Events on September 14, 2025
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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
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend
9am to 5pm @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
1200 N Minnetrista Pkwy, Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: $15.00 Ages: all Ages 
The narwhal, with its unique spiral tusk, has inspired legend and fascinated people across cultures for centuries. Take a deep dive into the narwhal's Arctic world to explore what makes this mysterious animal and its changing ecosystem so important. Through first-hand accounts from scientists and Inuit community members, the exhibition will reveal how traditional knowledge and experience, coupled with the latest scientific research, heighten our understanding of these fascinating animals—and our changing global climate.
July 12, 2025 – September 28, 2025
Location: Center Building, Gallery 3
Cost: Included with your admission ticket
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Jul 12, 2025 to Sep 28, 2025 and happens every:
Wednesdays: 9:00am - 5:00pm 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
The Old Washington Street Festival
12pm @
East Washington Street
715 E Washington Street
Ladies, gents, ragamuffins and rosy-cheeked rascals of all ages—step right up and lend me your ears, for the most glorious, gallivantin’, and gaslight-glowin’ event of the season is set to RETURN!
Yes sir, yes ma’am, yes indeedy—it’s the annual extravaganza, where history waltzes with whimsy and every cobblestone hums with the spirit of the Gas Boom Era!
Marvel at the Victorian homes—some open for tours and brimming with tales of old!
Stroll past over handcrafted artisan booths—jewelry, pottery, plants, candles, glass, and curios galore!
Tap your toes to live music, street performers, and tunes that'll tickle your tin ear like it's 1925 all over again!
Feast like a king on a variety of vibrant victuals and the sweet kiss of homemade ice cream!
Kiddos, don’t be shy—this is a family-friendly event with fun for all and smiles wide as the White River!
Watch live demonstrations from tradesfolk, artists, and old-timey wizards of craft — some’ll even let ya try your hand!
Admission is FREE, though home tour tickets will cost you just a song.
Come one, come all, for a festival where Muncie’s past becomes your present!
So mark those calendars, press those suspenders, and join us at the Old Washington Street Festival—where the spirit of yesteryear is alive and jivin’!
AHB Concert Band at Old Washington Street Festival
2pm @
Washington Street Performance Tent
500 E Washington & Monroe Streets
AHB is a tradition at the Old Washington St Festival - concert date for 2025 is Sun, Sept 14, at 2 pm.
Under the bright red tent - at 2:00 pm on Sunday, Sept 14 - the AHB Concert Band performs its last concert of the 2025 season during Muncie’s long-running Old Washington Street Festival… and the audience areas are tent-shaded, too.
- Songs for a New World 2:30pm @ Korsgaard Dance Studio, Ball State University 2210 W Campus Dr, Muncie, IN 47306
Cost: General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $15 in advance, $17 at the door Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Bill JenkinsMusical Direction by Johnna Tavianini
Choreographed by Anne Beck
Korsgaard Dance Studio- September 5, 6, 9-13 at 7:30 p.m.
- September 14 at 7:00 p.m.
- September 7 and 14 at 2:30 p.m.
Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World is a powerful, genre-blending theatrical experience that lives at the intersection of song cycle and musical. Each number captures a pivotal moment of decision—a leap of faith, a turning point, a chance to change everything. With a dynamic score that fuses pop, gospel, and jazz, the show transports audiences across time and space, from 1492 to modern-day New York. Featuring a small but mighty cast, this moving production explores the heart of transformation and the courage it takes to step into the unknown.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.comTickets
Tickets are available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall in person, by phone at 765-285-8749, or online.
General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door
Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $15 in advance, $17 at the door
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!
- Faculty Artist Series: James Helton 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.
James Caton Helton maintains an active schedule as a soloist, a collaborative performer and as an adjudicator and teacher of master classes. He has performed throughout most of the United States and in the Czech Republic, Spain, and Thailand. He has had the pleasure of working with Pulitzer Prize winning composers George Crumb, William Bolcom, Lucas Foss and Joseph Schwantner in concerts broadcast over public radio and television.
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. On weekdays, metered parking ($2/hr) is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free. This garage is free on weekends.
- Songs for a New World 7pm @ Korsgaard Dance Studio, Ball State University 2210 W Campus Dr, Muncie, IN 47306
Cost: General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $15 in advance, $17 at the door Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Bill JenkinsMusical Direction by Johnna Tavianini
Choreographed by Anne Beck
Korsgaard Dance Studio- September 5, 6, 9-13 at 7:30 p.m.
- September 14 at 7:00 p.m.
- September 7 and 14 at 2:30 p.m.
Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World is a powerful, genre-blending theatrical experience that lives at the intersection of song cycle and musical. Each number captures a pivotal moment of decision—a leap of faith, a turning point, a chance to change everything. With a dynamic score that fuses pop, gospel, and jazz, the show transports audiences across time and space, from 1492 to modern-day New York. Featuring a small but mighty cast, this moving production explores the heart of transformation and the courage it takes to step into the unknown.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.comTickets
Tickets are available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall in person, by phone at 765-285-8749, or online.
General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door
Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $15 in advance, $17 at the door
