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Apr 22, 2012

Sunday

  • Come Together Arts & Music Fest 12am to 6pm @ The Water Bowl 6811 N. State Rd. 3
    Cost: Free to $45 (see description)

    The first festival of the year, every year, is a coming together of everyone to see people they haven’t seen, go to a favorite spot, hang out, dance, party, spin, hula, camp-out, swim, dream, meet new people, see things, LEARN new things & get ready for the rest of the festie season.

    This year we are putting together a plethora of different genres, artists & spinners of all shapes & sizes and are bringing them here for you. We have gotten together with other people that make things happen & are combining our forces to bring you an arts & music festival that will live on as the season opener of the Midwest. This is going to be so much fun!

    Tickets:
    Weekend Admission & Vending go on sale on Feb 1st.
    http://skyysburning.inticketing.com/events/

    Weekend Prices:
    Children 12 & under will be free as always
    Early Bird sales (Feb 1st - Feb 14th) $25.00
    Pre-Sales (Feb 15th - April 19th) $35.00
    Day of Event $45.00

    Day Passes:
    Friday $25.00
    Saturday $35.00
    (this is a special deal we are going to continue to try out as long as everyone cooperates. lol. regardless of the time you come in, Day Pass Holders are expected to packed up and leaving the grounds by noon the following day. no exceptions. parking will be by the concession.)

    3 band stages featuring jam, blues, rock, reggae, bluegrass, electro funk, alternative, electronic, acoustic, and dance, sponsored by Skyy's Burning Pro.
    Bands:
    Arpetrio; Aliver Hall; Brian Fortner; Boogie Matrix; Blue Caboose; Cathy Morris; Covert; Coy-Koi; Crawpuppies; Dell Zell; Dixon's Violin; Dusk till Dawn; Electric Jug Band; Elemental Groove Theory; Embryonic Fluid; Entropy; Fresh Hops; Flatland Harmony Experiment; Hayden Calling; Howard Lewis Lovins; Josh Hann; Kaleidoscope Jukebox; Lounge Sound System; Magnetic; Midwest State of Mind; Mikial Robertson; Modern Motion; New Findland Radicals; Pharaoh Loosey; Phoenix On The Fault Line; Pinn Panelle; Rich Hardesty Band; Scales; Shadyside Allstars; Skeetones; Solumun Grundy; The Blak Notes; The Plan; The Worlds Slowest Come Back; Traveling Broke & Out of Gas; Pressed In Black; Venice Gas House Trolley; Vertigo Jazz Project; When, If Not; Whip Cream Wars; Will Woodrow Project

    2 EDM stages featuring dubstep, drum n base, electro, breaks, trance, house, techno, hard style, and jungle, sponsored by Phd Pro

    Friday DJs:

    Saturday DJs:

    GoGo Antics by the Envy GoGo Girls
    The ENVY GOGO GIRLS or the "ENVIES" are not just GoGo Dancers, they are dedicated Stage Performers! Adorning the stages of Events featuring Artists from local favorites to Globally reknowned DJ's, the ENVIES guarantee a lip-smacking, head turning, show stopping, smokin' hot presentation, with an impact so FIERCE we make jaws drop like a sick bassline... cause we're mutha fuckin' BASS QUEENS!
    Feeding you HiGh OcTaNe ViSuAL DiStOrTiOn

    Electro Kittenz
    These lovely girls started out their adventure as EDM performers in June 2010 working underground at a small parties in Indianapolis. Now they want to take their passion and share their crazy wacky fun with all the other music lovers out there! This team feels the bass in their bodies (and their booties ;D) to keep the audience hyped! Electro Kittenz are out to tingle your senses! Electro Kittenz aren't just there to look good, but they'll enhance the visual dramatization of your stage! They're not just dancers, they're performers and entertainers.

    Workshops:

    • NORML presents: “different aspects of this weekend, the start of the 4/20 legend & more”
    • Environmental Workshops by Terry Kok.
    • Occupy Art Indy
    • Yoga- Alli & Darcy(aid)
    • Intermediate Poi- Elliott & Parker
    • Chakara Hoop- Darcy & Franki(aid)
    • Rope Dart-Grant
    • Double Staff-Elliott & Jessica(aid)
    • Puppyhammer-Harley
    • Juggling- Teo
    • Begging Poi- Vago & Teo
    • Fire Safety-Grant & Vago
    • Devil Stick- Cody & Darcy
    • Partner Poi- Cody, Darcy, Vago, & Jessica
    • Beginner Hoop- (either lynn, lindsey, or jessica)
    • Mini Hoops-(either lynn or jessica)
    • HoopDance-Lindsey
    • Basic Poi Geometry- Parker & Vago
    • Glove Lights- The Colors
    • Belly Dancing – Zhenna
    • Fire Safety Class
      Festival goers please note, this is a mandatory class you must take Fri or Sat night at 8pm to burn any toy at the Water Bowl. (We have the discretion to stop those not being safe or who are not ready at any time. This we do for your safety as well as our own. Thank you for understanding.)
    • Available Friday (6pm to 8pm) and Saturday (noon to 2pm and 6pm to 8pm)
      • Kandi Making
      • Hemp Knotting Workshop
      • Tie Dye Workshop

    Outdoor Art Gallery:
    As we love to do, we are having an outdoor art gallery. Voir Art de Fletcher will be sponsoring this years’ gallery. We will be showcasing artists from all over the midwest and several of our own local talents will be there! So come, listen, see, feel, touch & check out what our midwest artists have to offer!

    Festival/Venue Décor:
    Decor around the campgrounds will be done by Neural Patterns, Rays of Gnarly Sunshine, Angie Nauman Art and a handful of other local Midwest artists.

    Kid Korner:
    Activities for children of all ages are being organized & planned for this event. Activities will go on throughout the entire weekend for 3 hour periods of time. Those times will be posted closer to the event date.

    Life-Size Games:
    We have put together a small collection of games that can be played by yourself or a group of people just about anywhere. The fun thing about these games is that they are life size. So make sure to bring tennis shoes and be ready to get dirty with the rest of us!

    Media:
    Promotional artwork by Joy Hernandez
    Photography by Life of the Party Entertainment  and Lorie Parker Wade

    Stage Management:
    Groovy Stage – Sound by The Water Bowl, visuals by Asylum Productions, and décor by Neural Patterns
    Righteous Stage – Sound by Phd Pro
    Far Out Stage – Sound by Ty Steigmeyer Sound and visuals by Freakie Beatz
    Phd Pro Stage - Lights by Asylum Productions, and visuals by Jumbie Art

    Vendors:
    2 Bears Café; Bear Wear; Cave Baby Smokers; EVOlution Evident; Freakie Beats; Happy Earth Holistics; Illuminaughty Glow; Indyhoopers.com; Kaleidoscope Eyes; Kind Suds; Makeshift Clothing; MamaSun Gifts; Mama's Weiner Wagon; Matt's Doghouse; Mista Freshy; Northern Lights; Ragin Cajun Kitchen ; Rainbotique; Sew Knotty; Solspiration

    Sponsors/Supported by:
    Dance Safe; Freakie Beat Visuals; Funk You, Inc.; Hidden Relic; High Deff Productions; Hippie Home Town Bakery; Kaleidescope Eyes; Kind Suds; Indiana Norml; IndyHoopers; Janky, Inc; Miss Hailyn Hoops; Neural Patterns; Norml; Sativa Pro; The Hippie Seed; Unknown Pro; Vevo Productions
    For sponsorship info pls email mskyy@skyysburning.com

  • Trivia Brawl 9pm to 12:42pm @ Doc's Music Hall 215 S. Walnut

    Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at 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 food, drinks, tickets, 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.

Apr 23, 2012

Monday

Apr 25, 2012

Wednesday

Apr 26, 2012

Thursday

Apr 27, 2012

Friday

Apr 28, 2012

Saturday

Apr 29, 2012

Sunday

May 3, 2012

Thursday

  • First Thursday 5pm to 8pm @ Downtown

    Join us in downtown Muncie on Thursday, May 3rd for First Thursday.

    The First Thursday gallery walk is a monthly celebration of local art in Muncie's historic downtown district. New monthly exhibits are unveiled in galleries throughout downtown from 5pm to 8pm on the first Thursday of every month. Stroll the streets, meet the artists, enjoy live music, and find free refreshments at nearly every stop.

     

    111 Arts Gallery
    (Bicycle Art) - 111 E Main

    "Rat rod bikes custom bikes by local artist."

     

    The Artist Within
    Advanced Art From Muncie Central and Southside Highschool - 313 S Walnut

    May at the Artist Within will feature artwork by advanced high school art students from Muncie Central and Muncie Southside. Art instructors Ana Maria Picardo, Helen Zacek, and Britt Husman have selected "the best of the best" from their advanced two dimensional and three dimensional classes. The show, "Advanced Art", will include drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry and ceramics.  The show runs from May 3rd through Saturday May 26th.

     

    Cornerstone Center for the Arts
    2nd Chance - 520 E Main

    Gary Zimmerman will be presenting his painting and photography in a show entitled 2nd Chance. Zimmerman is retired from automotive manufacturing and is using his retirement to jump back into his early love of art which he studied in college. He started back by taking a few classes at Cornerstone and his work reflects his love of the creative process of art with a mixture of techniques and media.

    The Cornerstone Art Gallery is a public gallery on the second floor of Cornerstone Center for the Arts.

     

    Gallery 308
    The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – 308 E Main

    Known for his wide range of wild style art through paintings and sculptures, Muncie artist Brian Blair works through a variety of mediums from zany cartoon character types to realistic displays. His paintings are usually acrylic on canvas.  For his sculptures he uses such items as foam, paper mache, latex, or anything else that fits the project. 

    His work has been featured on album covers, books, posters, and numerous forms of advertising worldwide and also displayed in art galleries across the country. He has also been featured on such television shows as HGTV's "Our Place", WTHR-13 "Indiana's Own" and WIPB-49 "Portrait of the Artist" series. He was also honored with the Ball State University "Outstanding Young Alumni Award". 

     

    GoldSpace Theater
    Muncie Youth Embrace Creativity Bake Sale - 107 S Mulberry

    Muncie Youth Embrace Creativity (http://MYECatGoldSpace.com) is a non-profit focused on a year-round performing arts outreach program for the city's youth.

     

    Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
    Paintings and Jewelry: De La Mer et Le Ciel (Of the Sea and Sky) and The New Zealand Collection - 224 E Main

    Jan McCune will be sharing her New Zealand trip and subsequent collection of 21 new pendants at 6pm.

    At 6:30pm, Suzanne Lambert will be discussing In De La Mer et Le Ciel (Of the Sea and Sky), her collection of sensuous abstract paintings, and discussing how certain poets and authors inspired her latest large-scale acrylic paintings from exotic places.

     

    Muncie Civic Theatre
    Paintings by Mary-Anna Welch and Sean Orlosky - 216 E Main

    Ohio watercolor artist Mary-Anna Fricano Welch and Civic's artist-in-residence Sean Orlosky will be displaying their paintings. The Vintage Shop will be open, where you can buy beautiful clothes at great prices from Civic's costume department. Janessa Erickson will be selling her original hand-crafted jewelry. Muncie Civic Theatre board members will be on hand to describe the new theatre season and sell season tickets.

     

    Rose Court
    Paintings by Abigail LaBrum - 125 E Charles

    Abigail LaBrum is a sophomore at Ball State, majoring in painting and art history. She will be exhibiting her work in oil paints and watercolor.

     

    Savage’s Ale House
    The Work of Alexa Camacho - 127 High

    Arizona artist Alexa Camacho will be displaying sketches, watercolors, collages and other raw displays of technique.

     

    Yart
    Corner of Walnut & Charles

    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. Spring Yart 2012 will have oil/acrylic/watercolor paintings, knits for children and adults, beaded jewelry, drawings, fused glass art and jewelry, sculpture, lampwork glass beads, knit stuffed animals, nature photography, clothing, psychedelic digital art, mosaics, leaf castings, and the Full Circle Arts Co-Op's Hands-On Children's Art Activity Area.

  • Mad Anne Bailey: Scout, Huntress & American Heroine 6:30pm to 7:45pm @ E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center 400 Minnetrista Boulevard

    Mad Anne Bailey: Scout, Huntress & American Heroine
    Thursday, May 3, 6:30-7:45 p.m.
    Presenter: Suzanne Dennis
    No Charge - Reservations Required

    A 45-minute, first-person characterization of the true story of Mad Anne Bailey; an American heroine.

    Following her first husband's death in the Battle of Point Pleasant in October 1774, Anne donned buckskin leggings under her petticoat, put on her husband's hunting shirt, and volunteered as a scout, hunter and messenger. She became a familiar sight in the Kanawha Valley carrying dispatches from Fort Lee, Fort Randolph and Fort Savannah. With her rifle at hand and hatchet in her belt, she came to be known as "Mad Anne" to some and "The White Squaw of the Kanawha Valley" to others.

    To register, call 765-285-8975 or e-mail ebball@bsu.edu. You may also register online at www.bsu.edu/ebball.

    E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center
    Ball State University
    400 Minnetrista Boulevard
    Muncie, IN 47306
    765-285-8975

May 6, 2012

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 9pm to 12:42pm @ Doc's Music Hall 215 S. Walnut

    Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at 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 food, drinks, tickets, 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.

May 9, 2012

Wednesday

May 13, 2012

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 9pm to 12:42pm @ Doc's Music Hall 215 S. Walnut

    Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at 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 food, drinks, tickets, 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.

May 18, 2012

Friday

May 20, 2012

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 9pm to 12:42pm @ Doc's Music Hall 215 S. Walnut

    Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at 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 food, drinks, tickets, 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.

May 27, 2012

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 9pm to 12:42pm @ Doc's Music Hall 215 S. Walnut

    Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at 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 food, drinks, tickets, 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.

Jun 3, 2012

Sunday

  • Trivia Brawl 9pm to 12:42pm @ Doc's Music Hall 215 S. Walnut

    Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at 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 food, drinks, tickets, 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.

Jun 7, 2012

Thursday

  • First Thursday 5pm to 8pm @ Downtown

    111 Arts Gallery
    "New Old Stock Toys in the Package" - 111 E Main

    Some for sale some not.

     

    The Artist Within
    "Free Range" - 313 S Walnut

    "Free Range" is an exhibit of paintings by local artist Brett Volpp.  Mr. Volpp is a graduate of Delta High School and studied art under recently retired art teacher Gary Huggler.  The interest in painting continued after high school for Brett and he received a BFA in painting from Indiana University in 1996. Work by this artist is on display at the Alchemy Restaurant in Bloomington and at the Hoosier Artist Gallery in Nashville.

     

    Cortex
    Garfield Illustrator Mike Fentz - 112 W Jackson

    Mike Fentz, the former head illustrator for the licensing program for Garfield, will be doing caricatures outside of Cortex from 6pm to 8pm. His caricatures and paintings. Ball State saxophonist Amanda Fratangel will be performing.

     

    Gallery 308
    "Artists, Faces, and Faraway Places" - 308 E Main

    "To capture beauty or reflect the personality of an individual is ultimately fulfilling, down to my soul," says artist Ron Richcreek. With photography, he tries to present the aesthetics of a subject in its natural environment in a manner that is pleasing to the eye and stirs an emotion in the observer.  With graphite, his goal is to capture a two dimensional likeness of the subject. In clay, he tries to create a sense of rhythm when developing the shape of a vessel to make it visually pleasing.

    "Artists, Faces, and Faraway places have always been a passion of mine.  As a teenager, I found photography as a form of self-expression; documenting the places and the people I thought were unique.  Photography expanded my interests into the study of drawing and, recently, working in clay.

    "My intention for the past four decades has been to catch an emotion and reflect the subject's personality. I grew up with my mother’s black and white family photos and looked through the pages of Life magazine which depicted the joys and tragedies of the world.  I saw the impact photography made on our society, even through advertising."

     

    Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
    "Back to the Old School" and "The One of Many" - 224 E Main

    Tom Spoerner spent twelve years as the Chair of the Ball State Art Department, where he encouraged scores of students in their artistic pursuits. Spoerner’s own art studio work paused as the professor completed his doctoral degree in art education and then served in various admistrative positions for the university. He was active in art education work at both state and national levels and the recipient of numerous honors, including the Art Education Association of Indiana Distinguished Fellow award.  He retired from academic life in 2002.

    "I started painting again in the summer of 2009," Spoerner explains.  While most of the professor’s works are hard-edge or abstract designs, he considers himself to be "old school" in his both his approach and appreciation of art. "I am not concerned with super realism but want my paintings to look like something, have content, and be colorful.  "All of my paintings have a story behind them."

    Working in both painting and photography, the professor has exhibited in national, regional and local exhibitions; however, this will be his first show in 34 years, which he titled, "Back to the Old School: Painting Again after a 34 Year Hiatus." Spoerner will speak about his work at 6 PM.

    Gordy Fine Art and Framing provided its first art award at this years’ Annual Student Show at Ball State.  Arranged by their gallery director, Braydee Euliss, the award gave a student an exhibit of their work at the downtown gallery. Chris Graham was chosen by the juror to receive this award and will be showing in Gordy’s small front gallery during the month of June. Graham is fascinated with big cities, and most of his subject matter involves urban scenes. The new graduate has decided to move to Chicago, and this show, "The One of Many," commemorates the big step he will be taking in this move. Graham works in woodblock, lithography, intaglio and serigraphy to create the contemporary urban landscape.

     

    Muncie Civic Theatre
    Work of Julie Cranfill, Sean Orlosky, and Janessa Erickson - 216 E Main

    Indianapolis artist Julie Cranfill will be joined by Sean Orlosky, Resident Artist of Civic, and Janessa Erickson will be showing her unique jewelry designs. Muncie Civic Board Members will be on hand to tell you about the upcoming 2012-13 theatre season.

     

    Rose Court
    Photography of Earl Dunbar- 125 E Charles

    Muncie resident Earl Dunbar has always carried a camera with him during his career as a salesman; stopping to get that "situation" picture. While travelling, he had many opportunities to capture beautiful scenery in places such as Hawaii and Australia. Since moving to Indiana, Earl and his wife Penny have  found many photographic opportunities while exploring the state. He is now concentrating on macro close-ups of what nature has to offer.

     

    Vera Mae's Bistro
    Bake Sale - 207 S Walnut (outside)

    Suzuki violin students and their mothers will be selling homemade baked goods to raise funds for GoldSpace Theater  classes.