September Arts Intersect Events Calendar and Newsletter
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SAVE the DATE
September
Labor Day
*TAF Closed*
Monday, September 5, 2016
MAKE YOUR MARKeting: Guerilla Graphic Design Workshop
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
3-5pm
Gallery Walk & TAF Reception
Friday, September 16, 2016
6-8pm
October
Get Picked for the Next Exhibit: Preparing Art Exhibition Applications Workshop
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
3-5pm
Bravo for the Arts @ The Trails
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
11am-2pm
TAF Exhibition
Beginning Friday, October 28, 2016
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Members, renewal letters for 2016 have been sent!
If you didn't receive one, call 765.423.2787.
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If you're interested in joining the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, please contact Chris June at [email protected]. ---------------------------------
TAF Members: Click here to submit an event to Arts Intersect
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- August 26, 8:30-9:30pm: GEODE Video-Mapped Audiovisual Sculpture at Tippecanoe County Amphitheater Info
- September 7, 3-5pm: MAKE YOUR MARKeting: Guerilla Graphic Design Workshop Info & Registration
- Through September 9: Wabash Weavers Guild, Bonnie Zimmer, Doris B. Myers, and Lisa Parish Parker Exhibition Info
- Opening September 16: Al Knight, Glenn Chang, & Anna Cicirelli Exhibition (Reception 9/16, 6-9pm) Info
- September 16 Gallery Walk, 6-9pm: Info
- Deadline October 7, 5pm: Bravo for the Arts RSVP's, Bravo/John Corey Award Nominations Info
Gallery Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm
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September Art Exhibit: "Ruth Smith: Getting to Know Your Muslim Neighbors"
- Our 5th annual Family Fun Day is Sunday, August 28 - 1:00pm-4:00pm
- Children's Activities: Preschool Story Times: Tuesday & Friday: 10:30am; Thursdays at 4:00 pm (2 & up)
- Lap Sit: Mondays at 10:30 & 11:15am in the Children's Activity Room. (Infant - 2yrs.)
- Lego Club: Saturday, September 10
- Global Fest: Saturday, September 17th
- Reading to the Cat & Dogs! Saturday, September 24
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September is Library Card Sign-Up Month
A TCPL card is an essential back-to-school supply
- Kids Programs Ponies, Pirates & Stories Call 429-0119
- Teens - Grades 6 - 12 Fandom Frenzy & More Call 429-0119
- Adults Author Visits, Voter Registration, R�sum� & Tech Assistance Call 429-0113
- TCPL Friends Book Sale - All Ages! September 10-12 Downtown
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On August 30th, we do Tuesday Night... RIGHT!
Join local rock group June IND for a special unplugged performance at People's; featuring guest performances from area musicians and, OF COURSE, screaming kazoo solos!!
People's Brewing Company
2006 N 9th St, Lafayette, IN 47904
Tuesday, August 30th from 6pm to 8pm
* 21+
* No Cover
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Are you interested in writing? Whether you have had an idea for a story for years, or write regularly but need a reboot to discover what you love about the written word, join the Lafayette Writers' Studio for The Write Start: Cultivating Creativity on Wed, Aug 31 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and learn how to live a more creative life.
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Where Am I Eating? by Kelsey Timmerman is the book two counties are reading and discussing this September & October. New York Times' bestselling author Kelsey Timmerman will be here live!
Explore Timmerman's stories from a four-continent farming adventure. Learn about Columbian coffee farmers, modern-day slaves from an Ivory Coast cocoa farm & Chinese apple growers.
America increasingly relies on imported food. Find out how this impacts us & people around the world.
Join us in fun & fascinating programs for all ages. Free.
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- September 3, 10, 24 Jazz Tailgates Slayter Hill 2 hours before kick-off
- September 14, 21, 28 Jazz at Marriott Hall 5:30-7:00pm
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Saturday Arts and Crafts - Sept. 3 at 11am
Come create with us! K-5th children. Register
You Had me at Merlot - Sept. 14 at 5:30pm
Join us at Whyte Horse Winery for a tasting, tour, and book discussion! The cost to attend is $5, and groups are welcome. Tickets and registration are available at the library.
Concert Series - Sept. 24 at 6:30pm
Join us at the bandstand in downtown Monticello to see Lalo Cura! Lalo Cura is a Spanish Rock band.
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The band closes our 2016 concert season with our Labor Day concert and salute to Indiana's Bicentennial, September 5, 2016.
The concert will include the standard patriotic numbers as well as works by Indiana composers. Concert begins at 7:00pm at the Riehle Plaza; 2nd Street at the end of Main Street.
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What Our River Keeps: forming Lakes Freeman and Shafer with Kean MacOwan: September 7 at 6:30pm
Learn how the Tippecanoe River was diverted to create Lakes Freeman and Shafer in White and Carroll County. The story of these lakes goes beyond a simple dam into politics, family drama, and more.
Kean MacOwan is president of the White County Historical Society and White County Bicentennial Coordinator. This presentation is in conjunction with Carroll County on the Same Page, an officially endorsed Bicentennial Legacy Project.
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September 8, 7pm - Carol Wallace, Lew Wallace's great-great-granddaughter, speaks at St. John's Episcopal (212 S Green Crawfordsville) about growing up with the Wallace heritage, writing as a family occupation, and her updated edition of BEN-HUR.
September 15, 7pm - Hoosier Authors Book Club discusses THE STORIED SEA by Susan E. Wallace.
September 29, 7pm - Wallace scholar Dr. Howard Miller joins us for a discussion of BEN-HUR at the Carriage House.
Please RSVP to 765.362.5769. All programs are free and open to the public.
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September 9 - 10, 2016
Reformed Presbyterian Church
1723 S. 9th Street, Lafayette.
In a whimsical and philosophical consideration of the supernatural, famed author G.K. Chesterton challenges the audience to grapple with the reality of miracles, demons, and, ultimately, God.
Performances are Friday, September 9, at 7:30pm, and on Saturday, September 10, a matinee at 2:30pm and evening performance at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for high school students and younger.
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Jim Davis Exhibition Opening Reception 6-8pm Sept 9. Exhibition open through Nov 18.
Self-guided tours Wednesday through Friday from 1-4 every week beginning Sept 10. Adults $10, youth 17 and under $5, members free.
Guided tours Sept 17 and 18 feature the best Indiana paintings and ceramics and antique American furniture. $10 advance, $12 at the door.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art exhibition "200 years of Indiana Art from the Haan Collection" opens Sept 24.
New sculpture garden coming soon!
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A Day in the Park with Morton: At Prophetstown State Park Saturday, September 10th 11am-2pm, Blazingstar Shelter.
Join your favorite Morton instructors for an afternoon of art making. Free activities include Plein Air painting, theatre, childrens art exploration, and dance!
Pre-registration recommended: code 209000-01.
The first 40 "vehicles" that contain a pre-registered individual will have the park gate fee waived.
Vehicles must arrive by 11:45am to take advantage of the waived gate fee.
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Season launches this month with theatre, music, dance, and ideas for all.
- You'll have the time of your life with "Dirty Dancing" Sept. 10.
- Celebrate West Lafayette's Global Fest with a cine-concert of "The Triplets of Belleville" featuring a live orchestra Sept. 17.
- Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns discusses "The American Experience" during a free lecture Sept. 22.
- Shanghai Peking Opera reimagines "Hamlet" with "The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan" Sept. 23.
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2016 Juried Show - September 12 - October 19; Sylvia's Brick Oven; details on Facebook and the WVAS Blog.
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Wabash College Art Exhibit Opening
Monday, September 12
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
7-8:30pm
Dirt & Flowers: and Other Things We Eat and Breathe, Charles A. Gick's poetic works of art confront and examine humanity's physical, intellectual, and emotional relationship with art, nature and science.
His paintings, photography, sculpture, video, and installation art are inspired by the phenomenological and ephemeral qualities found in the environment.
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Indiana Art Quilts opens September 13 with 19 contemporary quilts from the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).
The quilts were created in response to Marie Webster's (1859-1956) ideals for simplicity, revealed materials and avoidance of ostentation.
Hoosier Marie Webster defied all expectations; an amateur quilt maker, her designs were published in Ladies Home Journal in 1911.
Her awareness and response to the art of her time, particularly the Arts and Crafts movement changed the quilt world forever.
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Make writing a more active part of your life. Join us for Writing Jumpstart, where for eight weeks beginning 9/14 we will develop a routine for your writing.
We will look at samples of fiction, poetry and nonfiction, discuss the strategies writers use to develop their work, and then apply these to our own projects. Learn to think in new ways and discover material that matters to you.
Become the writer you want to be with the Lafayette Writers' Studio.
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The B-Side is a unique 3-concert nightclub series that gives the traditional Symphony concert experience a make-under with a come-as-you-are, laidback vibe.
The LSO starts up the 2nd B-Side season with a night of Latin Jazz. The Randy Salman Quartet will take us on another adventure, this time through Havana streets and Caribbean beaches.
September 15
Doors 6:30pm/Music 7:30pm
Carnahan Hall
800 Main St.
Lafayette, IN 47901
Tickets are $15 General Admission, all ages are welcome. Arrive early to enjoy cocktail hour at the cash bar.
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Thursday Sept 15th
2016 B-SIDE, TRACK 1: LATIN JAZZ
Presented by:Lafayette Symphony Orchestra
Doors 6:00pm/Music 7:30pm
$15 one track / $40 three tracks
All ages
Thursday Sept 29th
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
8:00pm - 11pm
GA $20 / VIP $30
21+ show
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44 Plays for 44 Presidents Sept 16 - Oct 1
A chronological, biographical survey of the lives and presidencies of each of the 44 men who have held the office so far. Their mistakes and successes are celebrated by actors who take turns donning a star-spangled coat that symbolizes the presidency. Ponder where the presidency has gone since its fall from paradise...and where it will go next.
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"Indigenous" Exhibition and New Work from Jennifer Reitmeyer and Judy Titche.
Opening Reception 6-9pm Sept. 16, 2016, in conjunction with TAF's Gallery Walk.
A collaboration between the two artists that highlights indigenous flora and fauna presented in mixed media in two distinct styles. The pieces will blend and contrast with each-other to create a thought provoking environment.
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Grateful Heart and Frontier Communications proudly present "Hospitable Me," featuring hostess-inspired art in pottery and glass by artist Gail Johnston. A wide variety of serving dishes and dining accessories, in three distinctive motifs, offers the opportunity to delight both family and guests.
Photography by Chris Cumberworth adds to the ambiance, as she explores "Nature: Patterns and Textures." Meet the artists and join us for light refreshments at 654 and 661 Main, 6-9pm, Friday, September 16th.
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Join us for a tasty pulled pork and bbq pork fundraiser supper on Saturday September 17 at historic Peirce Hall, 701 North Washington St., Delphi, 4 to 7pm.
Carry-outs are available. Carroll County Historical Society Museum needs to be out of the Carroll County Courthouse by the end of December and we need to raise money.
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CCAA presents the 21st Annual "Art on the Avenue"! Showcasing fine art, music, food and festivities on the beautiful grounds of Little Turtle Waterway overlooking the Wabash River.
participating artists on September 17th, 11:00am-6:00pm.
Each year for smaller children, Kids Corner grows bigger and they have great fun. High school age students compete for an artist's interpretations of a scheduled theme known as Chalk'n a Block.
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The Lafayette Lacemakers Inc will be demonstrating at Global Fest, Saturday, September 17, 11:00 to 7:00, at Morton Community Center.
This 21st year event will be outside, on Chauncey and Columbia Streets, West Lafayette.
Bobbin lace, tatting, and other laces will be represented at the booth. Please come visit us and ask questions about what type of lace we are making! We love to answer questions!
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You are invited to a dinner at the farm, Saturday, September 17th! Join Silverthorn Farm in Rossville, for an evening of great food and relaxation.
Cocktails (you may bring your own beverage) and hors d'oeuvres will begin at 5:30 with dinner at 6:00. The food (vegetarian available) is grown by us, and a buffet style dinner featuring Pan-American cuisine will be created by Lali Hess of The Juniper Spoon.
Tickets are only $65! Invite more to join you and receive $20 off party of 4. Ticket sales close Saturday, September 10th.
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Athens Arts Salon III, Natural Wonders of Indiana, 100 Years of State Parks. Don't miss out! Purchase tickets to attend the Preview Party, 5:00 to 7:00pm on Sat., Sept. 17. Following the Preview Party, the Salon is open to the public for purchase of submitted entries until 9:00pm.
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The Lafayette Film Workshop is for filmmakers and related artists looking to participate in skill-building workshops, network with like-minded individuals, and meet others who can provide feedback on in-progress projects.
It takes place at MatchBOX co-working studio (17 S. 6th St. in downtown Lafayette) on the 4th Thursday of every month and is free and open to the public.
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September 22
This one cat play traces the history of the "Greenwood District" Tulsa Oklahoma's African American community renowned nationally in the early 20th century for its preeminent black entrepreneurs.
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Sept 23 - Oct 28: 200 Years Indiana Bicentennial Exhibit
Reception: Sept. 24 from 6:30-8:00pm (CDT)
Lilian Fendig Gallery
301 N Van Rensselaer
Rensselaer, IN 47978
Gallery hours:
Noon-2pm Mon-Fri
Noon-7pm on Tuesday
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Jewelry, pottery, paintings, glass, sculpture and other fine art will fill Tapawingo Park from 10am to 4pm, Sunday, Sept. 25, for the 11th annual Art on the Wabash.
Juror Ejenobo Oke chose 41 regional artists for this year's fair.
Come meet the artists, view their artwork, stroll under the shade trees and perhaps take home a new treasure or two.
KitchenArt, The Store for Cooks, returns as sponsor and will provide the prize for the People's Choice Award.
The event is presented by the City of West Lafayette.
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Highlights include: THE WILLIS CLAN (America's Got Talent and TLC), HOTEL CALIFORNIA: A SALUTE TO THE EAGLES, THE MAGIC OF BILL BLAGG, BROADWAY AND BEYOND starring TIMOTHY SHEW, comedian HEYWOOD BANKS, and ED ASNER starring in his hilarious one-man play, A MAN AND HIS PROSTATE. Presented by Bison Financial Group.
The Coldwell Banker Shook Film Series features: GHOSTBUSTERS (the original!), POLAR EXPRESS, GREASE, and more.
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Need a back to school 'restart'? Sign up with 3 friends for an art class at Flying Pig Studio.
Sara Vanderkleed offers a variety of stand alone creative classes (Scripture Meditation, Journal Revamp, Daily Examen inspirational piece and more).
She is also available for Women's workshop activities. Just minutes southwest of Lafayette, Indiana amid the beautiful Indiana landscape.
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September is a good month to Party! LaLa is introducing "Clay & Play at LaLa" check out their website for clay parties to participate in! Meet new friends, create your own holiday gifts, and relieve some stress with clay! Come play with us!
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SAMI and GLM Live are thrilled to announce they are accepting applications for a new series of songwriter showcases! These shows fund SAMI's scholarships awarded to young, promising songwriters as well as offer an intimate Bluebird Cafe-esque performance for the public. 4 performers are selected per showcase. If interested, please join SAMI and apply by emailing the following to [email protected]: - 2 Original Songs (.mp3 format) and Lyrics (.doc format)
- Performance Video (youtube)
- Short Music Bio
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About the Tippecanoe Arts Federation
The Tippecanoe Arts Federation is the umbrella organization and arts council for 14 counties. TAF provides educational opportunities in the visual, performing, and literary arts, outreach programs for both underserved and at-risk youth, and funding for capital and operational expenses to fellow arts organizations region wide. Established in 1976, the Tippecanoe Arts Federation serves as a model for arts advocacy by promoting the role of the arts within our region. More information is available at www.TippecanoeArts.org.
Activities of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation are provided, in part, with support from the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, with funds from the Indiana General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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