TERRE HAUTE —
SATURDAY
Swope Museum plans Family Day
Swope Family Day is from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Explore images of houses and buildings in the galleries and then make a picture of your house, school or favorite place to contribute to a mural map of Terre Haute, assembled by the Art Hoppers of the Swope. For more information call (812) 238-1676.
SUNDAY
Hot Club to
perform at Tilson
The Hot Club of San Francisco, “one of the most cohesive and entertaining Gypsy swing bands in the United States,” presents Cinema Vivant, a “celebration of imagination and innovation” at 2 p.m. Sunday at Indiana State University’s Tilson Auditorium.
Two vintage silent films by Ladislaw Starewicz will be featured. As the films cross the screen, they are accompanied by live gypsy swing. Each note matches the action and emotion on the screen.
NEXT WEEKEND
Head to Indy
for train show
The Indy South Train Show is planned from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Southside K of C at 511 E. Thompson Road, in Indianapolis.
Admission is $4 for adults; children under 14 will be admitted free with an accompanying adult.
For more information contact Dennis Scamihorn at dscamihorn@marian.edu or (317) 340-8181.
To get there: Take Interstate 465 to U.S. 31 south to Thompson Road. The site is at U.S. 31 and Thompson Road behind the CVS.
NEXT WEEKEND
Learn to weave, felt, spin
Fiber Frolic at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice is the perfect workshop for those wishing to learn how to weave, spin yarn or water felt.
Choose one of the three arts to concentrate on Jan. 27-29. Participants will take home a finished product.
Call (812) 535-2932 or email rmorton@spsmw.org for times and space availability. Cost is $200.
FEBRUARY
Ping-pong tourney planned at North
The first “Smash on the Bash” Ping-Pong Tournament to support the Terre Haute North girls and boys tennis teams will take place Feb. 18 at Terre Haute North Vigo High School.
The entry fee for the ping-pong tournament with divisions for all ages is $15 and includes a T-shirt. For more information and to register visit www.smashonthebash.com.
FEBRUARY
Angela Lilly Trio to perform in Pimento
The Angela Lilly Trio will perform a concert at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 1 at the Pimento United Methodist Church at 2399 E. Edwards Drive.
For more information visit the group’s website at www.angelalillytrio.com or call the church at (812) 466-4697.
NEXT WEEKEND
Bluegrass jam
session at Rose
Crooked Creek will be the featured band at the next jam session and meeting of the National Crossroads Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Association.
Musicians of all ages are invited to attend the free monthly event scheduled 7 to 10 p.m. Jan. 28 in the G-M Room of Moench Hall at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, at 5500 Wabash Ave.
For more information call Mark Grayless at (812) 234-8280.
Entertainment
COMMUNITY: Jan. 19, 2012
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Actor to portray Ernie Pyle in one-man drama
Noted actor Rick Plummer and the Crosley Radio Players will team up to celebrate the life and times of renowned World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle in a special presentation Saturday at South Vermillion High School Auditorium in Clinton.
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Top-10 Christian group Sidewalk Prophets in Terre Haute
Sidewalk Prophets will be coming to Terre Haute on Saturday for their “Live Like That” tour. Lead singer David Frey, a graduate from Terre Haute South Vigo High School, will be performing the first concert at his home church, Maryland Community Church.
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Halcyon Gallery showcases art of Evalyn James during May
Evalyn Gertrude James settled in Terre Haute the first time in 1928.
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Author to sign book about Farrington’s Grove
What do the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola bottle have in common?
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Bloomfield Art Festival seeks vendors
The 2012 Bloomfield Art Festival will take place June 9 in the Bloomfield Town Park and will feature live entertainment, food, and art exhibitions/competitions throughout the day.
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Annual Paint Illinois Juried Exhibition at Bicentennial Art Center
A reception will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at the Bicentennial Art Center in Paris, Ill., for the public and exhibitors in the 16th annual Paint Illinois Juried Exhibition.
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Art Guild features watercolor artist at library during May
Artist Roger King, a recent addition to the Wabash Valley Art Guild, is now featured at the Vigo County Public Library as “Artist of the Month.”
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Groups come together to present ‘OZ!’
Adults Committed to Theatre and The Phoenix Theatre will present “OZ!” on several dates in June in the Marshall Jr. High School gym, Gerald R. Forsythe Performing Arts Center, at 806 N. Sixth St. in Marshall, Ill.
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Shawnee alumni performing in Hollywood; theater announces season
Two of The Shawnee Theatre of Greene County’s alumnus have reconnected in Hollywood at Noah Wyle’s The Blank Theatre Company.
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TH woman claims prizes in puzzle image contest
The search started at midnight on Jan. 29, National Puzzle Day, and lasted through March.
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TJ Thomas & Kentucky Strait to play Opry
TJ Thomas & Kentucky Strait is coming this weekend to the Boot City Opry south of Terre Haute on U.S. 41.
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International exhibit to feature painting in ISU collection
An oil painting from Indiana State University’s Permanent Art Collection will be featured at an international exhibition in Belgium.
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Community Theatre Awards Night set
Community Theatre of Terre Haute celebrates another successful season with its annual Talley Awards Night on Saturday, beginning at 8 p.m.
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Wabash Valley Art Guild’s Spring Show at Honey Creek Mall this weekend
The Wabash Valley Art Guild’s 35th Annual Spring Show will be open to the community Friday through Sunday in Honey Creek Mall. Artists from throughout the Wabash Valley will be represented and promise to show a surprising variety of art.
- Museums/Exhibitions: May 17, 2012
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AUDIO: Sidewalk Prophets singer discusses Terre Haute boyhood, and Saturday's concert
Terre Haute native Dave Frey leads his Dove Award-winning band, Sidewalk Prophets, into a 7 p.m. Saturday concert at his hometown church, Maryland Community Church, joining opening performers Justin Hoeppner and Josh Wilson.
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Opry brings in acts from around the country
The Boot City Opry is in its sixth season and going strong. The theater is full, and the parking lot is packed every Saturday night from April to December.
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Entertainment briefs: May 10, 2012
View Sister’s art at Coffee Grounds
Motorcycle Club plans spring ride
BOW Chorus and Quartets to perform May 12
Clay Relay for Life plans fish fry May 12
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Bridgeton Art & Wine Fair May 12
The 10th annual Bridgeton Art & Wine Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the 1878 Barn in downtown Bridgeton.
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Evening Thyme Garden Club hosts annual fair
A longtime spring tradition will continue when the Evening Thyme Garden Club presents the 14th annual Garden Fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Marshall, with free admission and parking.
- CONCERTS: May 10, 2012
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Learn about the Kessler Plan for the city at Brown Bag
Find out what an “emerald necklace” has to do with city planning at 12:10 p.m. May 17 during a Vigo County Public Library Brown Bag program. Skilled storyteller Tom Roznowski will discuss the newly discovered Kessler Plan for Terre Haute.
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See ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ free at Paris park
Discover Shakespeare’s comedic spectacle, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” as the group Stone Soup Shakespeare presents its magical and free production at 6 p.m. CDT on May 26 in Twin Lakes Park at Paris, Ill.
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River City features works of Todd Stokes during May
Todd Stokes’ artwork has a tendency to fall into two separate bodies of work — one that represents that “simple break” where we stop to notice, to realize what we are given, the natural world that we so often take for granted, and a second that celebrates the creative energy that brought it all together.
- Museums/Exhibitions: May 10, 2012
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Cultivating Creativity children’s exhibit on view in Paris though May 31
The traveling exhibition Cultivating Creativity 2011-2012: Consolidated Communications Children’s Art Exhibit continues its year-long tour in Paris at the Carnegie Public Library, 207 S. Main St. The exhibit will be on view through May 31. Cultivating Creativity showcases some of the outstanding art produced through east-central Illinois school art programs. Presented is art by 43 students, each representing a different school. The art was created during the 2010-11 school year.
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REVIEW: ‘Look Out!’ pure rock ’n’ roll, with no detours
ashville music aficionados know Tim Carroll as the crafty guitarist and songwriter performing alongside his wife, critically-acclaimed Americana country singer Elizabeth Cook.
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Christian author to sign copies of murder mystery
The Open Door Christian Book store will host a book signing by author Darrell Case of Farmersburg from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Case will be signing his novel “Out of Darkness,” a Christian murder mystery.
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Hopkins to sign books at Java Haute on Saturday
As the wife of a funeral director, Wabash Valley author Marjorie Hopkins got a much closer glimpse at death and, in consequence, life. Through this time, and while praying for years about her own fear of death, Hopkins overcame and was drawn to the conclusion that humans avoid thinking and planning for this one unavoidable event in life.
- THEATER/FILM: May 10, 2012
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