturdays; 11:30 a.m.
Location: Betty’s Cabin
Free Community Activity
Betty’s Cabin Activities are presented in partnership with Patterson Block Muncie.
This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Aug 2, 2025 to Dec 27, 2025 and happens every:
Saturdays: 11:30am - 11:50am Timezone: EDT
Nov 2, 2025
Tomorrow
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Good Night Forest
9am to 12pm @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
1200 N Minnetrista Pkwy, Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: $15 Ages: all Ages Visitors will feel like they are stepping into a beloved children’s storybook as they encounter whimsical scenes and engaging sensory activities in this nature-inspired experience. Designed to help build confidence and cultivate scientific curiosity, children will discover and learn about animals that emerge in their neighborhoods and local forests after the sun goes down.
June 7 through November 2, 2025
Location: Center Building, Gallery 1 & 2
Cost: Included with your admission ticket
Good Night Forest is organized and produced by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, with support from Ball Brothers Foundation and George and Frances Ball Foundation.
This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Jun 7, 2025 to Nov 2, 2025 and happens every:
Wednesdays: 9:00am - 12:00pm Timezone: EDT
Thursdays: 9:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Fridays: 9:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Saturdays: 9:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Sundays: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Faculty Artist Series: Anna Vayman (violin) with Michael Seregow (piano)
3pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
About
The Faculty Artist Series features School of Music faculty sharing their talent and passion for music with the campus and community.
Anna Vayman is associate professor of violin at Ball State University and a member of American Piano Trio. A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Anna Vayman made her solo debut at the age of eleven with Omsk Symphony Orchestra in Russia. Since then she has been a soloist with various major orchestras. Highlights of her career include solo performances under the baton of leading conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Yury Temirkanov, and Gianandrea Noseda. An active recitalist and chamber musician, Ms. Vayman has appeared on numerous international music festivals including International Music Festival in Lucca, Italy; Musical Spring Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia; Mikkele International Music Festival in Finland; Red Sea International Music Festival in Israel; and Rotterdam Philharmonic Festival, Netherlands.
Pianist Michael Seregow leads a vibrant and diverse career that brings music to life in a variety of forms. As an acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, dedicated educator, and recording artist, his journey has taken him to cities and stages across the United States, Latin America, and Europe.Livestream
This recital will also be offered as a livestream - visit the Concert Livestream Page to watch live. Streaming begins approximately 15 minutes prior to scheduled concert start time.
Free Admission
This recital is free and open to the public.
Parking
Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. Metered parking is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free.
Stitch 'n Bitch
3pm @
The Cup
1606 West University Avenue
Cost: Menu Purchase to Support the Venue! Muncie Stitch n' Bitch meets every Sunday! 🧶 We meet weekly at The Cup at 3p. Everyone is welcome, with any kind of making! The Cup is in The Village, near the campus of Ball State University, at 1606 West University Avenue. Free parking is behind the café, enter the parking lot off of Dill Street by Be Here Now. Support our host venue with purchases from The Cup’s menu! ☕️🥯 Creativity and caffeine, that's our thing!
Nov 3, 2025
This Monday
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Soweto Gospel Choir: Peace Tour
7pm @
Emens Auditorium, Ball State University
1800 W Riverside Ave
With their concert entitled “PEACE,” the multi-Grammy® and Emmy Award®-winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR return to North America to perform a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some classics. The inspirational concert will also feature the spirited music of Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen and more!
Formed in 2002, the Choir was created to celebrate the unique power of African gospel music and quickly established itself as a group that is “undeniably synchronized, appears unshakable, and simultaneously expresses universality and individuality” (San Francisco Classical Voice). Heralded by Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, and Oprah Winfrey, SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR excites audiences worldwide, uplifting the soul and spreading joy through its earthy rhythms, rich harmonies, brilliant costumes, and infectious spirit. It’s perfect for the entire family!
Nov 4, 2025
This Tuesday
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Indiana Pastoral: The Photography of Lamar Richcreek
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Lamar Richcreek (American, 1947–2018), Untitled from the Series Ideal Farm, 2004, chromogenic color print, gift of Jean Richcreek, 2024.006.011.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Ball State alumnus Lamar Richcreek (1947–2018) earned a degree in business administration in 1969. After a 24-year career in banking, he launched a second career in photography. In his 50s, he returned to school, earned an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and taught for 20 years as an adjunct professor of photography at the Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. His success as a fine art photographer resulted in a solo exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2002.
Like the pastoral genre in literature, art, and music, Lamar Richcreek’s photographs often present nostalgic visual stories of Indiana’s agricultural landscape inflected by his business perspective. He once wrote in an artist’s statement, “My views of the landscape, agriculture and the family farm are romanticized ones, originating from childhood experiences and visits to my grandfather’s farm in Central Indiana. In the aftermath of World War II and during the Cold War years, the Midwest saw the creation of global markets for farm products and the development of technological advances that were invented to increase production for improved and insured profitability, all of which transformed American farming. These transformations favored agri-businesses and multi-national corporations, thereby altering the viability of the traditional family farm. This change occurred over time without my realizing its impact.”
Lamar Richcreek’s photography testifies to the effects of the post-war economic-agricultural boom in the Midwest through his images with surreal settings, witty juxtapositions, and sublime scenery. A recent donation of art from his wife, Jean Richcreek (1948–2025), to the David Owsley Museum of Art allows subsequent generations to view the corporatization of farming in Indiana through Lamar Richcreek’s creative lens. We are also grateful to Ball State alumnus Thomas Murphy (‘69) for his recent philanthropic investment in DOMA in memory of Lamar and Jean Richcreek.
Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896–1976), designs for Cercle et Carré logo, 1929. Pen and ink on paper, 9 3/4 × 6 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. 2011.125.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Hours: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Tuesday–Friday)
1:30–4:30 p.m. (Saturday)In Paris in 1929, Belgian painter and critic Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), Uruguayan painter and theorist Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), and Catalan-American artist Pierre Daura (1896–1976) founded an influential but short-lived artistic group named Circle and Square, after the geometric shapes fundamental to abstract art. The group attracted more than eighty international artists including Jean Arp (1886–1966), Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Alexandra Exter (1882–1949), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1987), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), and Sophie Täuber-Arp (1889–1943), among other famous and lesser-known personalities in the Parisian art world. Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art showcases more than sixty works by thirty of Cercle et Carré’s participants, as well as outlines the formation of the group and its artistic legacy.
The exhibition was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, with the addition of works from the collection of the David Owsley Museum of Art. Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Daura Foundation.
Sabine Heller: Inside Rigging: My Path to Animation, Rigging and Beyond
6pm @
Art and Journalism Building, Ball State University
Room 225
1001 N. McKinley Ave.
Sabine Heller is a 3D animation industry expert working as the VP, Creative Operations at Mikros Animation with an everlasting passion for animated films and entertainment. Hear her Artist Talk in AJ225 on November 4. This event is free and open to the public.
In her 19 years of industry experience, Sabine has worked on commercial projects for clients such as Jägermeister and Ferrero, as well as 3D scanning for visual effects and toys at Gentle Giant Studios. After she discovered her excitement for rigging characters, she moved from her home country Germany to the United States and spent most of her career in the animation industry working on animated features like “Rio”, “Ice Age”, “The Peanuts Movie” and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Mutant Mayhem" at Blue Sky Studios and Mikros Animation.
Sabine holds a degree in Media System Design from the Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany, and an MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She also received a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Kent in Canterbury and is an active member of Women in Animation, the Visual Effects Society, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Nov 5, 2025
This Wednesday
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Indiana Pastoral: The Photography of Lamar Richcreek
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Lamar Richcreek (American, 1947–2018), Untitled from the Series Ideal Farm, 2004, chromogenic color print, gift of Jean Richcreek, 2024.006.011.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Ball State alumnus Lamar Richcreek (1947–2018) earned a degree in business administration in 1969. After a 24-year career in banking, he launched a second career in photography. In his 50s, he returned to school, earned an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and taught for 20 years as an adjunct professor of photography at the Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. His success as a fine art photographer resulted in a solo exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2002.
Like the pastoral genre in literature, art, and music, Lamar Richcreek’s photographs often present nostalgic visual stories of Indiana’s agricultural landscape inflected by his business perspective. He once wrote in an artist’s statement, “My views of the landscape, agriculture and the family farm are romanticized ones, originating from childhood experiences and visits to my grandfather’s farm in Central Indiana. In the aftermath of World War II and during the Cold War years, the Midwest saw the creation of global markets for farm products and the development of technological advances that were invented to increase production for improved and insured profitability, all of which transformed American farming. These transformations favored agri-businesses and multi-national corporations, thereby altering the viability of the traditional family farm. This change occurred over time without my realizing its impact.”
Lamar Richcreek’s photography testifies to the effects of the post-war economic-agricultural boom in the Midwest through his images with surreal settings, witty juxtapositions, and sublime scenery. A recent donation of art from his wife, Jean Richcreek (1948–2025), to the David Owsley Museum of Art allows subsequent generations to view the corporatization of farming in Indiana through Lamar Richcreek’s creative lens. We are also grateful to Ball State alumnus Thomas Murphy (‘69) for his recent philanthropic investment in DOMA in memory of Lamar and Jean Richcreek.
Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896–1976), designs for Cercle et Carré logo, 1929. Pen and ink on paper, 9 3/4 × 6 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. 2011.125.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Hours: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Tuesday–Friday)
1:30–4:30 p.m. (Saturday)In Paris in 1929, Belgian painter and critic Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), Uruguayan painter and theorist Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), and Catalan-American artist Pierre Daura (1896–1976) founded an influential but short-lived artistic group named Circle and Square, after the geometric shapes fundamental to abstract art. The group attracted more than eighty international artists including Jean Arp (1886–1966), Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Alexandra Exter (1882–1949), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1987), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), and Sophie Täuber-Arp (1889–1943), among other famous and lesser-known personalities in the Parisian art world. Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art showcases more than sixty works by thirty of Cercle et Carré’s participants, as well as outlines the formation of the group and its artistic legacy.
The exhibition was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, with the addition of works from the collection of the David Owsley Museum of Art. Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Daura Foundation.
- Conversation on Mother & Infant Mortality Rates with Dr. Jean Place 5:30pm to 6:30pm @ North Quadrangle Building, Ball State University 143
Dr Place with join Feminists for Action for a conversation on Infant and Mother Mortality rates, particularly in Black and Latino communities.
EGO NITE: Album Listening Party
5:30pm @
Locked Groove Records
519 N Martin St Muncie, IN 47303
Join us Wednesday, November 5th at 5:30 PM to celebrate the release of Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party.
Free exclusive items while supplies last:
EGO NITE posters and wristbands
Tote bag with early album purchase
Enter to win a signed mixtape CD by Hayley Williams
We’ll start spinning the full album including unreleased tracks at 6:00 PM.
Be among the first to grab a physical copy of the album before its worldwide release on November 7th on vinyl and CD.
Nov 6, 2025
This Thursday
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November's First Thursday (full listing)
5am to 8pm @
Muncie, Indiana
downtown Muncie
Good Time Charlie Cartwright at 111 Arts Gallery
Art at the Murray Open Studios
Stephen Millben at Cornerstone Center for the Arts
Music by Nash Hammond at Cornerstone Center for the Arts
Art Hazelwood at Gordy Fine Art and Framing
Geode Slicing Event at Kat's Crystals and Curiosities
America's Hometown Jazz Combo led by Dr. George Wolfe performing at a previous MPL event. The band will perform live at the November 6, 2025 MPL 150th Party
The original Carnegie Lights display in 2024. A new Carnegie Lights display will take place at the November 6, 2025 MPL 150th Party.
Brad Brunsman at Savage's Alehouse
111 Arts Gallery
111 E. Main
This iconic sheet of flash measuring 5’ x 4’ will be presented for November’s First Thursday and all month. We’ll be doing flash from this sheet for $100 each, made by the famous artist Good Time Charlie Cartwright, 1984, Wichita, Kansas.Art at the Murray
405 S. Walnut
Art at the Murray Open Studios 5-8pm: NEW: Our Mini 2nd Floor Foyer Gallery has a breathtaking photography exhibit by Jenny Moore-Smith, scenes from Antarctica taken on Smith’s grand adventure aboard the Viking ship Octantis in January 2025. Carrie Wright welcomes you for Christmas shopping with a whole new collection of lovely silk on glass ornaments amidst several other fine gifts. Visit Hue House down the hall to check out new art prints and fun accessories. Upstairs, Gallery Flaneur will be exhibiting Mark Sawrie's Adults-Only photographic/digital work, and Cassie Dunmyer has brand new work on display you don't want to miss.Canan Commons
500 S. Walnut St.
Fall Family Portraits on the Canan Commons Stage! As we enter the final months of 2025, it's time to think about year-end photos. Join us to get a professional digital portrait by photographer Ty Morton, with donations welcome. Sign up will also be available for our upcoming studio portrait sessions. All funds raised will benefit the Altrusa International Club and Altrusa Foundation of Muncie, IN. Through your support, we sponsor local grants, literacy initiatives, disaster relief and fight food insecurity.Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Join us during November First Thursday at Cornerstone for a night of the arts! Shop from local vendors and listen to live music from Nash Hammond in the Great Room. Explore (and shop) the works of local artist Stephen Millben in the Judith Barnes Gallery. Experience our Fall Celebration of belly dancing, stage combat, and fencing demos in the Heritage. All events are free and located on the 2nd floor.Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E. Main
Come Celebrate 10 years with Carl and Barbara Schafer as owners of Gordy Fine Art and Framing from 5 to 8. Greg Pyle will be sharing his musical talents with artworks by various artists that have called Muncie home filling the gallery. Barbara and Carl will be speaking at 6:15 pm. Refreshments will be served.Kat’s Crystals & Curiosities
111 E Adams St
Join us from 5-8pm for our Live Geode Slicing Event! Come and witness the transformation of raw geodes into beautiful, sparkling crystals. It's a one-of-a-kind opportunity you won't want to miss! Prices start at just $5.Muncie Public Library
301 E. Jackson
Muncie Public Library 150th Party at Carnegie Library from 5-8 pm. Free event for all ages. Stop by to get your picture in the photo booth, discover genealogy research with members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, check out photo exhibits of the library's history and a coloring table for kids to make cards for MPL, and enjoy free refreshments. America's Hometown Jazz Combo, led by Dr. George Wolfe, will perform live throughout the evening. MPL Director Alan Kornblau will make comments at 6 pm.Later, watch the "Carnegie Lights" display outside with video animations projected onto the Carnegie Library exterior, created by BSU students in the Muncie of Muses iMade immersive learning group under the direction of Prof. Kevin Klinger. Enjoy hot cocoa and treats during the outside show courtesy of The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County.
Savage's Ale House (21+)
127 N. High
Savages will be showing the work of artist Brad Brunsman.
Indiana Pastoral: The Photography of Lamar Richcreek
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Lamar Richcreek (American, 1947–2018), Untitled from the Series Ideal Farm, 2004, chromogenic color print, gift of Jean Richcreek, 2024.006.011.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Ball State alumnus Lamar Richcreek (1947–2018) earned a degree in business administration in 1969. After a 24-year career in banking, he launched a second career in photography. In his 50s, he returned to school, earned an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and taught for 20 years as an adjunct professor of photography at the Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. His success as a fine art photographer resulted in a solo exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2002.
Like the pastoral genre in literature, art, and music, Lamar Richcreek’s photographs often present nostalgic visual stories of Indiana’s agricultural landscape inflected by his business perspective. He once wrote in an artist’s statement, “My views of the landscape, agriculture and the family farm are romanticized ones, originating from childhood experiences and visits to my grandfather’s farm in Central Indiana. In the aftermath of World War II and during the Cold War years, the Midwest saw the creation of global markets for farm products and the development of technological advances that were invented to increase production for improved and insured profitability, all of which transformed American farming. These transformations favored agri-businesses and multi-national corporations, thereby altering the viability of the traditional family farm. This change occurred over time without my realizing its impact.”
Lamar Richcreek’s photography testifies to the effects of the post-war economic-agricultural boom in the Midwest through his images with surreal settings, witty juxtapositions, and sublime scenery. A recent donation of art from his wife, Jean Richcreek (1948–2025), to the David Owsley Museum of Art allows subsequent generations to view the corporatization of farming in Indiana through Lamar Richcreek’s creative lens. We are also grateful to Ball State alumnus Thomas Murphy (‘69) for his recent philanthropic investment in DOMA in memory of Lamar and Jean Richcreek.
Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896–1976), designs for Cercle et Carré logo, 1929. Pen and ink on paper, 9 3/4 × 6 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. 2011.125.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Hours: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Tuesday–Friday)
1:30–4:30 p.m. (Saturday)In Paris in 1929, Belgian painter and critic Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), Uruguayan painter and theorist Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), and Catalan-American artist Pierre Daura (1896–1976) founded an influential but short-lived artistic group named Circle and Square, after the geometric shapes fundamental to abstract art. The group attracted more than eighty international artists including Jean Arp (1886–1966), Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Alexandra Exter (1882–1949), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1987), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), and Sophie Täuber-Arp (1889–1943), among other famous and lesser-known personalities in the Parisian art world. Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art showcases more than sixty works by thirty of Cercle et Carré’s participants, as well as outlines the formation of the group and its artistic legacy.
The exhibition was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, with the addition of works from the collection of the David Owsley Museum of Art. Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Daura Foundation.
Bob Ross Painting Workshop: S30 E08—Home in the Valley
5pm to 9pm @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
620 West Minnetrista Boulevard Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: $95.00 Ages: All ages Learn Bob’s signature “wet-on-wet” technique from an experienced Certified Ross Instructor® and paint at Minnetrista! Just bring yourself, and we will provide everything you need to have a wonderful time. Just like Bob said, “Let’s get crazy!”
This workshop will take place in the Cantina, a ground-level, fully accessible space. Pre-registration is strongly preferred. Limited walk-in seating may be available, so please call ahead. Painting workshops are open to participants ages 14 and up.
Please note: Admission to the Bob Ross Experience exhibition is not included with workshop registration. All attendees must be registered to participate. Contact our front desk at 765.282.4848 for more information.
First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market
5pm to 8pm @
Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie
Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie
FIRST THURSDAYS! 🌱 Join our local Growers & Makers of the Muncie Makers Market for a really fun community experience EVERY MONTH for First Thursdays in Downtown Muncie! ALL OUTDOORS! While you enjoy shopping for our homemade, handmade, and locally grown goods, you can also have a great time with live geode/rock cutting with Wook's Workshop, check out Kat's Crystals & Curiosities along the path of our Market, and explore the many arty opportunities throughout Downtown Muncie's First Thursday Gallery Walks! The Muncie Makers Market is so happy to get back outside with the First Thursday community events, a popular local tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout all of Downtown Muncie. Come shop with us and enjoy your community!
The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market monthly during the First Thursday & Third Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie, and at special annual events like the Magic City Brewfest, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up DWNTWN throughout our community all year! We develop local small business through education, connections, and events! Please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram and please SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/
First Thursday Gallery Walks:
https://www.downtownmuncie.org/first-thursday
Kat's Crystals & Curiosities:
https://www.katscrystalsandcuriosities.com
Advance Vendor Registration is required to be a Vendor at each selling event with the Muncie Makers Market. 🌿
Ball State Symphony Orchestra
7:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: General Public: $8 in advance / $10 at the door Seniors: $5 in advance / $7 at the door BSU Faculty/Staff: $5 in advance / $7 at the door About
The Ball State Symphony Orchestra is a flagship ensemble of the School of Music that performs orchestral music from a wide variety of backgrounds and time periods.
Program
Prokofiev: The Montagues and Capulets from Romeo & Juliet
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland: Appalachian SpringTickets
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall starting August 1.
Prices
- General Public: $8 in advance / $10 at the door
- Seniors: $5 in advance / $7 at the door
- BSU Faculty/Staff: $5 in advance / $7 at the door
- Students: free* in advance / $5 at the door
*One (1) free student ticket per ID is available in advance (before 5 p.m. on the night of the concert) at the College of Fine Arts Box Office
Purchase Options
- ONLINE
- Phone: 765-285-8749
- In person: Monday through Friday from Noon to 5 p.m., or starting 1 hour before the performance
**Please note: As part of our commitment to sustainability, all College of Fine Arts tickets are paperless and are accessible via email confirmation. Your confirmation email contains your digital tickets which can be scanned at the door from your mobile device, or you can print your digital tickets at home to be scanned. There is no need to visit Will Call prior to the performance.
Parking
Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. Metered parking is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free.
- Karaoke @ RoHo's! 8pm to 10pm @ RoHo's Martini Bar 308 S Walnut St, Muncie, IN 47305, USA
Ages: 21+ November 6, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
RoHo's Martini Bar, 308 S Walnut St, Muncie, IN 47305, USANov 7, 2025
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Indiana Pastoral: The Photography of Lamar Richcreek
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Lamar Richcreek (American, 1947–2018), Untitled from the Series Ideal Farm, 2004, chromogenic color print, gift of Jean Richcreek, 2024.006.011.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Ball State alumnus Lamar Richcreek (1947–2018) earned a degree in business administration in 1969. After a 24-year career in banking, he launched a second career in photography. In his 50s, he returned to school, earned an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and taught for 20 years as an adjunct professor of photography at the Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. His success as a fine art photographer resulted in a solo exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2002.
Like the pastoral genre in literature, art, and music, Lamar Richcreek’s photographs often present nostalgic visual stories of Indiana’s agricultural landscape inflected by his business perspective. He once wrote in an artist’s statement, “My views of the landscape, agriculture and the family farm are romanticized ones, originating from childhood experiences and visits to my grandfather’s farm in Central Indiana. In the aftermath of World War II and during the Cold War years, the Midwest saw the creation of global markets for farm products and the development of technological advances that were invented to increase production for improved and insured profitability, all of which transformed American farming. These transformations favored agri-businesses and multi-national corporations, thereby altering the viability of the traditional family farm. This change occurred over time without my realizing its impact.”
Lamar Richcreek’s photography testifies to the effects of the post-war economic-agricultural boom in the Midwest through his images with surreal settings, witty juxtapositions, and sublime scenery. A recent donation of art from his wife, Jean Richcreek (1948–2025), to the David Owsley Museum of Art allows subsequent generations to view the corporatization of farming in Indiana through Lamar Richcreek’s creative lens. We are also grateful to Ball State alumnus Thomas Murphy (‘69) for his recent philanthropic investment in DOMA in memory of Lamar and Jean Richcreek.
Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art
9am to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896–1976), designs for Cercle et Carré logo, 1929. Pen and ink on paper, 9 3/4 × 6 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. 2011.125.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Hours: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Tuesday–Friday)
1:30–4:30 p.m. (Saturday)In Paris in 1929, Belgian painter and critic Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), Uruguayan painter and theorist Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), and Catalan-American artist Pierre Daura (1896–1976) founded an influential but short-lived artistic group named Circle and Square, after the geometric shapes fundamental to abstract art. The group attracted more than eighty international artists including Jean Arp (1886–1966), Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Alexandra Exter (1882–1949), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1987), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), and Sophie Täuber-Arp (1889–1943), among other famous and lesser-known personalities in the Parisian art world. Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art showcases more than sixty works by thirty of Cercle et Carré’s participants, as well as outlines the formation of the group and its artistic legacy.
The exhibition was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, with the addition of works from the collection of the David Owsley Museum of Art. Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Daura Foundation.
Nov 8, 2025
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Open Space: Art About the Land
9am to 5pm @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
1200 North Minnetrista Parkway Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: $15.00 Since 2001, Open Space: Art About the Land has encouraged artists from across the state to draw inspiration from the land that surrounds us. From painters to sculptors and beyond, the exhibition presents a diverse showcase of creative talent that celebrates the beauty achieved when nature inspires art. Sachi Yanari-Rizzo, curator of prints and drawings at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, will be this year’s exhibition juror. Once again, tandem exhibitions will be presented by Minnetrista and the Red-tail Land Conservancy’s mission to protect wild lands in East Central Indiana.
No Fear Canning Series: Jolly Holiday Cranberry-Cider Jelly
10am @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
Education Center, 1200 North Minnetrista Parkway Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: $35.00 Get into the holiday spirit with this cheerful, beginner-friendly canning workshop! You’ll learn step-by-step how to make a bright and flavorful cranberry-cider jelly—perfect for gifting, entertaining, or enjoying at your own holiday table. Whether you’re brand new to canning or looking to add a festive recipe to your repertoire, this hands-on experience will give you the skills and confidence to make it your own. You’ll leave with a jar of cranberry-cider jelly ready to share (or keep!).
November 8, 10 a.m.–Noon | Center Building, Cantina
Cost: $35 | Member Discounts Apply
Pre-registration is strongly preferred; limited walk-in tickets may be available—please call ahead.
- Meet a Doula: Birth Doula Work & The Importance of Materal Care 1pm to 4pm @ Muncie Liberation Studio To the right of China Express 1809 W University Ave
Calling all Mamas and Mamas-to-be!!
Feminists for Action and the Muncie Liberation Studio will be hosting Holly Frierson, Certified Full Spectrum Doula from Divine Transitions on November 8th for a free event that will include detailed information on what a Birth Doula is and what they do, how to become a certified Birth Doula, important birthing/nursing techniques, the importance of alternative birthing options and maternal care, and the injustices in reproductive care in Indiana. No age restrictions and is open to the public!
Indiana Pastoral: The Photography of Lamar Richcreek
1:30pm to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Lamar Richcreek (American, 1947–2018), Untitled from the Series Ideal Farm, 2004, chromogenic color print, gift of Jean Richcreek, 2024.006.011.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Ball State alumnus Lamar Richcreek (1947–2018) earned a degree in business administration in 1969. After a 24-year career in banking, he launched a second career in photography. In his 50s, he returned to school, earned an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and taught for 20 years as an adjunct professor of photography at the Herron School of Art + Design in Indianapolis. His success as a fine art photographer resulted in a solo exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2002.
Like the pastoral genre in literature, art, and music, Lamar Richcreek’s photographs often present nostalgic visual stories of Indiana’s agricultural landscape inflected by his business perspective. He once wrote in an artist’s statement, “My views of the landscape, agriculture and the family farm are romanticized ones, originating from childhood experiences and visits to my grandfather’s farm in Central Indiana. In the aftermath of World War II and during the Cold War years, the Midwest saw the creation of global markets for farm products and the development of technological advances that were invented to increase production for improved and insured profitability, all of which transformed American farming. These transformations favored agri-businesses and multi-national corporations, thereby altering the viability of the traditional family farm. This change occurred over time without my realizing its impact.”
Lamar Richcreek’s photography testifies to the effects of the post-war economic-agricultural boom in the Midwest through his images with surreal settings, witty juxtapositions, and sublime scenery. A recent donation of art from his wife, Jean Richcreek (1948–2025), to the David Owsley Museum of Art allows subsequent generations to view the corporatization of farming in Indiana through Lamar Richcreek’s creative lens. We are also grateful to Ball State alumnus Thomas Murphy (‘69) for his recent philanthropic investment in DOMA in memory of Lamar and Jean Richcreek.
Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art
1:30pm to 4:30pm @
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
2021 W. Riverside Ave., Ball State University
Image: Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896–1976), designs for Cercle et Carré logo, 1929. Pen and ink on paper, 9 3/4 × 6 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. 2011.125.
September 18 – December 19, 2025
Hours: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Tuesday–Friday)
1:30–4:30 p.m. (Saturday)In Paris in 1929, Belgian painter and critic Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), Uruguayan painter and theorist Joaquín Torres-García (1874–1949), and Catalan-American artist Pierre Daura (1896–1976) founded an influential but short-lived artistic group named Circle and Square, after the geometric shapes fundamental to abstract art. The group attracted more than eighty international artists including Jean Arp (1886–1966), Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Alexandra Exter (1882–1949), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904–1987), Fernand Léger (1881–1955), and Sophie Täuber-Arp (1889–1943), among other famous and lesser-known personalities in the Parisian art world. Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art showcases more than sixty works by thirty of Cercle et Carré’s participants, as well as outlines the formation of the group and its artistic legacy.
The exhibition was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, with the addition of works from the collection of the David Owsley Museum of Art. Generous support for the exhibition was provided by the Daura Foundation.
Astronomy SLAM 2025
6:30pm @
Charles W. Brown Planetarium, Ball State University
2111 West Riverside Avenue
Cost: $4/person, buy tickets online Saturday, Nov. 8 at 6:30pm, doors open at 6pm
Cost: $4/person, buy tickets online
Just 10 minutes a person. That’s all the time four Ball State students get to share a piece of the universe with you during this annual event. Students use planetarium visuals to present in the most creative way they can while competing for the title of ASTRONOMY SLAM CHAMPION. Come and vote live for the winner!
Runtime: Approximately 90 minutes total. Suitable for adults and ages 8+, all ages are welcome.
Comedy Show sponsored by Muncie Eagles 231
8pm @
Muncie Eagles 231
1414 S Batavia Ave, Muncie, IN
Cost: $10 presale; $15 at the door Ages: 21+
Betty’s Cabin Activity: Storytime Saturday
11:30pm to 11:50am @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
1200 N Minnetrista Pkwy, Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: Free Ages: 12 and under Bring your little ones to Storytime Saturday! Join one of our experience guides for a cozy storytime perfect for children 5 and under and their families. Each month, we’ll feature a special seasonal story that celebrates the time of year.
Saturdays; 11:30 a.m.
Location: Betty’s Cabin
Free Community Activity
Betty’s Cabin Activities are presented in partnership with Patterson Block Muncie.
This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Aug 2, 2025 to Dec 27, 2025 and happens every:
Saturdays: 11:30am - 11:50am Timezone: EDT
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