Entertainment

By Katy Maggart— MUNCIE, IN— In Delaware County, the community risk for COVID-19 has lowered, so Minnetrista Museum & Gardens has announced updates to their Health & Safety Guidelines per CDC recommendations. Starting today, Minnetrista’s visitors will not be required to wear a mask indoors. Masks are always welcome, and Minnetrista will continue to have them at their main entry locations. Safety remains the number one priority for visitors, so Minnetrista will continue monitoring Delaware County’s risk level and make…

By Jonathon Bennett— Muncie, Ind. – Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 W. Main St., recently launched its own podcast: Cornercast, a monthly interview-style program with host Jonathon Bennett (“John Kafi”), who talks to Indiana artists and musicians about their artistic and community pursuits in the format of four segments: Artist of the Month, Mic Check, Local Focus, and Meet the Staff. The Artist of the Month segment spotlights the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery on the second floor of Cornerstone Center for…

By Lexi Musselman— MUNCIE, Ind.—PlySpace, the artist in residence program of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council (MuncieArts) in collaboration with the Ball State College of Fine Arts, presents an Artist Lecture by PlySpace Resident Fellow Joshua Ice. Ice will present an artist lecture about his past and current work on Monday, February 28, at 6:00 pm in the Arts and Journalism Building, Room 225, on the campus of Ball State University. The event is free and open to the public….

By Michelle Kinsey— MUNCIE, Ind. – Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Busy family reconnects through Muncie Civic musical “Newsies!” For the Melham family, Muncie Civic has been the perfect way for this family to share some time – and a bunch of dance steps – together. Kalyn Melham, 20, has been in other Civic productions and suggested the group effort for “Newsies “During one of our conversations about her [Civic] experiences, she said, ‘Mom, there are sometimes families who…

By Bruno Reinert— MUNCIE, Ind. — On Feb. 26, Matthew Kraemer will conduct the Muncie Symphony Orchestra in a dynamic program capturing the American spirit. The concert will feature a solo award-winning violinist Rubén Rengel.  “A New World,” the penultimate concert in the Muncie Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-2022 season, will feature William Grant Still’s “Festive Overture,” Copland’s “Variation on a Shaker Melody,” Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 9” (From the New World), and Barber’s “Violin Concerto,” which will feature Rengel as the soloist. Described…

By: Sharon Schweitzer for the Muncie Journal— It’s the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams battling it out in LA on Sunday.  The big game tradition includes parties with lots of food, drink, conversation and of course, plenty of football.  So, how do you best get along with people pulling for the opposing team?  Are you required to bring something to the party?  Do you have to watch your language in the company of others? Sharon Schweitzer, an international…

Editor’s note: This event has been  moved to today, Thursday, February 10th due to last week’s snow. By Carl Schafer— MUNCIE, Ind.—Gordy Fine Art and Framing will open an exhibition of photographs by career fashion photographer Ronn Brown. A native of East Central Indiana, Brown was based in Los Angeles for decades. There he focused mainly on photographing musicians, actors and models, and often worked for producers in the film and music industries. This kind of photography requires superb technical…

By Mike Rhodes, Editor-in-Chief— I drove around town around 9am today to check out how the roads were for our MuncieJournal.com viewers, and to take some photographs of the snow. I found that most roads I drove on had been plowed, which was a surprise. By around 10:30am the wind was whipping the snow around quite a bit and the roads were beginning to get pretty snow covered again. Ball State was desolate, as was downtown. Here’s what things looked…