It’s cold outside! Stay warm by attending a Ball State public event!

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

It’s cold outside! Stay warm by attending a Ball State public event!

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Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!

Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.

Friday, December 1, 2023

Mindfulness in the Museum – 12 p.m.
EB Ball Holiday Open House – 5 p.m.
Jr. Recital: Sophie Buselli, violin – 5:30 p.m.
“The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Jr. Recital: Nina Vivo, violin – 7:30 p.m.
Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Emens: Orchestra Indiana: Christmas Celebration – 12 a.m.
Museum Docent Tour – 2:30 p.m.
“Magic Treehouse: Space Mission” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
“The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
EB Ball Holiday Open House – 5 p.m.
Holiday Arts and Culture Night – 5 p.m.
Holiday in Bloom – 6 p.m.
“The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Oboe Marathon – 12 p.m.
Tuba Christmas – 1 p.m.
Emens: Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland – 6 p.m.
Singers Holiday Choral Festival – 7 p.m.
Cello Studio Recital – 8:30 p.m.

Monday, December 4, 2023

Trombone Choir Concert – 5:30 p.m.
DA Recital: Soojin Lee, voice – 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

MTNA Recital – 5:30 p.m.
Faculty Artist Series: Cara Chowning and Kevin Gwinn – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Jocelyn Bolin Sabbatical Lecture – 3 p.m.
String Chamber Music Recital – 5 p.m.
Morgy Craig Memorial Concert by Ball State Jazz Ensembles – 7:30 p.m.
AD Recital: Gozde Parlaktuna, violin – 7:30 p.m.
The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Entrepreneurial Experience Lecture with John Merriweather – 11 a.m.
Student Recital: Sarah Smith, euphonium – 5:30 p.m.
The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.
TAP! – 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 8, 2023

Tea, Cookies, & Not Your Grandmother’s Needlepoint – 2 p.m.
Student Recital: Ashton Shelley, tuba – 5:30 p.m.
Student Recital: Scott Carter, tenor – 5:30 p.m.
“The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Student Recital: Sadie Baxter, voice – 7:30 p.m.
The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.
TAP! – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Harp Studio Recital – 10 a.m.
DA Lecture Recital: Patricia Burton, cello – 1 p.m.
The Little Prince – 2:30 p.m.
“Magic Treehouse: Space Mission” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
“The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
“The Christmas Star” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
The Little Prince – 7:30 p.m.
TAP! – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 10, 2023

The Little Prince – 2:30 p.m.
TAP! – 2:30 p.m.
Holiday Choral Concert (Afternoon) – 3 p.m.
Holiday Choral Concert (Evening) – 6 p.m.

Monday, December 11, 2023

Student Recital: Josh Garwood, clarinet – 7:30 p.m.
DA Recital: Qiaohui Wu, voice – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Voctave – It Feels Like Christmas – 12 a.m.

Thursday, December 14, 2023

ALL OUT FOR CHRISTMAS: A SHOWBIZ RADIO FABLE – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Piano Studio Recital – 11 a.m.

The University is closed from 12/16/23 into the new year.

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023

Check out Ball State’s public November events to feel Thankful for fun!

Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!

Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

MFA 2nd Year Show Opening Reception – 4 p.m.
EB Ball: History of Breaking Bread at the White House – FULL – 6:30 p.m.
Candlelight Vigil for Peace – 7 p.m.
Percussion Ensemble Recital – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Guest Lecture: Dr. Charlene Fletcher on “For Whose Protection?: Black Women & Confinement in the Late-19th Century” – 3 p.m.
Ball State Symphony Orchestra – 7:30 p.m.
Pruis Hall – Las Cafeteras – 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 3, 2023

Mindfulness in the Museum – 12 p.m.
IN ASTA Orchestra Invitational – 3 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 4, 2023

IN ASTA Orchestra Invitational – 8 a.m.
Museum Docent Tour – 2:30 p.m.
ASTRONOMY SLAM – Registration Required – 6:30 p.m.
University Choral Union, Cardinal Chorus, and Vox Anima – 7:30 p.m.
Theater and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Theater and Dance: The Prom – 2:30 p.m.
Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana – 3 p.m.
DA Lecture Recital: Alison Moore, soprano – 3 p.m.
Trumpet Ensemble Recital – 7:30 p.m.

Monday, November 6, 2023

Woodwind Chamber Music Recital – 5:30 p.m.
Sr. Recital: Noah Burch, violin – 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Lifelong Learners: She Took Care of the Cat – 1:30 p.m.
Recital: Jazz Combos – 5:30 p.m.
Student Composers’ Forum – 7:30 p.m.
The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.
Writing for Young People with Alicia D. Williams – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Reel Inclusion: Our Story (Abbreviated Version) – 12 p.m.
Business as a Force for Good: Why Societal Impact Matters – 3 p.m.
The Japanese Art of Mending with Sashiko – 6 p.m.
Arts Alive: Trenton Doyle Hancock – 7 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Reel Inclusion: Our Story (Full Version) – 5:30 p.m.
EB Ball: Holiday Watercolor – 6 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.
Piano Studio Recital – 7:30 p.m.
Featured Reading with Alicia D. Williams – 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 10, 2023

Holiday Card Workshop – 2 p.m.
Flute Studio Recital – 5:30 p.m.
“Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Viola Studio Recital – 7:30 p.m.
Theatre and Dance – The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
Threatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Emens – Orchestra Indiana: Classical Mystery Tour – 6 p.m.
Rinard Orchid Greenhouse – Tropics to Table – 10 a.m.
Theatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 2:30 p.m.
“Eclipse: The Sun Revealed” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
“Dynamic Earth” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
“Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Theatre and Dance – The Prom – 7:30 p.m.
Theatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Theatre and Dance – The Redeemer – 2:30 p.m.
University Singers – 3 p.m.
Flute Guild Recital – 3 p.m.
Guest Artist Recital: Fabian Lopez (violin), David Kovac (viola), and Ball State String Faculty – 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Lifelong Learners: Flying for the Navy during the Cold War – 1:30 p.m.
Recital: Jazz Combos – 5:30 p.m.
First-Generation Student and Self-Supporting Student Discussion – 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Emens – Mike Super – Magic & Illusion – 7:30 p.m.
College of Health – Speaker Series November – 1 p.m.
Campus Band and Campus Orchestra – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Global Entrepreneurship Week Speaker Jason Riley – 11 a.m.
Trombone Studio Recital – 5:30 p.m.

Friday, November 17, 2023

Womens Networking Breakfast – 8 a.m.
Student Recital: Jackson Martin, saxophone – 5:30 p.m.
“Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Student Recital: Connor Granlund, trombone – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 18, 2023

“Eclipse: The Sun Revealed” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
“Dynamic Earth” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
“Destination Mars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Fall Opera: Copland’s The Tender Land – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Fall Opera: Copland’s The Tender Land – 3 p.m.

Monday, November 20, 2023

Faculty Artist Series: James Helton – 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Lifelong Learners: Istanbul Adventures – 1:30 p.m.
Jr. Recital: Quinton Kriner, viola – 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Lifelong Learners: That Reminds Me of a Story…Therapeutic Storytelling – 1:30 p.m.
Entrepreneurial Experience Lecture with Marc Lore – 6 p.m.
Concert: EM | Two – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Jr. Recital: Raul De Mesa, euphonium – 5:30 p.m.

New Music Ensemble – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 30, 2023

DA Performance Recital: Nicolas Andrade, wagner tuba – 5:30 p.m.

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023

‘Terrific’ friends come together for community reading project

A person in a green and white shirt sits on a low chair reading to children gathered around in an arc around him on the floor

Longfellow Elementary School student Isabella Foster reads Charlotte’s Web to Longfellow Principal Gerry Moore and her schoolmates A’Nyiah Shannon and Rashaud Hill. — Longfellow Elementary School student Isabella Foster reads *Charlotte’s Web* to Longfellow Principal Gerry Moore and her schoolmates A’Nyiah Shannon and Rashaud Hill.

“Some pig’ really brought the community together in September.
“Charlotte’s Web” was the focus of a community-wide reading initiative, culminating in Muncie Civic Theatre’s production of the classic tale at Southside High School.
The initiative, designed to get kids excited about reading, was led by a team of executives from Muncie Civic Theatre, Heart of Indiana United Way, Muncie Community Schools, and Muncie Public Library.

Highlights:

Every third and fourth-grade student in Muncie Community Schools received a free copy of the book, thanks to support from Northwest Bank and Altrusa Foundation.
Muncie Public Library locations offered audiobooks – in several languages – available for families to check out and listen to together.
Muncie Civic Theatre offered four free daytime school matinees for MCS students, sponsored by Meridian Health Services.
Muncie Community Schools students made “Charlotte’s Web”-themed art and prepared special songs that were part of the Civic Theatre performance.
Muncie Civic Theatre provided free performances of the play for families participating in this community read initiative.
Muncie Altrusa Club volunteered to read “Some Pig,” an early-reader picture book version of “Charlotte’s Web,” to elementary students.
Several childcare centers and after-school programs worked on crafts, activities, and games they shared with each other and families to build interest and fun around the story.
Muncie Civic Theatre presented “Charlotte’s Web” at Southside Middle School.

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023

Southside Neighborhood Spotlight – Mark Kinman Family Fun Day

The Association is happy to report another successful Family Fun Day at Cooley Park. This year, they honored past resident Mark Kinman. He helped plan the original event in 2022. Children enjoyed the Splash Pad and basketball court, tug of war (Bridge Community Church), and a giant slip n’ slide (Muncie Police Department).

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023

We had a blast at this year’s Bridge Dinner!

Article and photos by Michelle Kinsey, Communications Manager, Office of Community Engagement

“It’s my favorite event of the year.”

It’s a comment you hear often at Muncie’s Fall Bridge Dinner.

And what’s not to love?

This year’s event, on Sept. 21, brought hundreds of community members to the Washington Street Bridge on a beautiful evening to enjoy great conversation, music, and the beautiful views of the White River.

There was music (provided by a DJ), food vendors, Muncie-loving merch sellers and, new this year, an opportunity to get up close and personal with the river in a Canoe Country kayak.

The long community tables were decorated with fall leaves, created by art students at Burris Laboratory School.

Thanks to everyone who made the Bridge Dinner possible: Muncie Action Plan, Shafer Leadership Academy, Ball State Office of Community Engagement, Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, Ivy Tech Community College – Muncie, Riverside-Normal City Neighborhood Association, Old West End Neighborhood Association, Open Door Health Services, Polcz Volbrecht Homes at RE/MAX Real Estate Groups, Muncie Community Schools, Canoe Country, and Words with Jas.

Generous support for the event is provided by Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, Greater Muncie Chamber of Commerce, Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance, Muncie Central JROTC, Walls Furniture, and Woof Boom Radio.

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023