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Hoosier Happenings - March 2010
Events occurring March 9-April 7
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March 16-19 — Topeka Spring Draft Horse Auction, Topeka (LaGrange) — Topeka Auction Barn. 8 am. 260-593-2522; www.auctions-usa.com.
March 20-21 — Maple Syrup Days, LaGrange (LaGrange) — Maple Wood Nature Center, 4550 E. 100 S. Tour 500-tap sugar camp, all you can eat pancake meal served all day. 260-463-4022; www.lagrangecountyparks.org.
March 26 — Animal Welfare League Fish Fry Benefit, Warsaw (Kosciusko) — Elks Lodge, 310 E. Center St. All you can eat. 5:30-8:30 pm. Admission charge. 574-267-7802.
March 27 — All-U-Can Eat country Breakfast, Hebron (Porter) — Salem United Methodist Hall, 756 W. 350 S. 7-11 am. Admission charge. 219-988-4700.
March 27 — Fame Festival, Wabash (Wabash) — Honeywell Center, 275 W. Market St. Free festival for students and parents. Student performances, art displays, performances by professional musicians, workshops by professional and community artists, crafts. 9 am-4 pm. No admission charge. wardj@apaches.k12.in.us.
March 27-28 — Quilts in Bloom Show, Valparaiso (Porter) — Expo Center. String-A-Long Quilt Guild show. Sat: 9 am-5 pm CT; Sun: 10 am-4 pm. Admission charge. 219-462-4276; atwell63@verizon.net.
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Through March 21, 2010 — Paired Photographs, Indianapolis (Marion) — Indianapolis Museum of Art. While photographers have been chronicling the visible world for 159 years, their varying approaches to similar subjects underscore the creativity and flexibility of the medium of photography. This notion manifests itself by the pairing of 20 sets of European and American photographs selected from the permanent collection. The themes of architecture, landscape, portraiture, the figure, war, protest, abstraction and the passing crowd are explored through the pairings of Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Harry Callahan, Peter Henry Emerson and Lois Conner, Lewis Hine and Lisette Model, Walker Evans and Berenice Abbott, Alfred Stieglitz and W. Eugene Smith, and Minor White and Dorothea Lange. Tue-Wed, Sat: 11 am–5 pm; Thur-Fri: 11 am-9 pm; Sun: noon-5 pm. No admission charge. 317-923-1331; www.imamuseum.org.
Through March 25 — How To Make A Place In The World, Terre Haute (Vigo) — Indiana State University Art Gallery, Seventh and Chestnut streets. A solo exhibition explores rural Appalachia from central Virginia. Mon-Wed, Fri: 11 am-4 pm; Thur: 11 am-7 pm. Erin Caldwell, 812-237-3787; Erin.Caldwell@indstate.edu.
Through April 11 — With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition, Indianapolis (Marion) — Indiana State Museum. Library of Congress’ exhibition of Lincoln artifacts. Opening coincides with opening of “With Charity for All: The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection,” (go to Feb. 2009 Electric Consumer). Special programs and events planned on Thurs-Fri evenings. Mon-Wed, Sat: 8:30 am-5:30 pm; Thurs-Fri: 8:30 am-9 pm; Sun: 11:30 am-5:30 pm. No admission charge with general museum admission. To reserve timed-tickets call 317-232-1637; indianamuseum.org.
March 12-13 — Fiber Fest and Spin-In, Portland (Jay) — 4-H Fairgounds. Fiber crafters, classes, entertainment, demonstrations, vendors and live animals. Friday is educational day. Fri: 4-7 pm; Sat: 9 am-4 pm. Admission charge. 877-726-4481; visitjaycounty.com.
March 13 — Southern Gospel Concert, Lafayette (Tippecanoe) — Heartland Community Church, 3900 E 300 N. 7 pm. Donation at the door, plus free-will offering received. 765-423-1389; resministries.com.
March 13-21 — Indiana Flower and Patio Show, Indianapolis (Marion) — Indiana State Fairgrounds. Mon-Sat: 10 am-9 pm; Sun: 10 am-5 pm. Admission charge. 800-215-1700; indianaflowerandpationshow.com.
March 27 — Easter Celebration at Wolf Park, Battle Ground (Tippecanoe) — Wolf Park, 4004 E. 800 N. Easter egg hunts for visitors and wolves; egg toss with children and parents, and other games. 1-4 pm. Admission charge for adults. 765-567-2265; www.wolfpark.org.
March 27 — National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture Lecture, Portland (Jay) — Women’s Building, County Fairgrounds. Shirley Willard, historian for Fulton County Historical Society, will speak about the 1838 removal of the Potawatomi from their homelands. 7 pm. No admission charge. Kay Neumayr, 765-426-3022; www.ncglnac.org.
March 27-28 — National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture Spring Cultural Arts Classes, Portland (Jay) — County Fairgrounds. Hands-on classes for ages 12 and up and one children’s class for ages 6 and up. Pre-registration before March 18. Class fee. Kay Neumayr, 765-426-3022; www.ncglnac.org.
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March 13-14 — National Maple Syrup Festival, Medora (Jackson) — Medora Community School, Burton’s Maplewood Farm. Tours, historical accounts, wagon rides, music, petting zoo, Native American encampment/demonstrations. 9 am-5 pm. Admission charge. 812-966-2168; NationalMapleSyrupFestival.com.
March 21 — Shooting Match, Ireland (Dubois) — Ireland Sportsman Club. Chicken dinners: 11 am; ham rounds: noon; closed match: 3 pm.
March 22 — The Miracle Child: How to Set Higher Goals and Achieve the Unimaginable in Life, Columbus (Bartholomew) — Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St. Darcy Keith shares her inspiring story of overcoming a traumatic brain injury. 7 pm. No admission charge. Mary Clare Speckner, 812-379-1266; www.barth.lib.in.us.
March 30 — Cowboy Bob with Cowboy Bob Glaze, Columbus (Bartholomew) — Public Library. A trip down memory lane. 6:30 pm. No admission charge. Mary Clare Speckner, 812-379-1266; www.barth.lib.in.us.
April 3 — Farm Toy Show and Equipment Consignment Auction, Tell City (Perry) — 4-H Fairgrounds. Show: 8 am-3 pm (CST); auction: 10 am. Admission charge. 812-843-4187.
April 3 — Greene County Special Olympics Benefit Concert, Linton (Greene) — Linton School Auditeria. Features the Backroads Band, baked goods. 5-7 pm. No admission, but all donations will benefit The Greene County Special Olympics.
April 3 — White River Valley Antique Association Swap Meet, Elnora (Daviess) — White River Valley Antique Association Grounds, south of the Daviess County Fairgrounds. Tractors, gas engines, implements, farm toys, parts, crafts and more. 8 am-2 pm. No admission charge. Roger Daniels, 812-876-3445; www.wrvaa.
April 6 — A Visit from C. S. Lewis with Professor Kevin Radaker, Columbus (Bartholomew) — Bartholomew County Public Library. A dramatic portrayal of Lewis. 7 pm. No admission charge. Mary Clare Speckner, 812-379-1266; www.barth.lib.in.us.
Hoosier Happenings is a free monthly listing
focusing primarily on one-time, low-cost or free “community” festivals,
special programs and other activities and events. Most of the events
are taken from the Indiana Festival Guide, sponsored by Hoosier Energy
REC.
All festival dates and times are subject to change. Before planning
a trip, please call the local festival contact number listed or visit
the Web site if one is included.
To add events to Hoosier Happenings, please send information two
months before the date of the event to: Hoosier Happenings, Electric
Consumer, P.O. Box 24517, Indianapolis, IN 46224; or e-mail: ec@indremcs.org.
Please format your item in this way: Date(s) of event — Name
of event, City or town (County) — Place or location, address. Brief
description of event. Times. Admission charge (or No admission charge).
Contact phone number; Web site. (Do not upper case text.) We prefer information be sent as text of an e-mail and not as Word or pdf attachments.
Because of space limitations in the printed version of Electric
Consumer, priority is given to those events occurring in areas served
by the community-minded cooperatives whose consumers subsribe to
Electric Consumer through their cooperative member-ownership. Festival
organizers: if your festival dates have changed since publication of
the Festival Guide, please let us know at the above address. |
Written By: eceditor
Date Posted: 10/4/2006
Number of Views: 11822
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