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First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

The Clubhouse at Accutech
115 S. Walnut
Stop by The Clubhouse for dinner on First Thursday! All entrees are buy one get one free at equal or lesser value from 5pm until 9pm. 

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Cornerstone Center for the Arts will host several events for July’s First Thursday.

The featured artist for July is Michael Eldon DuQuette, who will be exhibiting his work in the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery on the 2nd floor. 

Mixed Media Artist, Michael Eldon DuQuette, was born in San Antonio, Texas, lived in Chicago for 20 years and moved to Muncie in 2008. His art career began in the mid 1980's, beginning with a representational style, moving through impressionism and cubism to abstract expressionism with realism mixed in. DuQuette’s work reflects his ceaseless interest in the exploration of different mediums and materials, a philosophy he adopted and developed while studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He continually moves from one medium to the other and has created works in mediums such as: collage, fiber, sculpture, oil/acrylic paintings, found objects, watercolor, oil pastel, photography, sound, video, performance art, installation and digital art.

DuQuette is a rare artist displaying convincing accomplishment both in abstract expressionism and a kind of "funk-neo-cubism" with which he creates portraits, cityscapes/landscapes and sculptures in a decidedly off beat style visually provocative, compositionally exciting and wild with color. Over time, it has become his mission to share the creative experience with as many people as possible using every tool he can find. He works to demystify art and to break through barriers. He hopes to touch the imagination of children and adults alike.  

Cornerstone’s Artist-in-Residence is Debra Gindhart Dragoo. She shares her love of art and repurposing with ECI and beyond. She will feature her Green Glam Studio PRIVATE COLLECTION again. Her artist mantra is “Real Babes Recycle, RE-use, RE-claim, RE-new" this mantra moves through her Green Glam Studio jewelry. Debra will feature her wearable art jewelry. recycle chic necklaces, bracelets, pendants, ensembles and earrings. 

Debra Gindhart Dragoo is artist in residence, curator and arts advocate. Debra loves supporting her community and the arts through creating, curating, creative workshops and advocating arts for area youth and adults. 5-8pm, 2nd floor

Local artists will also display and sell their work at Cornerstone. Resident Artist Debra Gindhart Dragoo is coordinating this event and has encouraged a number of local artists to participate.

Community artists participating this July include Alice Rose, Camellia Eckart,Julie Lephart, Val Kelly, Donita Drake, Jaci Lenox, Shayna Cline, Tom Stader, Brayden Byler, Teaira Carey, Renee Hoover York, Vicki Robertson, Angel Gillette, Traci Kelley, Brenda Kay McCoy, Linz Rodriquez, Will Britton, Stephen Millben, Dawn Cannady, Brent Craycraft, Lauren Maines, Jill Palumbo and Jennifer Amos. Cornerstone artists include Eugene Boyd, Michelle Metsker-Cass, Debra Gindhart Dragoo and Olivia Morrow.

Musicians George Lopez and Ervin Smith of GLo n Butch will perform. The featured artist for July is Michael Eldon DuQuette, who will be exhibiting his work in the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery on Cornerstone’s 2nd Floor.

Those who want to participate should call Dragoo at Cornerstone at 765-281-9503 ext. 150. Pop-up artists are $10 per table with additional tables $5 each. For additional information on First Thursday, art classes, rentals and events, please go to Cornerstone's website or call 765-281-9503 EXT. 150.

Cornerstone Center for the Arts offers opportunities for creative expression for all through community and rental spaces in a historic setting. Thousands of area residents attend wedding and civic events, in addition to taking classes in art, dance and music. Cornerstone is home to the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and The Masterworks Chorale. For additional information go to www.cornerstonearts.org or call 765-281-950

Harmony Dance Studio
227 S. Walnut
Harmony Dance Studio will have a pop-up event next to the Fickle Peach! We will have DJ Jorge Torres playing salsa and swing music, and feature on-the-spot mini dance lessons. 

Muncie Artist’s Guild
Various locations
The Muncie Artist Guild’s “Artist of the Month” is Jill Palumbo:

Jill Palumbo is an award-winning artist living in Muncie, Indiana, USA.  

She has been an artist at heart since her earliest memories and began selling beaded macramé jewelry in local gift shops as a middle schooler. She now designs her award-winning jewelry pieces in polymer, writes articles, and teaches workshops.  

Palumbo’s longtime favorite medium is polymer, but she also creates artwork in glass, ceramic, pastels and acrylic. She is passionate about art, is mainly self-taught, and is inspired by nature, textures, and world cultures. Palumbo spent thirty-four years teaching French, Japanese, and Spanish and recently English, citizenship, and general studies to adult refugees and immigrants. As an intentional world citizen, she is active online and enjoys rubbing elbows with fellow artists both at home and around the world. Palumbo is a member of the Muncie Artists Guild and the International Polymer Clay Association.  

Palumbo enjoys creating at home in both her indoor and outdoor studios. You can find her creations at the Minnetrista Museums and Gardens’ Orchard Shop and at the Rosebud Coffee House. To discover Palumbo’s upcoming events and shows, please visit her website https://jillpalumboart.com/

Her work will be shown at the following venues:
Northwest Bank, 110 E Charles St. 
Old National Bank, 2401 S Madison St. 
Parlour at Hazelwood Hair Salon, 1300 W University Ave 
Rosebud Coffee House, 1805 S Hoyt Ave. 
Vera Mae’s Bistro, 207-209 S Walnut St. 

Muncie Makers Market
Corner of Walnut and Adams
The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events, a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for all of the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8pm. The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! All Vendors must register in advance. 

Patterson Block
108 S. Walnut
Join us at our corner of Main Street and Walnut for Popsicles at Patterson Block while supplies last. Cool off with a popsicle and learn more about our historic building while you are there!

Vera Mae’s Bistro
207-209 S. Walnut
First Thursday Cajun Night at Vera’s! Featuring Fresh Oysters three ways, Trout Almondine, and other Cajun fixin’s.

Shari Flanders and the band play bluegrass and Americana! No cover or ticket charge for this event! Music starts about 7:00, we open at 5:00 for dinner and cocktails. 107 S Mulberry St
Jack Burton, David Calvin, Woody Statler, Shari Flanders

Karaoke is all fun and no judgement! Adam “Fish Man” Fisher hosts! Performers sing songs that you love and win prizes! Karaoke starts after 8:00 so come early for dinner and cocktails! No cover with purchase of food and beverages!

A “whodunit” of food, exercise and technology. Can you discover the health culprit? Come see if you can solve the mystery.  Students will participate in daily scientific experiments and challenges to explore ways to keep their bodies and minds healthy and active.

THIS IS A 4-DAY CAMP FOR ONLY $20!!  YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL 4 DAYS!!

Instructor: Jenifer Pierce 

Dates: Monday–Thursday, July 10–13 | 1–4 pm

Recommended ages: 5th–9th grade

Cost: $20

Saturday July 15th we will have a pop-up barbecue day with reserved pick-up orders! We will be slow smoking Gunthorp Farms slow smoked pork shoulder. This is craft barbecue with live fire cooking on the Second Story smoker using pasture raised pork! Reserve your meals for pick-up or for dinner in the Second Story on Saturday night!
Our traditional barbecue has house made potato salad, a sweet and sour slaw, and house made pickles, house made buns.

You can pre-order at the ticket link here, and there are several choices!
https://downtownfarmstand.com/.../barbecue-pre-orders-pop...

Chad Nordhoff will play the lounge, Chad is an excellent guitar player and vocalist based in Muncie. He refined his blues chops playing on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, and in the Mississippi Delta. Come hear what Chad has to say with his music! $5.00 ticket/cover will go to Chad

Can you build with the technology of the future? During this very hands-on camp, students will explore an introduction to robotics, engineering, and coding. Students will work together to design, build and program their bot, compete in challenges, and explore the way robotics technology is being used in local workplaces.

Instructor: Pat McCrory 

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

We have gift certificates available! Give the gift of a fun learning experience at Madjax to a friend or loved one. Click here to purchase a gift certificate.

Peter Davis has been playing guitar and writing songs for over 30 years! An excellent guitarist, Pete's experience goes back to his Ball State days as part of a band that played regularly at Headliners Bar and Grill on campus. His experience has continued up into current times and he has lately been playing at the Thursday night open jams at The Second Story Lounge! His love of music is based in the roots of rock and roll, blues, and even old country. Come and hear Peter Davis play his music!

Using one of the oldest photographic methods, create your own work of art in cyanotype’s blue signature color. Using the sun, participants will create cyanotype photograms (sun prints). Compose your own custom artwork inspired by architectural designs and line art.

Instructors: Jon Rees & Catherine Yong-Hellsten 

Ages 8–12 may attend with a registered adult

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

We have gift certificates available! Give the gift of a fun learning experience at Madjax to a friend or loved one. Click here to purchase a gift certificate.

Playing original music influenced by 
Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead"
You'll hear Jerry Barker later this year opening up for the high profile Don McLean concert!

Have you ever wanted to dress up as your favorite character but don’t know where to start? Learn the skills needed to create your own cosplay costumes and props!

Begin with a character of your choosing, and create a costume design. Then, using the equipment in the Madjax Design Lab and a variety of available materials, start to bring your design to life. You’ll have the opportunity to show off your creations during the Cosplay Showcase on Friday, July 28.

THIS IS A 5-DAY CAMP FOR ONLY $20 AND YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL 5 DAYS!!!

Instructor: Amanda Atkins 

8–11 may accompany a registered adult

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

We have gift certificates available! Give the gift of a fun learning experience at Madjax to a friend or loved one. Click here to purchase a gift certificate.

Gene Deer is back at The Second Story with one of the best performances you will hear! The Second Story is a perfect venue for a Gene Deer show! 
Be sure to come early for dinner and cocktails and the best in non-alcoholic drinks, craft beer and wine. We'll have pulled pork, our craft barbecue with live fire cooking, and delicious sides, house made buns and sauces!

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers LIVE at the 2023 Muncie Three Trails Music Series!

Please join us on Saturday, July 29th at 7:00pm, at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie, Indiana for the 2023 season kickoff of our Summer of FREE CONCERTS with TOMMY Castro & The Painkillers and special guest opener Lovesick Moan!

Whether he’s squeezing out the deepest blues or playing the funkiest soul grooves, legendary blues and soul giant Tommy Castro knows how to ignite a crowd. Over the course of his still-unfolding career, the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has released 16 albums ranging from horn-fueled soul and R&B to piping hot blues to fiery rock ‘n’ roll. He’s performed all over the world, earning countless fans with his legendary, sweat-drenched, exhilarating live shows. Castro’s band, The Painkillers—bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown, and keyboardist Michael Emerson—have now been playing together for over seven years. After hundreds of live shows, they have coalesced into one of the telepathically tightest units Castro has ever assembled, making them one of the most in-demand live roots music acts performing today. “This is the best band we’ve ever had,” says Castro. “We really got something going on beyond just being good musicians. Every song we play live now has that right feel—all the dynamics. It allows us to jam out more on stage.”

Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Tommy first picked up a guitar at age 10. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1991, releasing his debut album in 1996 on the Blind Pig label. During the 1990s and into the 2000s, Castro recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums for various labels, then hooked up with Alligator Records in 2009, releasing Hard Believer to massive acclaim. Castro formed the first incarnation of The Painkillers in 2012, and by 2014 (with Brown and Emerson taking over drums and keys respectively), Castro stripped his music down to its raw essence with the new, smaller band, creating a larger than life sound. The San Francisco Chronicle describes Castro’s music as, “funky Southern soul, big city blues and classic rock...silvery guitar licks that simultaneously sound familiar and fresh.” No Depression says “Castro plays gritty, string-bending blues like a runaway soul train...a glorious blend that rocks the soul and lifts the spirits.” The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues-rock guitar.” Blues Revue perhaps sums it up best by simply saying, “Tommy Castro can do no wrong.”

In 2022, hot on the heels of his latest release, A Bluesman Comes to Town, Castro and his band snagged Blues Music Awards for Album of the Year, Band of the Year, and, for the third time, the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year (the very highest award a blues performer can receive). His relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, night after night—has won him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. Live on stage, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers’ road-hardened musicianship brings an unmatched passion to Castro’s blue-eyed California soul and hard-rocking, good-time songs. We are happy to welcome Tommy Castro & The Painkillers back to the Muncie Three Trails stage!

Visit Tommy Castro & The Painkillers here:

https://www.TommyCastro.com

Presented by the The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, THANK YOU to our Sponsors!

The primary mission of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series is to bring critically acclaimed, national recording artists to perform at Canan Commons, Muncie’s newest outdoor performance venue, located in the heart of Downtown. All concerts are free to the public. Our second mission is to promote the many recreational, artistic, and cultural attractions located along, or in close proximity to, Canan Commons and Muncie’s popular “Three Trails” -- The White River Greenway, The Cardinal Greenway, and The Muncie Arts and Culture Trail. We hope that the combination of outstanding concerts and Muncie’s attractions will provide both local citizens and visitors from throughout the region and state with a full day of fun and music.

🎶 Explore The Trails, Enjoy The Music! 🎶

Please visit our website to learn much more about our 2023 Muncie Three Trails Music Series:

https://www.munciethreetrails.com

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers LIVE at the 2023 Muncie Three Trails Music Series!

Please join us on Saturday, July 29th at 7:00pm, at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie, Indiana for the 2023 season kickoff of our Summer of FREE CONCERTS with TOMMY Castro & The Painkillers and special guest opener Lovesick Moan!

Whether he’s squeezing out the deepest blues or playing the funkiest soul grooves, legendary blues and soul giant Tommy Castro knows how to ignite a crowd. Over the course of his still-unfolding career, the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has released 16 albums ranging from horn-fueled soul and R&B to piping hot blues to fiery rock ‘n’ roll. He’s performed all over the world, earning countless fans with his legendary, sweat-drenched, exhilarating live shows. Castro’s band, The Painkillers—bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown, and keyboardist Michael Emerson—have now been playing together for over seven years. After hundreds of live shows, they have coalesced into one of the telepathically tightest units Castro has ever assembled, making them one of the most in-demand live roots music acts performing today. “This is the best band we’ve ever had,” says Castro. “We really got something going on beyond just being good musicians. Every song we play live now has that right feel—all the dynamics. It allows us to jam out more on stage.”

Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Tommy first picked up a guitar at age 10. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1991, releasing his debut album in 1996 on the Blind Pig label. During the 1990s and into the 2000s, Castro recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums for various labels, then hooked up with Alligator Records in 2009, releasing Hard Believer to massive acclaim. Castro formed the first incarnation of The Painkillers in 2012, and by 2014 (with Brown and Emerson taking over drums and keys respectively), Castro stripped his music down to its raw essence with the new, smaller band, creating a larger than life sound. The San Francisco Chronicle describes Castro’s music as, “funky Southern soul, big city blues and classic rock...silvery guitar licks that simultaneously sound familiar and fresh.” No Depression says “Castro plays gritty, string-bending blues like a runaway soul train...a glorious blend that rocks the soul and lifts the spirits.” The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues-rock guitar.” Blues Revue perhaps sums it up best by simply saying, “Tommy Castro can do no wrong.”

In 2022, hot on the heels of his latest release, A Bluesman Comes to Town, Castro and his band snagged Blues Music Awards for Album of the Year, Band of the Year, and, for the third time, the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year (the very highest award a blues performer can receive). His relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, night after night—has won him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. Live on stage, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers’ road-hardened musicianship brings an unmatched passion to Castro’s blue-eyed California soul and hard-rocking, good-time songs. We are happy to welcome Tommy Castro & The Painkillers back to the Muncie Three Trails stage!

Visit Tommy Castro & The Painkillers here:

https://www.TommyCastro.com

Presented by the The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, THANK YOU to our Sponsors!

The primary mission of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series is to bring critically acclaimed, national recording artists to perform at Canan Commons, Muncie’s newest outdoor performance venue, located in the heart of Downtown. All concerts are free to the public. Our second mission is to promote the many recreational, artistic, and cultural attractions located along, or in close proximity to, Canan Commons and Muncie’s popular “Three Trails” -- The White River Greenway, The Cardinal Greenway, and The Muncie Arts and Culture Trail. We hope that the combination of outstanding concerts and Muncie’s attractions will provide both local citizens and visitors from throughout the region and state with a full day of fun and music.

🎶 Explore The Trails, Enjoy The Music! 🎶

Please visit our website to learn much more about our 2023 Muncie Three Trails Music Series:

https://www.munciethreetrails.com

First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

Boys and Girls Club of Muncie
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie will be setting up a table for First Thursday in August. Location to be determined soon. Please check the First Thursday Facebook page for updates. 

The Clubhouse
115 S. Walnut
Stop by The Clubhouse for dinner on First Thursday! All entrees are buy one get one free at equal or lesser value from 5pm until 9pm. 

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 East Main St., again will host local artists and Cornerstone artists in displaying and selling their work August 3 from 5-8 p.m. 

Artist in Residence Debra Gindhart Dragoo is coordinating this event. Community artists participating this August include Traci Kelley, Tim Berg, Jill Palumbo, Mikell Vawter, Val Kelley, Brenda McCoy, Taunya Fallon and Granddaughter Safari Reign, Angel Gillette, Tom Stader, Kat’s Crystals and Catherine Cox. Cornerstone artists include Eugene Boyd, Michelle Metsker-Cass, Debra Gindhart Dragoo and Olivia Morrow. Musician Jess Jones will perform. 

The featured artists for August are Leon and Laura Crosby, who will be exhibiting their work as a blacklight exhibit titled Glow in Cornerstone’s Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery. 

Artist in Residence Debra Gindhart Dragoo is coordinating this event. Those who want to participate should call Dragoo at Cornerstone at 765-281-9503 ext. 150. Pop-up artists are $10 per table with additional tables $5 each.

Debra Gindhart Dragoo shares her love of art and repurposing with ECI and beyond. PRIVATE COLLECTION on REPEAT. Debra will be featuring her Green Glam Studio PRIVATE COLLECTION one of a kind wearable art. Her artist mantra is “Real Babes Recycle, RE-use, RE-claim, RE-new, REMEMBER.” This mantra moves through her Green Glam Studio jewelry. Debra will feature her wearable art jewelry. recycle chic necklaces, bracelets, pendants, ensembles and earrings. Debra Gindhart Dragoo is artist in residence, curator and Mayors Arts Advocate. Debra loves supporting her community and the arts through creating, curating, creative workshops and advocating arts for area youth and adults. 5-8pm, 2nd floor/Great Room

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company will celebrate First Thursday, August 3, from 5 – 8 pm with a reception for the gallery’s annual Summer Invitational. The exhibit features work by Charles Knox and Tom Steiner. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.

Charles Knox is known for his intricate colored pencil drawings that often shine a light on the role of humans as stewards of the environment. 

Tom Steiner’s latest photographs focus on abandoned dolls found in antique malls and flea markets.  “Every picture has two stories,” he says.  “These dolls want you to feel what they do.  They also tell a story about the person behind the camera.”

The exhibit will remain on view through August 26.  

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists and offers expert design and craftsmanship for framing and displaying treasured family possessions and works of art. Summer Invitational may also be viewed through the end of August during regular business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm. Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre. For more information, visit www.gordyframing.com or call 765-284-8422.

Harmony Movement Studio
Outside the Fickle Peach (117 E. Charles St.)
Harmony Movement Studio will have a free outdoor DJed dance party next to Fickle Peach!

Muncie Artist’s Guild
Various locations
The Muncie Artist Guild’s “Artist of the Month” for August is Shonet Martin.   

Shonet Martin's bio: I am a Ball State graduate with a B.S. in Art Education and MA in Art. I have taught in public school, but my passion was working with VSA Arts, an arts organization for children and adults with disabilities. 

I LOVE color. My work is a collage of shapes and patterns that create an image. I begin by tearing tissue paper for the main images. The colors I lean to tend to play off of each other. Once the main images are laid down, I embellish with small geometric shapes in patterns of color. If my subject matter is a person the face is always left void of features. This is so the viewer can bring their own emotion to the work. 

Shonet’s artwork will be on display during the month of June at the following locations:
Northwest Bank, 110 E Charles St. Muncie, IN 47305
Old National Bank, 2401 S Madison St. Muncie, IN 47302
Parlour at Hazelwood Hair Salon, 1300 W University Ave, Muncie, IN 47303
Rosebud Coffee House, 1805 S Hoyt Ave. Muncie, IN 47302
Vera Mae’s Bistro, 207-209 S Walnut St. Muncie, IN 47305 

Muncie Makers Market
Corner of Walnut and Adams
The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events, a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for all of the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8pm. The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! All Vendors must register in advance. 

Vera Mae’s Bistro
207-209 S. Walnut
First Thursday Cajun Night at Vera’s! Featuring Fresh Oysters and other Cajun fixin’s. 

The Unknown Jazz Quintet play the Lounge and Jay Moorman guest bartends!

Joining us this week is Jay Moorman as a guest bartender!
Jay, originally from Louisville Ky, has a love of bourbon and for making craft cocktails for his wife Karen. Jay, was a long time employee of Ontario Systems and now works for Boyce Systems in Daleville. His real love of making interesting drinks grew, like many, during the quarantine. He will share some of his favs with us Aug 4th as part of our craft cocktail menu!
A $5.00 cover/ticket charge goes to the band.

The Unknown Jazz Quintet mixes jazz and humor and they met while performing in various Muncie Civic Theater musicals over the years. The core group is Evan Shroyer on drums, his brother
Zayne Shroyer on trumpet, Stacey Briggs on saxes, Paul Rhine on electric or double bass and at times Sean Woodgett or Jim Rhinehart on keyboard. 
Years ago, bassist Paul Rhine gigged in Muncie with drummer Charlie Owen, pianist Dr. Phil Cooley and vocalist Paula Owen. Rhine was a fixture of the Indianapolis jazz scene, performing with local jazz luminaries such as saxophonists David Young, Jimmy Coe and Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson; pianist Claude Sifferlen;
vibraphonist Billy Wooten; drummers Benny Barth and Jack Gilfoy, and Wes Montgomery’s brother pianist/vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery among others.

Come out and join us for this fantastic night of dinner and cocktails! Below is a short list of the cocktails Jay will be highlighting!

Lemon Drop, with house made Limocello and lemon vodka!
(Karen's fav)
Lemon vodka
Limoncello
Simple Syrup
Organic Lemon juice

The Godfather 
Boubon
Amaretto
Black walnut bitters
Orange zest

The Simple but classic Negroni and Boulevardier 
Gin
Campari
Sweet vermouth

Boulevardier
Same as a negroni but with Bourbon for Gin.

During Fire Up Downtown, come to The Downtown Farm Stand front patio and have super good barbecue, craft cocktails, and great company and tunes! We will not be on Walnut Street so find us at The Farm Stand!!! Stop by and say hello or hang out for a while! One block from the crazy festival come hang out a stones throw away with shade and no crowds! 125 E Main St