Fridays: Aug. 21, 28 at 5:00 p.m.

Take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, find shapes in the sky, and learn about the North Star in this cross-cultural adventure with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend Hu Hu Zhu from China.
Perfect for families and groups with pre-K through 1st grade learners.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close once full or 5 minutes after showtime, and no entry is permitted after that time.

Fridays: Aug. 21, 28 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays: Aug. 22, 29 at 6:30 p.m.

In this fast-paced program, explore the most massive objects in the universe with a planetarium short from “Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell,” the award-winning YouTube creators who make complex science accessible, accompanied by live discussion on the latest discoveries.
Recommended for adults and ages 12+.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium
 

Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close once full or 5 minutes after showtime, and no entry is permitted after that time.

Saturdays: Aug. 22, 29 at 3:30 p.m.

Take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, find shapes in the sky, and learn about the North Star in this cross-cultural adventure with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend Hu Hu Zhu from China.
Perfect for families and groups with pre-K through 1st grade learners.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close once full or 5 minutes after showtime, and no entry is permitted after that time.

Saturdays: Aug. 22, 29 at 5:00 p.m.

This show tells the twisted tale of our planet’s origins, and helps us explore the potential of other possible worlds like our own.
Recommended for adults and ages 10+.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close once full or 5 minutes after showtime, and no entry is permitted after that time.

Fridays: Aug. 21, 28 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays: Aug. 22, 29 at 6:30 p.m.

In this fast-paced program, explore the most massive objects in the universe with a planetarium short from “Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell,” the award-winning YouTube creators who make complex science accessible, accompanied by live discussion on the latest discoveries.
Recommended for adults and ages 12+.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium
 

Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close once full or 5 minutes after showtime, and no entry is permitted after that time.

Flor De Toloache

Latin GRAMMY winners Flor De Toloache, an all-female Mariachi ensemble, will be returning to Muncie and performing in a FREE outdoor concert as part of the 2026 Muncie Three Trails Music Series. Cincinnati-based Estrada Do Sol will open the show.

Flor De Toloache, which translates as “deadly flower” and also refers to a main ingredient in traditional love potions, was founded in 2008 by singers Mireya Ramos and Shae Fiol. The group weaves a variety of influences (e.g., salsa, bactata, cumbia, gypsy, Latin jazz, pop, hip-hop, soul) into their unique sound, giving them an edgy, versatile and fresh take on traditional Mexican music. They perform original songs, new arrangements of classic Mariachi tunes, as well as an eclectic selection of covers that can include songs by artists such as Adele, AC/DC, and Erykah Badu. Their mélange of the traditional and the modern pushes the boundaries of the genre and brings Mariachi music to new audiences. Flor De Toloache’s critically acclaimed self-titled debut album received a Latin GRAMMY nomination for “Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album” of 2015, and their 2017 release, Las Caras Lindas, won that award. Indestructible, a 2019 GRAMMY nominee for “Best Latin Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album,”  showcased their collaboration with multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend. National Public Radio says the album “… pushes the boundaries of mariachi music and its instruments through reimagined pop covers, originals and original collaborations.”

Over the course of the last few years, Flor de Toloache have played to sold out audiences in the UK, Germany, Holland, Italy, France, as well as performing at Coachella and at such legendary venues as First Avenue in Minneapolis, The Vic in Chicago, Terminal 5 in New York, DC’s 930 Club, and Nashville’s Ryman Theater (The Grand Ole Opry). The group was invited to perform at the GRAMMY Museum’s Latin Music Gallery Exhibition ribbon-cutting. They were also invited to pay tribute to Linda Ronstadt at the 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Needless to say, their previous performances at the Muncie Three Trails Music Series they have brought down the house.

Muncie Stitch n' Bitch meets every Sunday! 🧶 We meet weekly at The Cup and we come and go from 3-6p. 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! 
 

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Join us for a presentation and open discussion of the ongoing news stories from national to local.

free film screening and discussion 

Hosted weekly at the Muncie Liberation Studio, Third World Study Group is meant to be a place where we can engage in collective study to develop a more holistic understanding of the political state of the world and its history. We seek to hear from people engaged directly in struggles for national liberation and to better understand the role of U.S. imperialism in global politics. 

Minnetrista Museum & Gardens

September 2; 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. | All Campus  Cost: $6 per child; includes free admission for two adults with each child ticket. Additional adult tickets are $7 each. Free for members. Homeschool families are invited to a fun-filled day of educational activities across Minnetrista’s campus. Enjoy a hands-on experience using an old-fashioned cider press, explore current exhibitions, and venture along our scenic trails. Come ready to learn and play! Preregistration is encouraged.

Minnetrista Museum & Gardens

September 2 and 3; 6–8:30 p.m. | Center Building, Cantina Cost: $65 | Member Discounts Apply | Ages 18+ Learn the art of traditional case binding in this two-day, hands-on workshop. Participants will build and sew their own text block, then create a durable hardcover book using decorative papers. Each participant will leave with a completed, handcrafted book suitable for journaling, sketching, or creative projects. A variety of decorative papers will be available to personalize your cover. All tools and supplies will be provided. Preregistration is preferred; limited walk-in tickets may be available—please call ahead. For those interested in exploring additional design techniques, Minnetrista is partnering with Art Mart, which is offering a separate paper marbling class. Participants are welcome to bring marbled paper from that experience to use in this workshop, though it is not required. Registration and fees for the marbling class are handled separately through Art Mart.

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. This is our ten year anniversary and we are happy to have had over 600 small businesses work with us. You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market outdoors every First Thursday at Adams & Walnut AND indoors every Third Thursday at MadJax Maker Force. We also set up at special annual events like Magic City Sip & Savor, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie. We develop local small business through education, connections, and events!  Please join us on Facebook and Instagram and please share us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/ ;

111 Arts Gallery Art at the Murray Debra Gindhart Dragoo at Cornerstone Center for the Arts DWNTWN Idol Round 2 at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Carol Strock Wasson at Gordy Fine Art and Framing Co. Daniel Wasson at Gordy Fine Art and Framing Co. Ellen Leigh at Madjax Jerry Wire for Muncie Artists Guild Community Collage at the Record Parlor of Muncie Leslie Price at Roho's Brad Brunsman at Savage's Alehouse

111 Arts Gallery 
111 E. Main
111 Arts Gallery is doing a tattoo flash special. Discounted tattoos all day all Garfield imagery, in celebration of being in Muncie. 1-8pm tattooing, all day specials, and art show 5-8pm. 

Art at the Murray
405 S. Walnut
Open 5-8pm
Come see behind the scenes where local art is made every day! Open third floor studios include the debut of Kat Peace's new solo space in suite 303, Duncklehaus Photography in the lovely corner suite #305, and Gallery Flaneur (aka Mark Sawrie) down the hall in suite 310. Don't forget to stop by on your way upstairs to see what Carrie Wright is up to on the second level. 

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Join us for an eclectic evening at Cornerstone for First Thursday! Explore Debra Gindhart Dragoo’s exhibition, SILVERED: Pretty Faces Twenty Years Later, and shop from local vendors on the second floor from 5–8 PM. 

Then, from 6–8 PM, head down to the first-floor E.B. Ball Auditorium for DWNTWN IDOL Round 2 performances! Dwntwn Idol Round 2 has been rescheduled and will be a part of September's First Thursday! Twenty talented contestants are hitting the stage, and only ten will move on to the Finale. Come cheer them on! This event is FREE to attend. 6–8 PM. Cornerstone Center for the Arts, E.B. Ball Auditorium Stage. Sponsor: City of Muncie.

Come for the art, stay for the music, and support local artists and vendors along the way.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company will open a new exhibition of paintings by Carol Strock Wasson and photographs by her son Daniel Wasson. The show’s title, Landscape  refers to the depiction of the land in their art.  It also refers to their family business, Wasson Nursery, where they have spent a lifetime creating landscapes for their customers. Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend.

At 6:15 The Artists will give an informal talk about their work

Carol Strock Wasson is a well-known and much-loved artist and teacher with an active studio in Union City, Indiana.  She is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, a Master Pastelist of the Chicago Pastel Painters, a Signature Member of American Women Artists, and enjoys Eminent Status with the International Association of Pastel Societies. She exhibits widely in Indiana with the Indiana Plein-Air Painters Association and the Hoosier Salon.

Daniel Wasson is Owner/President of Landscape Services Div. Wasson Nursery Inc.

This exhibition will be the first time their artistic work has been shown together. “For decades,” say Carol and Daniel, “our family has worked with the landscape—designing it, caring for it, and living among it. Through painting and photography, we continue that relationship, exploring the changing light, quiet beauty, and enduring character of the places we call home. We hope these images invite you to slow down, look closely, and experience the landscape as we do.”

The exhibit will be on view with works for sale in the gallery through October 31, 2026.

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists, provides appraisals, restores antique frames, and offers expert design and craftsmanship for framing and displaying treasured family possessions and works of art. Business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm. Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre.  For more information, visit www.gordyframing.com or call 765-284-8422

Madjax Muncie
515 E. Main St.
Ever wondered what's inside MadJax? Make plans to visit on Thursday, September 3, from 5:00–8:00 p.m. at MadJax Maker Force, 515 E. Main St., for Explore MadJax, a building-wide open house and a chance to see more of what happens inside one of downtown Muncie's most unique spaces. Visitors are invited to wander the building, peek inside open studios and workspaces, and meet the artists, makers, entrepreneurs, businesses, nonprofits, and professionals who call MadJax home. Guided tours will also be available throughout the evening for those who want to learn more about the building and the many ways people use MadJax.  You'll also have the chance to meet community organizations that regularly use MadJax for meetings, programs, classes, and events, including Muncie Arts & Culture Council, Muncie Queer Alliance, BSU Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute, Rooted & Rising, Muncie Astronomy Club, Muncie Public Library, and Muncie Camera Club. The evening will also feature a new exhibition in TOOLSONG Gallery featuring artist Ellen Leigh and live music from Foxxy in the MadJax Courtyard. Make a night of it and stop by Guardian Brewing Co. dinner, drinks, and half-off appetizers. 

Muncie Artists Guild
Various locations
As the Best of Show Winner of the Muncie Artists Guild’s Annual Show, JERRY WIRE is the featured Artist of the Month for September 2026. Jerry taught art at Muncie Community Schools for over 30 years and volunteered at Minnetrista on various projects after he retired. His grandfather’s oil paintings influenced his youth. He designed the Madison Heights school shield that was installed on the gymnasium wall and did set designs for plays while in school. His main interest is in art history and the study of men and women over the ages of Western Civilization, their interpretation of life, and how they handled their subjects. He does both two- and three-dimensional projects. His projects include charcoal and pastels, oils, acrylic portraits, ceramics, throwing, terra-cotta, papier-mâché, kites, mosaics, weaving, hyper-tufa garden sculptures, and printmaking.

Jerry's artwork will be on display at Old National Bank, The Patterson Bldg., and at Rosebud Cafe.

Record Parlor of Muncie
125 E. Charles St., Suite 110
Stop by Record Parlor of Muncie between 6 and 8 on First Thursday to record your part of the Community Collage! We will have a small recording station set up with a handful of instruments. Come and record something (regardless of skill or talent) and we will take all of the parts and mix them into a song/songs to be shared with the community.

RoHo’s Muncie
308 S. Walnut St.
Leslie Price is an independent Historic Preservation Specialist in Muncie, Indiana. A graduate of Ball State University, her dedication to the building arts, preserving cultural heritage and the environment is evident in her pursuit of the perfect perspective. Leslie is a photographer, writer, activist, painter and craftsman. She has a unique vision of the evolution of culture, which is reflected in the texture, details and composition of her images. She has been photographing people, events and the national parks for over fifteen years. She has presented solo exhibitions in Davenport, Iowa; Rock Island, Illinois and Muncie, Indiana. She has participated in First Thursday on five occasions previously and was the featured artist in the Judith Barnes Gallery at Cornerstone Center for the Arts last month. Leslie will be our Artist of the Month for September and her works will be on the walls by First Thursday.

Also at Roho’s
The Songwriter Sessions at Roho’s
308 S. Walnut St
The Songwriter Sessions is a monthly event where local and regional songwriters share the art of original music and the stories behind the songs.  The event is held in conjunction with Muncie's First Thursday. It runs from 8-10pm at RoHo's  308 S Walnut St, Muncie, IN 47305 after the main First Thursday events, as an after party where you can unwind and listen to awesome live music performed by the creators. The September event features Sweet Country & the Dog Biscuits and Sally and Lyn of The Fierce, who along with another band member, Michelle Kinsay, are the hosts of the monthly songwriter event.  You may find details here or on The Songwriter Sessions Facebook page.

Savage's Ale House (21+) 
127 N. High
This month at Savage's we are featuring Brad Brunsman. His art will be up Sept. 1 and remain throughout the month. People can come view/purchase art during normal business hours and obviously, throughout first Thursday, as long as they are 21+ years old. 

The Songwriter Sessions

The Songwriter Sessions is a singer/songwriter showcase happening every month in conjunction with First Thursday in downtown Muncie, Indiana. The all-original showcase is hosted by members of The Fierce - Sally and Lyn Fierce, and Michelle Kinsey. This event is an intentional listening opportunity, allowing the talented artists to share the stories behind their songs and allow the listener to hear the magic of the words and music come together.

Blue Moon Marquee

Acclaimed Canadian blues/jazz group Blue Moon Marquee will be performing in a FREE outdoor concert as part of the 2026 Muncie Three Trails Music Series. Locals The Prairie Creek Sirens will open the show.

Blue Moon Marquee writes and performs original compositions influenced by anything that swings, jumps or grooves. A.W. Cardinal (vocals/guitar) and Jasmine Colette a.k.a. Badlands Jass (vocals/bass/drums) have played for a vast gamut of crowds at jazz clubs, Lindy Hop dance halls, folk venues, blues haunts, hospitals, prisons, markets, motorcycle joints, dive bars and prestigious festival stages. The vast repertoire of this band is a reflection of their bounteous years on the road, and the result is a trademark blend that pulls the different parts of their musical worlds together, taking the tones of early blues, the expressions of jazz, the heart of country, the spirit of folk, the swagger of soul and the rhythm of rock ‘n’ roll. Their gift is bringing all these elements together without anything sounding out of step. For their Canan Commons show, the duo will be joined by Alison Young on sax and Darcy Phillips on keys.

In recognition of the band’s excellence, Scream, Holler & Howl, their 5th album, won the JUNO Award (the Canadian equivalent of the GRAMMY) for Blues Album of the Year. The album was also honored with the Blues Foundation’s award for Emerging Artist of the Year (2023), and it swept the 2023 Maple Blues Awards (Canada’s highest honour in blues) with four wins. including Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Acoustic Act of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.  Co-produced by GRAMMY-winning guitarist Duke Robillard and recorded live to tape, the album blazes forward with its astonishing mix of genres. As Mr. Robillard states, “To say A.W. and Jasmine are old souls is an understatement. They are poised for worldwide recognition in a brilliant and unique genre-bending ride through American blues and folk, Gypsy jazz, Native American themes, jump blues, swing and more. These century-old traditions have been redefined and delivered in a new light here”. Unbound by genre or era, Blue Moon Marquee has an edge that demands you take notice. With an authentic mixture of tempo, melody and imagery, they are timeless artists perfect for this time. 

Muncie Stitch n' Bitch meets every Sunday! 🧶 We meet weekly at The Cup and we come and go from 3-6p. 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! 
 

Join us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472977992921700

Hosted weekly at the Muncie Liberation Studio, Third World Study Group is meant to be a place where we can engage in collective study to develop a more holistic understanding of the political state of the world and its history. We seek to hear from people engaged directly in struggles for national liberation and to better understand the role of U.S. imperialism in global politics. 

September 9; 3–4:30 p.m. | Center Building, Indiana Room Cost: $25 | Member Discounts Apply | Ages 13+

What does it take to bring a fully immersive art experience to life? Local artist Carrie Wright offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at creating a large-scale contemporary installation of seven hand painted silk panel rooms, sharing the high-stakes balancing act of logistics, innovation, and stewardship. Enjoy light refreshments as you explore the realities of bringing ambitious creative visions to life. From navigating unfamiliar infrastructure to carrying the responsibility of introducing a city to total immersion, this talk explores the unique pressures and rewards of a professional artist’s journey. Preregistration is preferred; limited walk-in tickets may be available—please call ahead.