Graham Watson

590 Contributed Events:

Apr 12, 2015

Sunday

  • Iphigenia 2.0 2:30pm to 12:42pm @ Arts and Communications Building, Ball State University Edward S. Strother Theatre
    Cost: $8-$10

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

    Iphigenia 2.0

    By Charles Mee
    Directed by Drew Vidal

    Strother Theatre

    April 10-11, 16-18 at 7:30pm
    April 11-12, 18 at 2:30pm

    Tickets:
    General Public-$10
    Students-$8

    Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army, must prove to his troops that the dangerous battle they are about to undertake is the right and worthy thing to do. In order to gain their trust, he decides to make the ultimate sacrifice himself-his daughter. Charles Mee's radical modern take on Euripides' Iphigenia in Aluis unravels complicated questions surrounding wrath, power, war, and the loss of innocence.

    For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact the University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749.

     

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

    No refunds or exchanges on tickets. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to performance.

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

Apr 16, 2015

Thursday

Apr 17, 2015

Friday

Apr 18, 2015

Saturday

Apr 19, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

Apr 26, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

May 3, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

May 7, 2015

Thursday

  • Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Art by Chet Geiselman on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Art by Chet Geiselman on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Art by Yorktown High School students on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Nick Dodge on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Katerina Miller on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Brittaney Edwards on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Steven Putt and Daniel Eisinger on display at Muncie Makes Lab First Thursday 5pm to 8pm @ Downtown
    Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Muncie Central student work on display at The Artist Within Art by Chet Geiselman on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Art by Chet Geiselman on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Art by Chet Geiselman on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Art by Chet Geiselman on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Art by Yorktown High School students on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Yorktown High School students on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Nick Dodge on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Nick Dodge on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Katerina Miller on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Katerina Miller on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Brittaney Edwards on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Brittaney Edwards on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Steven Putt and Daniel Eisinger on display at Muncie Makes Lab Art by Steven Putt and Daniel Eisinger on display at Muncie Makes Lab

    The Artist Within
    313 S Walnut

    The Artist Within will feature the artwork of students from Muncie Central High School. Art teachers Margie Frank, Britt Husman, and Helen Zacek bring together a showcase of art from their Advanced Art students for this First Thursday art show. The student advanced art show showcases the talent and variety from the advanced art students at Central High School.  This exhibit will remain up through the month of May with an opening reception will be held May 7th from 5-8pm.  Live music by Bryce Taylor and light refreshments will add to the evening’s festivities.

     

    Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
    224 E Main

    Minding the Gaps in the Foundation of the Sensual

    Drawing and paintings, step aside. Sculpture will take over the gallery at Gordy Fine Art & Framing for the month of May, thanks to Ball State University art instructor, Chet Geiselman. The artist describes himself as, “a creative problem solver, a collector and arranger of objects and information, a fabricator of visual forms, and a lifelong student of spiritual and human nature.” Bauhaus design has served as a beacon for his personal creations made of wood, steel and “recontextualized found objects.” Geiselman grew up in a small German farming community in southern Indiana. His grandfather was a blacksmith and his father and uncle were welders. Chet learned to weld and build things at a very young age, and eventually earned an MFA in Metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

    Guests to the January Salon Show at Gordy’s may recall a pair of framed wood sculptures by Geiselman. Neatly contained in deep white wood cases, undulating wood forms recall smooth-skinned knobby trees, or perhaps, sand dunes held in time. Each of Geiselman’s pieces suggests a formal relationship to the space it inhabits and alludes to the potential functionality of the objects that compose it. The full title of this exhibit is, “Minding the Gaps in the Foundation of the Sensual.”

    The artist will speak briefly about his work and answer questions beginning at 6:15 PM during the opening reception on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend. There will be art-related activities for both children and adults. Gordy Fine Art & Framing is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre. For more information, call 765-284-8422, visit Gordy Fine Art & Framing on Facebook, or go to www.gordyframing.com.

     

    Muncie Makes Lab
    628 S Walnut

    Muncie Central High School Art Retrospective
    Instructors: Margery Frank, Britt Husman, Helen Zacek
    The show is a collection of drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures done by Introductory and Advanced students from the school's Art Department.  There will also be some paintings done by Success Class students.

    Yorktown High School students
    Instructor: Kiki Pavlechko
    Some of the pieces from Yorktown High School are inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s work, and other pieces are pattern-design animals inspired by designs used in art therapy, while a few pieces are still life studies and watercolor batik works.​

    Brittaney Edwards
    BSU BFA thesis student
    Three works from the ongoing series Pandora’s Box that focuses on what monsters or demons that may have had come out into the world after Pandora opened the container. The pieces also makes comparisons to the Christian apocalypse. An example being Famine and Poverty and War and Conquest being identified as two of the four horseman.

    FORMETA, Steven Putt & Daniel Eisinger
    BSU Masters of Architecture thesis students
    FORMETA, a graduate architecture thesis by Steven Putt and Daniel Eisinger, investigates the future of form through several interactive installations that suggest the qualities of dynamic form and authorship. This exploration intends to serve as a basis from which architecture can more easily move towards the realization of dynamic form.

    Darkness Discovered, Nick Dodge
    BSU Masters of Architecture thesis student
    ​Darkness Discovered is an architectural installation that looks to explore the uncertainty that darkness holds on our spatial perception. Visitors are encouraged to slowly explore the essence of light added to the space by interacting. Flashlights are provided for experiencers to explore the light, darkness, shadow and reflections that the space has to discover.

    Additional work by BSU Masters of Architecture thesis student​s Linh Ngo, Huy Nguyen, and Terrance Perdue.

     

    Tangled Web Art Studio
    405 S Walnut, Suite 208

    Owner/Artist Lesley Scott-Gillilan will be showing original works of Zentangle art for sale.  Zentangle is a method of drawing that allows anyone, regardless of age or art background, to create beautiful images in a way that is relaxing and promotes inner creativity.  Scott-Gillilan is a Certified Zentangle Teacher and offers semi-private classes by appointment.

    Tangled Web Art Studio is located on the second floor above Murray’s Jewelers in the Murray Building at the corner of Charles and S. Walnut.  Use the entrance just left of The Caffeinery.  For more information, call 765-215-0724.

     

    Yart
    Old National Financial lot

    The Spring 2015 Muncie YART will be held in conjunction with the May 2015 First Thursday Gallery Walk, in the Old National Financial lot on the corner of Walnut and Charles Streets in Downtown Muncie, Indiana, on Thursday, May 7th, from 5-9pm. This community art sale, with a goal of making art affordable and accessible to everyone, brings together artists and art patrons in a casual and unique setting.

    All forms of art are welcome! Art of all kinds, by all kinds of artists! YART encourages interaction between artists and the community, hoping to make art more accessible, especially to those who think they cannot afford to buy art for themselves. To this goal, all YART art will be priced below $40!

    Each YART Artist will be present throughout YART to meet the public, discuss their art, handle sales personally, and some artists will be making art LIVE at YART!

    The Spring 2015 Muncie YART will feature a wide variety of jewelry, clothing, photography, oil/acrylic/watercolor paintings, fused glass, ceramics, knits, pottery, candles, toys, drawings, sculpture, lampwork glass, stuffed animals, digital art, mosaics, the YART Hands-On Children’s ArtSpace, the Art Mart Mobile Supply Shop, the BSU Ceramics Guild, the John Peterson Pottery Students, Muncie OUTreach, LIVE MUSIC, and so much more!

    Fun for all ages - YART and the First Thursday Gallery Walks are for the whole family!

May 17, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

May 24, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

May 30, 2015

Saturday

  • Moonlight Movies: The Wizard of Oz 7pm to 12:42pm @ Canan Commons 500 S. Walnut St

    Free Family Movies return to DWNTWN!  Join us at Canan Commons for 4 fabulous movies and family preshow jubilees! Themed family activities will be provided before the movies each month. Canan Commons is located in the 500 Block of S. Walnut St.  near the roundabout. Family preshow activities begin at 7:00pm. Movies begin at dusk (approximately 9:30pm).

    Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs and bug spray. Vendors will be on site with light snacks.

    May 30th - Wizard of Oz

    Follow the Yellowbrick road to the DWNTWN land of OZ! Come dressed as your favorite Oz Character, Meet Muncie Civic Theatre cast from the upcoming production of the Wizard of Oz, The Characters of the Spirit of Oz, enjoy live stage performances, Auntie Em’s Kansas petting zoo, Toto look-a-like contest and kids Karaoke beginning 7pm. The Wizard himself will be on hand with his real life hot air balloon!  Please check the website for karaoke sign up and song selection availability. We will be limited to the first 20 applicants. 

May 31, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

Jun 4, 2015

Thursday

  • Identity: Searching Inside Ourselves at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Jan McCune on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Work by Sarojini Johnson on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Green screen demonstration by Muncie Public Library at Muncie Makes Lab First Thursday 5pm to 8pm @ Downtown
    Identity: Searching Inside Ourselves at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Identity: Searching Inside Ourselves at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Dave Kuhn on display at Gallery 308 Work by Jan McCune on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Work by Jan McCune on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Work by Sarojini Johnson on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. Work by Sarojini Johnson on display at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. "Lament" by Katie Norman (Dynamo Art Group) on display at Muncie Makes Lab Green screen demonstration by Muncie Public Library at Muncie Makes Lab Green screen demonstration by Muncie Public Library at Muncie Makes Lab

    The Artist Within
    313 S Walnut
    Potter's Panic...

    VERY RECENT works Made in Muncie

     

    Cornerstone Center for The Arts
    520 E Main
    Identity: Searching Inside Ourselves

    Join Cornerstone Center for Arts for First Thursday on June 4, 2015, for the opening reception of “Identity: Searching Inside Ourselves” featuring an installation about history and community by Inspire Academy’s 6th grade class. This interactive showcase will include in-depth profiles of “identity” crafted through interviews, photographs, and stories gathered this semester highlighting local citizens that have lived through experiences of otherness and developed a deeper sense of belonging. This event will also give you the opportunity to speak with the artists and their community partners.

    Inspire Academy – A School of Inquiry – is a tuition-free, public charter school located in Muncie, Indiana. Inspire is an “Expeditionary Learning School” that teaches its students through semester-long, in-depth studies called expeditions. “Identity: Searching Inside Ourselves” is the final product for this year’s 6th grade class who have studied a variety of cultural, religious, societal, and other perspectives of those who often are overlooked in history. The project focuses on the questions, “What is otherness?,” “How has what defines otherness changed/stayed the same throughout history?,” “How have dominant perspectives limited our resources for understanding history?,” and “How does considering multiple viewpoints enrich our knowledge of history and ourselves?” Each question has been evaluated by looking at identity, otherness, belonging, and dominant and non-dominant perspectives over the last 3,000+ years of Western history, as well as the current day.

    The students have incorporated fieldwork to gain more knowledge from experts in the topic of study, as well as those from the community who have shared their own Testimonies of Identity. Students have utilized their research, interview, writing, and photography skills to create a narrative of the beautiful and multi-faceted nature of identity in our own community.

    The opening reception will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, June 4th at the Cornerstone Art Gallery on the second floor of Cornerstone Center for the Arts. There will be a special discussion at 6:30 pm with the artists and their community partners. The show will be on display throughout the month of June. For more information about the show visit www.cornerstonearts.org or call the Department of Education & Communication at 765-281-9503, ext. 23. To learn more about Inspire Academy visit https://iasi-k12-et.schoolloop.com/.

     

    Gallery 308
    308 E Main
    Dave Kuhn Memorial

    A tribute exhibit featuring the works of David Kuhn opens First Thursday at Gallery 308 on June 4.  Curated by his friend and fellow artist Alfredo Marin-Carle is a collection of Kuhn’s art created over a lifetime. The opening reception for the “Dave Kuhn Memorial” exhibit will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. The public is welcome.

    According to his Marin-Carle, Kuhn’s friend of more than 25 years, the exhibit will showcase more than 70 works of art created by Kuhn over his lifetime. Born in Greenfield, Indiana, in 1951, he attended John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Kuhn started his career as an illustrator working at ad agencies in Indianapolis  eventually landing a job as an illustrator at P.A.W.S, Inc. where he spent 25 years before retiring.  Marin says Kuhn was incredibly prolific and described his friend’s art having an incredible sense of color. With influences ranging from the Populuxe aesthetic to Memphis Design, from classical Japanese drama to Brazil’s Carnival, it would be an understatement to call Dave Kuhn’s art eclectic. His works not only embrace a range of cultural influences, but also convey his deep and abiding sense of playful curiosity and ongoing experimentation.

    Though initially known for his expertise as an airbrush artist, he cast a wide net in choosing the tools and materials he would use for his own art, not only airbrush, but also assemblage, laminates, fiber, incised impasto, pastel, color pencil – he created in all manner of media, producing works of lively imagination and, later in his career, exploring ghostly symbols and figures as mysterious as those found on ancient cave walls. His diverse aesthetic was further informed by his passionate love of music.

    A former rock drummer, Dave’s musical taste was as wide-ranging as his cultural interests: Tom Waits, bebop, blues, Latin rhythm, and of course reggae, for though he lived his entire life in Indiana, he was, at heart, an Island soul. In all its many forms, his artwork reveals Dave’s generosity of spirit and his passionate embrace of life. 

    The gallery is open Fridays from 3-7pm and Saturdays from 12:30 – 5:00pm.  Admission is free. The show continues through June 26.

     

    Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
    224 E Main
    Jan McCune and Sarojini Johnson

    Local artists Jan McCune and Sarojini Johnson will exhibit new work with support from the Indiana Arts Commission for the months of June & July. The duo received grants to support their studio efforts; Johnson’s, in printmaking, and McCune in jewelry-making. Johnson, a Ball State University art professor, will speak about her exotic and elaborate intaglio prints at 6:15 PM. McCune will follow with a talk and jewelry casting demonstration at 6:30 PM.

    Offers McCune: “For my Indiana Arts Commission grant project, I learned silver casting. Each piece of jewelry in the show has one or more components which I created either by sand casting or centrifugal casting.”  Regionally known first for creating earrings and bracelets, McCune has only recently started producing the rings that require casting equipment. The former art teacher explains, “What I love about casting is that I can now produce complex three dimensional forms which I would find impossible using any other technique.”  New pieces include silver castings of an ornate antique button, an acacia seed pod, and a redbud pod, each one-of-a-kind and steeped in “sense of place.” This is Indiana fine art down to its roots.

    Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend. Gordy Fine Art & Framing is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre. For more information, call 765-284-8422.

     

    Muncie Makes Lab
    628 S Walnut

    Movie Magic with Muncie Public Library
    Experience a little piece of movie magic right here in Muncie! Movies like Coraline, ParaNorman, and the Nightmare Before Christmas all use stop motion to bring characters to life. Learn how much work goes into making just a few seconds of film – and how fun it can be. Also learn how to transport yourself to another world with the use of a green screen. Kids can watch themselves go to Hollywood, the beach, or outer space with the tap of an iPad button.

    Cosmic Rubbish, Dynamo Art Group
    Dynamo is a series of traveling pop up art shows based in Muncie. The work is from a collection of student and local artists with a variety of media and subject. The goal of this group is to promote diversity of art throughout our community, and to familiarize students with the exhibition process. We will be presenting our show Cosmic Rubbish at the Muncie Makes Lab between 5 and 8pm.

     

    Mutual Bank Marble Wall
    110 E Charles
    Afterhours Art Reels – The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Muncie Downtown Development will host outdoor “Afterhours Art Reels” following the First Thursday Gallery Walks, June-September.  Films will be projected onto the Mutual Bank wall on Charles St. at dusk.  Seating will be available on the Fickle Peach patio located at 117 E. Charles St. for guests 21 and up.

Jun 7, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

Jun 14, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

Jun 21, 2015

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 8pm to 10pm @ Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St.

    Every week, egos are crushed and legends are born at Trivia Brawl, Muncie's longest-running trivia gameshow. Since 2007, Trivia Brawl has been mixing comedy, current events, politics, local pride, pop culture, science, history, an arms race of terrible team names, and alcohol into an Entertainment Nergasm Bonanza™.
     
    - All players are encouraged to gain a competitive advantage by requesting topics
    - 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 fifth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage.
    - Booster Charades: The team in last place can optionally play a round of charades on stage for a bonus point while we point and laugh at them
    - Punitive Karaoke: A team deemed worthy of punishment is called upon to read a sheet of lyrics with neither musical accompaniment nor a clue what the song is. All teams can get up to two points if they can correctly guess the band or the title of the song.

    Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up $25 in food and drinks. Lose, and possibly get a prize anyway. The games tend to last an hour and a half, unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death)™.

    Sign up before 8:30pm to get a bonus point!

    Sundays at 9pm at Be Here Now
    505 N Dill St., Muncie, IN
    Food and drinks / All ages

    Stalk us on Facebook!

    Email us at trivia@PhantomWatson.com if you have questions or topic requests.

Jun 27, 2015

Saturday

  • Moonlight Movies: Muppets Most Wanted 7pm to 12:42pm @ Canan Commons 500 S. Walnut St

    Free Family Movies return to DWNTWN!  Join us at Canan Commons for 4 fabulous movies and family preshow jubilees! Themed family activities will be provided before the movies each month. Canan Commons is located in the 500 Block of S. Walnut St.  near the roundabout. Family preshow activities begin at 7:00pm. Movies begin at dusk (approximately 9:30pm).

    Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs and bug spray. Vendors will be on site with light snacks.

    June 27th - Muppets Most Wanted

    Come dressed as your favorite Community Helper!  Fireman, Policeman and K9, EMTs, Muncie Sanitary District, and many more will be onsite with vehicles and equipment to explore. Meet the Mayor! It takes so many kinds of helpers to make a community work: Chiropractors, Artists, Dog Groomers, Trolley drivers, military personnel, doctors, nurses, plumbers, librarian, arborists, lifeguards, heavy equipment operators, farmers, psychiatrists, dentists, chefs, and electricians. Meet them all!   Kasey the Firedog, The Muncie Animal Shelter volunteers with pups to pet, rain barrel and recycling demo, activities and idea for how you can be a community helper too!