Graham Watson

Cheryl Crowder writes:

Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, Indiana Michigan Power Company and The PhyXTGears Robotics Team will host a New Year’s Eve Celebration on December 31 starting at 11:30pm.

Located at Charles and Walnut St., we invite community members to come downtown for their own New Year’s Eve celebration. Live footage of the NYC Times Square celebration will be displayed on a large screen in preparation for the countdown to 2012. Downtown Muncie will have its own “Time Square” ball drop and fireworks at midnight. This is a family friendly and alcohol free event.

Before the ball drops, Make an evening of it Downtown. Join us for dinner at White River Landing, paint your own pottery at The Artist Within, studio fee is only $10 for a family of four or $5 per person.  Muncie YWCA will provide a free swim for families from 8:30-9:30 with crafts and activities from 9:30-11:30.  It's good to be here!

For info visit downtownmuncie.org  or by calling 765 282-7897.

The Circus in Winter will be going to the American College Theatre Festival in January!

Come see our Benefit Performance on January 2nd in University Theatre! If you missed it this fall, here is your chance to see it now!

The Circus in Winter

By the students of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Inspired by the novel by Cathy Day
Directed by Beth Turcotte
Musical Direction by Ben Clark and Alex Kocoshis
Choreography by Erin Spahr

University Theatre

January 2 at 7:00pm

Tickets: $10-all proceeds will go toward the students traveling to the American College Theatre Festival

Based on the novel by Cathy Day and adapted for the stage by Beth Turcotte and students from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, The Circus in Winter is the story of the passion beneath the big top. Join Wallace Porter, a stable owner from Indiana, as he falls in love and searches for his life's work, a journey that culminates in the purchase of his own circus. Filled with fantastic characters, heart-rending moments of love an loss, and extraordinary new music, The Circus in Winter is a feast for the eyes, ears, and heart.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

Tickets will go on sale on December 12th! Box Office Hours are as follows:

• December 12-16 from 1-5pm,
• December 19-22 from 1pm-5pm,
• December 23 from 9am-Noon,
• December 28-29 from 1-5pm,
• December 30 from 9am-Noon, and
• January 2 from 5-7pm.

An art exhibiton and performance of Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape"

Show runs Jan. 5-7 and 12-14
Exhibit begins at 6 pm; performance at 7 pm
Tickets are $5; all proceeds go to the Heorot

Prospective volunteers are invited to hear from current docents about the funof being a tour leader at the David Owsley Museum of Art. Information will beprovided to sign-up for weekly training. See the volunteer application form in the Get Involved section at bsu.edu/artmuseum.
Refreshments will be served.
Brown Study Room

The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies is pleased to present the first Brown Bag Discussion of the semester: Melissa Evans and Nigelle Holloway, the founder and store manager of Nature's Karma!

Nature's Karma is a specialty store (located in Carmel City Center) focusing on recycled gifts and goods, fair trade items, teas, and organic skin care. They work with local artists, the Carmel Green Initiative, and fair trade organizations to educate about environmentally sustainable and socially relevant products.

When: Wednesday, January 18; 12-1 pm

Where: The Peace Center, 310. N. McKinley (white house across from South Commuter parking lot)

They will be discussing the store, the fair trade movement, and the impact of recycling. A question and answer session will follow. For questions please contact the Peace Center by e-mail, peacecenter@bsu.edu, or by telephone, 765-285-1622. Check out more about Nature's Karma here: http://www.natureskarma.org Hope to see you there! Please feel free to bring a packed lunch. Bottled water will be provided.

This workshop will focus on basic card magic, easy to do effects with everyday items found around the house, and effects that are easily made for just a few dollars and with minimal effort. This class is recommended for ages 12 and up. Everyone should bring a deck of cards to the workshop.

The cost of this workshop is $10.

Cornerstone requires a minimum of 7 pre-registrations before hosting any workshop.

Contact the Education Department at 765.281.9503, ext 23 with any questions.

Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at Doc's Sunday Trivia Brawl. Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up a a $50 Doc's gift certificate on booze, food, or merchandise. Every game is six rounds of trivia questions on a wide variety of topics in pop culture, science, history, and current events. Every tenth question is part of our inadvertent quest to discriminate against the deaf, and has players listening to a song and attempting to identify its title, band, and album. The sixth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage. Team signup starts at 9pm, and unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death), the game tends to wrap up at about 11pm.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

The Drowsy Chaperone

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Codirected by Sutton Foster and Bill Jenkins
Musical Direction by Robert Kvam, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Choreography by Christie Zimmerman
Featuring Muncie Civic Theatre Artistic Director Todd Sandman as Man in Chair

University Theatre

February 9-11, 15-18 at 7:30pm
February 12 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

When a musical theatre fanatic needs an evening away from it all, he turns to his favorite album-the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. As the stage transforms from his living room to the hilarious and unpredictable world of this show-within-a-show, we meet Janet Van De Graaff, a showgirl attempting to leave the business to get married. But leaving is not as easy as she hopes when her producer is pressured by gangsters to keep Janet in the show. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress and star of the Broadway production Anything Goes Sutton Foster joins us to direct this delightful tribute to the magic of the American musical!

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

Box Offce Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

The Drowsy Chaperone

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Codirected by Sutton Foster and Bill Jenkins
Musical Direction by Robert Kvam, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Choreography by Christie Zimmerman
Featuring Muncie Civic Theatre Artistic Director Todd Sandman as Man in Chair

University Theatre

February 9-11, 15-18 at 7:30pm
February 12 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

When a musical theatre fanatic needs an evening away from it all, he turns to his favorite album-the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. As the stage transforms from his living room to the hilarious and unpredictable world of this show-within-a-show, we meet Janet Van De Graaff, a showgirl attempting to leave the business to get married. But leaving is not as easy as she hopes when her producer is pressured by gangsters to keep Janet in the show. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress and star of the Broadway production Anything Goes Sutton Foster joins us to direct this delightful tribute to the magic of the American musical!

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

Box Offce Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

The Drowsy Chaperone

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Codirected by Sutton Foster and Bill Jenkins
Musical Direction by Robert Kvam, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Choreography by Christie Zimmerman
Featuring Muncie Civic Theatre Artistic Director Todd Sandman as Man in Chair

University Theatre

February 9-11, 15-18 at 7:30pm
February 12 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

When a musical theatre fanatic needs an evening away from it all, he turns to his favorite album-the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. As the stage transforms from his living room to the hilarious and unpredictable world of this show-within-a-show, we meet Janet Van De Graaff, a showgirl attempting to leave the business to get married. But leaving is not as easy as she hopes when her producer is pressured by gangsters to keep Janet in the show. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress and star of the Broadway production Anything Goes Sutton Foster joins us to direct this delightful tribute to the magic of the American musical!

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

Box Offce Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

The Drowsy Chaperone

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Codirected by Sutton Foster and Bill Jenkins
Musical Direction by Robert Kvam, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Choreography by Christie Zimmerman
Featuring Muncie Civic Theatre Artistic Director Todd Sandman as Man in Chair

University Theatre

February 9-11, 15-18 at 7:30pm
February 12 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

When a musical theatre fanatic needs an evening away from it all, he turns to his favorite album-the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. As the stage transforms from his living room to the hilarious and unpredictable world of this show-within-a-show, we meet Janet Van De Graaff, a showgirl attempting to leave the business to get married. But leaving is not as easy as she hopes when her producer is pressured by gangsters to keep Janet in the show. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress and star of the Broadway production Anything Goes Sutton Foster joins us to direct this delightful tribute to the magic of the American musical!

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

Box Offce Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at Doc's Sunday Trivia Brawl. Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up a a $50 Doc's gift certificate on booze, food, or merchandise. Every game is six rounds of trivia questions on a wide variety of topics in pop culture, science, history, and current events. Every tenth question is part of our inadvertent quest to discriminate against the deaf, and has players listening to a song and attempting to identify its title, band, and album. The sixth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage. Team signup starts at 9pm, and unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death), the game tends to wrap up at about 11pm.

Patricia Henley's novel, HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE, was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks, four story collections, and another novel. Her latest book is OTHER HEARTBREAKS, a collection of short stories. She is a Professor of English at Purdue University.

Mary Leader is the author of THE PENULTIMATE SUITOR (winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize), and RED SIGNATURE (a National Poetry Series selection). Her latest collection is BEYOND THE FIRE. A former Assistant State Attorney General of Oklahoma, she is now a Professor of English at Purdue University.

This event is free and open to the public and will include refreshments.

Sponsored by Creative Writing in the Ball State English Department.

Contact Mark Neely (maneely@bsu.edu).

Juno nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine of Dala write and sing in harmony best described as angelic.  These two best friends met in their high school music class in 2002; they have since released five albums and toured extensively across North America. Darlings of the Canadian music scene, Dala are now poised to bring their fresh brand of acoustic pop music to the world.

Drawing upon influences like The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Dala write songs that are both catchy and insightful. Amanda's ethereal soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila's velvety alto, creating the lush harmonies that have become their trademark.

"There's nothing pretentious about Dala's music; it's stripped
down and laid bare. That's not to say it is without polish - far from it.  Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther have worked hard to exploit every facet of their extraordinary musical blend, and it would be just as at home in a 1960s coffeehouse as it is now on the contemporary concert stage".  - Andrew Craig, Host of CBC "Canada Live"

The sheer joy with which they perform is infectious, turning first-time listeners into instant fans.  Dala are equally entertaining between songs, telling funny and down to earth stories that make every show unique.  Dala have opened for artists such as Tom Cochrane, Stuart McLean of the CBC's Vinyl Café, Richie Havens and Arlo Guthrie. No strangers to the festival scene, they have also performed at The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Edmonton Folk Festival, California's Strawberry Festival and Mariposa. In 2009, they were the only Canadian act invited to play at the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.

"Dala can sing! What beautiful flights of melody and harmony,
reminiscent of the Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Emmylou Harris and associates; though Dala can trade a melody line and leave one wondering who is taking the lead and simply leave one behind when the harmonies kick in." - Peterborough Examiner

Tickets: $17 in advance, $22 at the door.  Faculty & Staff may buy one and get one free (limit 1).  BSU students and youth $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

Tickets available now at the Emens Box office and Ticketmaster.com  
Emens Box office hours M-F 9:00am to 6:00pm

The box office at Pruis Hall will be open two hours prior to the
performance.

For more information, phone  765 285-1539.

Artist Website: http://www.dalagirls.com/

The Department of Theatre and Dance with Alpha Psi Omega
present

Recipe of Love Cabaret

Vera Mae's Bistro
209 South Walnut Street
Muncie, IN 47305

Friday, February 17th
Dinner at 6:30pm
Show at 7:30pm

FREE

Donations appreciated. All donations will go toward Department of Theatre and Dance student scholarships.

To make reservations, please call Vera Mae's Bistro at 765-747-4941.

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra to perform at the Muncie Children's Museum, February 18 at 2pm!

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra will perform a kid-friendly concert featuring an outstanding display of percussion on Saturday, February 18. The Muncie Children's Museum is located at 515 South High Street in Muncie.

The free concert will include a variety of musical pieces from the "Roaring 20s," directed by Dr. Erwin Mueller, professor of percussion at Ball State University.

The concert will showcase the areas most accomplished marimba ensembles, with special performances by xylophone and vibraphone. The highlighted pieces from the concert will include, "Xylophone Rag," "Carnival of the Animals," "Mayan Dances," as well as an exceptional performance of one of the most well known percussion pieces, "Chopsticks."

The event is part of a "Jungle Fun Comes to MCM," sponsored by the Indiana Arts Commission. The program is a partnership with the Muncie Children's Museum, Muncie Civic Theater, and Muncie Symphony Orchestra. There is no cost to attend the event, or the museum on February 18.

About Muncie Symphony Orchestra:
The Muncie Civic and College Symphony Association (MSO) is in the 63rd year of performing in Delaware County. MSO is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization and provides performing opportunities for musicians and artists.

For more information about the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, visit its website at http://www.munciesymphony.org/,

the symphony blog at http://munciesymphonyorchestra.blogspot.com/, and its Ffacebook page at www.facebook.com/MuncieSymphonyOrchestra.

Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at Doc's Sunday Trivia Brawl. Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up a a $50 Doc's gift certificate on booze, food, or merchandise. Every game is six rounds of trivia questions on a wide variety of topics in pop culture, science, history, and current events. Every tenth question is part of our inadvertent quest to discriminate against the deaf, and has players listening to a song and attempting to identify its title, band, and album. The sixth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage. Team signup starts at 9pm, and unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death), the game tends to wrap up at about 11pm.

WELCOME to the show that won Broadway's highest honors by first winning its heart. WELCOME to the next chapter in the classic American story on stage. WELCOME to the kind of musical that comes around once in a generation. A musical that builds on the best traditions of theater while forging into fresh new territory. A musical about the importance of home, family and finding where you belong.

In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in Manhattan's Washington Heights - a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.

Discover where you belong, at the Tony Award®-winning classic, In the Heights.

BEST MUSICAL
BEST SCORE   
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY                 
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

Emens website
Artist website

Tickets: $35-$49, Youth $20-25
Tickets are free to BSU students prior to the performance night.
Tickets available at the Emens Box office or Ticketmaster.com.  Emens Box office hours  M-F 9am to 6pm.  For more information, phone 285-1539.

Artist Pat Steir, represented in "Recent Acquisitions: Modern and Contemporary Prints" will talk about the ideas and work represented via video conference with BSU assistant professor of art history Dr. Natalie Phillips.

Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at Doc's Sunday Trivia Brawl. Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up a a $50 Doc's gift certificate on booze, food, or merchandise. Every game is six rounds of trivia questions on a wide variety of topics in pop culture, science, history, and current events. Every tenth question is part of our inadvertent quest to discriminate against the deaf, and has players listening to a song and attempting to identify its title, band, and album. The sixth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage. Team signup starts at 9pm, and unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death), the game tends to wrap up at about 11pm.