December Arts Intersect
Events Calendar and Newsletter
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SAVE the DATE
Thursday-Friday, November 24-25, 2016
2018 TAF Gallery Exhibition Series Applications Due
Monday, November 28, 2016
4:30pm
December
IAP Webinar
Monday, December 5, 2016
6:00pm
Friday, December 16, 2016
5-7pm
TAF Offices Closed
Monday-Friday, December 26-30, 2016
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If you're interested in joining the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, please contact Chris June at
[email protected].
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Gallery Hours:
M-F, 9am-5pm
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FAMILIES
- Gingerbread Festival Dec. 1 Klondike, 6:30pm
- Winter Open House Dec. 10 Wyandotte, 1-4pm
- LaserShows 101
- Dec. 27 Downtown, 10:30am & 3pm
- Dec. 28 Wyandotte, 3pm
PROGRAMS & STORYTIMES? 765-429-0119
TEENS - Downtown
- Dec. 15 Fandom Frenzy, 6:30pm
- Dec. 29 Movie Night, 6pm
ADULTS - Downtown, 7pm
- Dec. 8 Traveler's Dream: Celtic Midwinter
- Dec. 14 PBS Film: National Park & Christmas
MORE?
765.429.0100
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- 12/2 Orchestras at Long Center 2:30pm
- 12/4 Fall Concert Bands at Long Center 2:30pm
- 12/6 and 12/8 Chamber Music Recital at Fowler 7:00pm
- 12/9 Tuba Christmas at Loeb Playhouse 7:00pm
- 12/9 Holiday Cheer & All That Jazz at Loeb Playhouse 8:00pm
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Celebrate 200 Years of Hoosier Holidays with "Sweet (and Savory) Sixteens" at our 10th Annual Holiday Tea & Fashion Show on Friday,
December 2, 2016.
The event is a major fundraiser for the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum and is hosted at both at the Elston Homestead and the Lane Place.
Visitors may attend the holiday event any time between
3:00 and 6:00pm.
The Study will be closed
Saturdays in December.
Friday, December 9 is the last day of the 2016 season.
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Friday, 12/2 @ 7:30pm
Fountain Gallery
330 Main St, Lafayette, IN 47901
Tickets: $12
A collaboration with Chicago-based drummer, percussionist and composer Tim Daisy, who works in the fields of improvised and composed music. They'll play Sabrina Lastman's compositions -influenced by contemporary jazz, Spanish & Latin American music- as well as music by Theo Bleckmann, and jazz standards in a more experimental way.
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Fri. 12/2 and Sat. 12/3
333 Meridian Street, West Lafayette.
Opening reception on Friday from 5-9pm with live music, gourmet food, and wine. Sale continues Saturday, 12/3 from 10am-4pm.
The public is invited and admission is free. In addition, soup and pastries will be for sale during the event. Credit cards will be accepted.
The fair features over 50 local artists and a variety of mediums including painting, photography, pottery, jewelry, ornaments, woodwork, metalwork, glass and more!
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Illiana Antique Power Association presents its yearly,"Christmas in the Village" at our Showgrounds on Briscoe Road, east of Rainsville, IN:
Friday & Saturday, December 2nd & 3rd
The fun-family event is free and Santa Claus is the honored guest. Strolling carolers, warm cookies, and hot chocolate will be offered in our miniature village.
Non-perishable items will be accepted for donation to the Warren County Food Pantry.
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Family friendly holiday tours feature a Christmas train, decorated trees, Santas, angels, nativities, Lafayette houses and Dickens Villages.
This year visit historic London during the holidays with a special Dickens Village display.
Dec. 3rd, 4th, 10th, & 11th; Saturdays 10:00-4:00pm, Sundays 1:00-4:00pm
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Tickets are available at
haanmuseum.org, Artist's Own, Gretel's, Great Harvest Bread, Tippecanoe Arts Federation, and all Lafayette branches of Old National Bank.
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The 83rd annual Purdue Christmas Show will take place on
December 3-4 in Elliott Hall of Music.
Students from Purdue Musical Organizations will be joined by special guests, the Purdue "All-American" Marching Band.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the Purdue Box Office at 765.494.3933, or online with Ticketmaster or by visiting
purdue.edu/pmo.
Don't miss this annual holiday tradition: the Purdue Christmas Show!
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Dec. 3, 7-8:30pm
FREE Concert with Fort Frances At the Delphi Opera House
Dec. 7, 7-9pm
Board Game Night
Come play a variety of new and vintage games!
Dec. 17, 3-5pm
Family Gaming
Bring the whole family for an afternoon of fun!
Dec. 19, 4-5pm
Bad Kitty Christmas Party
Make crafts, play Bad Kitty games, and have a snack!
Wednesdays, 5-5:30pm: Yoga @ the Library Join us for half an hour of Yoga with Adriene every Wednesday.
The library will be closed
Dec. 24-26 and
Dec. 31-Jan. 2.
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Art Exhibit (continues through
Dec. 11): Indiana Voices of Women: "We Are All Connected"
Children's Activities:
- Preschool Story Times: Tuesday & Friday: 10:30am; Thursdays at 4:00pm (2 & up)
- Lap Sit: Mondays at 10:30 & 11:15am in the Children's Activity Room. (Infant - 2yrs.)
- Lego Builders Club Saturday, December 3rd
- Winter Holidays Family Craft Day Saturday, December 10th
- Reading to the Dogs! Saturday, December 17th
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Lafayette Lacemakers Inc will be demonstrating at Dickens of a Christmas,
Saturday, December 3, from 10:00 to 4:00.
We will be in the window at Lafayette Brewing Company, 622 Main Street demonstrating different lace-making techniques, including bobbin lace and tatting.
Please come visit us, and ask questions about what type of lace we are making. We love to answer questions!
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December 3: 12:55-3:00pm
Eastside 9
Mozart's The Magic Flute
This is a delightful abridged version, sung in English, with a superb cast and colorful staging by Julie Taylor.
December 10: 12:55-4:00pm
Eastside 9 and Wabash Landing 9
Kaija Saariaho's bewitching 2000 opera has its highly anticipated Met premiere in a glimmering new production starring Susanna Phillips and Eric Owens and conducted by Susanna Malkki.
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T O M R U S S E L L
Sunday, December 4
Showtime 7:00; doors 6:15
Duncan Hall
619 Ferry St., Lafayette
$20 adv/$25 (day of) at Von's Records, JL Records, and McGuire Music
Rolling Stone: "The greatest living country songwriter... he's written songs that capture the essence of America--a trait that can only be matched by the country's greatest novelists." www.tomrussell.com
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The Performing Arts Council of Logansport, partner to Cass County Arts Alliance, brings...
THE DIAMONDS - SILVER BELLS & DIAMONDS
Sunday, December 4, 2016, 7pm
McHale Auditorium
The show opens with a Jingle Bells Christmas medley. Singing classic tunes from the 50's and early 60's, featuring their signature harmony.
Before intermission, The Diamonds sing their biggest hit, Little Darlin'. The second half of the show brings many great holiday favorites; such as Let It Snow, Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Ride, and I'll Be Home For Christmas.
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- Every Child Ready to Read Workshop - December 5, 6:30pm
- Strategies for developing pre-reading. For parents, foster parents, caregivers and other adults. Registration is required.
- Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre - "Murder on Broadway" - Friday, December 9 & Saturday, December 10, 6pm; Sunday, December 11, 4pm
- Tickets can be purchased at the library. Dinner ticket prices are $25 for Friday and Saturday performance and $15 for Sunday dessert matinee.
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Artists Coming Together: A Monthly Conversation
- Who: Any interested artist...fluid group...open to all (Free - No RSVP-Just come)
- What: A time for artists to discuss questions/topics chosen by the group, such as pricing art, opportunities, etc.
- When: First Wednesday of the month from 3-5pm (Dec. 7, Jan. 4, Feb. 1, March 1, April 5, and May 3)
- Where: TAF North Meeting Room
- Why: Artists often feel isolated...Hoping to provide a space/time for sharing about resources, opportunities, etc.
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Wednesday, December 7, 8pm
Pioneer Chapel
The Christmas Festival, which started at Wabash in 1968, alternates performance of musical numbers, congregational hymns and carols, and readings from the Bible.
It is modeled on the King's College Festival of Lessons and Carols at Cambridge University in England.
The musical prelude begins at
7:30pm; program starts at
8pm.
Free and open to the public; no ticket required.
Through 12/10: Dirt & Flowers: and Other Things We Eat and Breathe, Art
Exhibit
by Charles A. Gick,
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center Info
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Through 12/10: Dirt & Flowers: and Other Things We Eat and Breathe, Art
Exhibit
by Charles A. Gick,
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts
Center
Info
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Unapologetic genre-benders, Harpeth Rising at the Delphi Opera House on
December 9 at 7:30pm.
Fusing Folk, Newgrass, Rock and Classical into something organically unique, the group has a strong international following.
AND, Rock in the New Year on
12/31 with the BackTrack band. Comprised of 6 talented and versatile musicians who perform classic rock and easy listening covers from the 1960s through the 70s.
Pre-Show dinner available at
7:30pm, music and dancing starts at
9:00pm.
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December 9, 7:30-9:00pm
Brick Street Poetry presents a poetry reading featuring up to 12 different poets. Check out Brick Street Poetry and be sure to join us and be transported with the beauty and blast of poetry.
Also, stop in for Christmas gifts of any size.
Hours: Wed - Sat, 10 - 5.
Closed the
last week of December.
765.362.7455
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Exhibitions Opening
December 16, 2016, 6-8pm through February 26
"Everything is Fine: Purdy Eaton"
"On the Shoulders of Ancestors: the Art of Willis Bing Davis"
--collaborative Exhibitions at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette and the Haan museum of Indiana Art (opening to be announced)
"The Art of the Endowment" Fine Art Sale continuing in the Shook Gallery
Gift Certificates for the museum shop and/or art classes make great gifts!
Studio Art Classes are online now - Surprise yourself! or give one as a gift.
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Join the LSO for a cozy night of community featuring a theatrical partnership with Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette and the debut of the LSO All-City Children's Choir.
December 17, 7:30pm
Long Center for the Performing Arts
Enjoy a host of holiday tunes and classics, including a special treat by Concertmaster Alfred Abel performing Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons - and yes, we'll have our annual holiday sing-a-long!
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There Is No Rose (of such virtue) Join the Chamber Singers as they share joyous music for the Christmas season from around the world from the Middle Ages to the present.
Among the composers featured will be Frank Ferko, Orlando di Lasso, Ola Gjeilo, Hans Leo Hassler, William Hawley, Trond Kverno, Giovanni Palestrina, Heinrich Schütz, and many, many more.
December 18, 2016, 3pm
Unitarian Universalist Church
333 Meridian Street, West Lafayette
Tickets $15, family $30, at TAF, Von's Records, or at the door.
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Tickets go on sale
Dec 1
at Lafayette Ballet 628 Main Street (family friendly prices: $8-$16)
Lafayette Ballet Presents : THE NUTCRACKER
Jan. 7, 2017 at 2pm and 7:30pm
Jan. 8 at 2pm
Long Center
Lafayette
Nothing picks up our spirits in the month of January like the dream of the Nutcracker.
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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
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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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