The Arts Federation

January Exhibition

Opening Reception: January 5, 6 - 8 pm

Exhibitions on view: January 5 - 26

The Arts Federation presents its first gallery exhibition of 2024! Join us for the opening of three new exhibitions. Janell N. Strouse's exhibition “The Marks We Leave Behind” in the Robert B. & Patricia Peyton Truitt Gallery, maxwell carlson's exhibition "Mind Mines" in the Mary Ellen Lovell Gallery and ZMED's exhibition "Sign Here" in the Wabash National Gallery.

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TAF Presents: Art to Dine For!

January 29 - February 3, 2024

Local Participating Restaurants

The Arts Federation (TAF) is rolling out its newest event, Art to Dine For! Art to Dine For is a weeklong event that features select local restaurants, coffee shops, and breweries in the Greater Lafayette area. From January 29 to February 4, 2024, everyone is encouraged to dine, eat, and drink local. These wonderful establishments are donating a portion of their weekly sales to make art happen across our community. Have you always wanted to be a part of adding a mural to Downtown? Getting instruments into the hands of kids that can’t afford to rent or buy one? Or providing an art class so a child can express their creative selves? All these things are possible with Art to Dine For and all you have to do is go to one of these Greater Lafayette favorites and eat, drink, and delight your tastebuds.

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Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

January Friday Night Live

January 26, 2024, 7:00 PM

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Come to our 2024 kickoff Friday Night Live event on Friday, January 26th to experience a performance from Palace Kat! Palace Kat consists of Jayden Kennedy (trumpet), Griffin McAtee (saxophone), Luke Darland (keyboard), Corbin Stanchfield (bass), and Sam Heitmiller (drums). With their combined love and passion for music, they’ve formed a talented band aimed at expressing their favorite genre, Jazz, as well as Funk and Latin music.

The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette doors will open at 6:00 PM, and the performance will begin at 7:00 PM. The Fowler House will have drinks available for purchase.

Admission to this event is free thanks to our sponsor, Duke Energy!

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Creative Intermission Workshops

January 9, 2024, 6:00 PM

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Creative Intermission Workshops are short (1.5-2 hours) "intermissions" in daily life; intentional breaks where participants gather in a safe emotional space to reflect, create, and grow. The focus is on using creativity as restorative play, so anyone can participate. You do not need previous art experience of any kind to benefit from these workshops. While the subject and approach will change from workshop to workshop, the intent for all of them is that participants would leave feeling encouraged and refreshed.

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Artists' Own Gallery & Fine Gifts

Artists' Own High School Art Show

January 21, 2024, 2 PM

Artists' Own Gallery - Lafayette, IN

The 15th annual AOHSAS (Artists’ Own High School Art Show) will spotlight emerging talented artists from area high schools who have been invited to present their best work. There will be an awards presentation and reception on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. This show will run through Feb. 21 at Artists’ Own Gallery, 518 Main Street in downtown Lafayette.

Don’t miss these exciting, and sometimes provocative, works of art that share the thoughts and feelings of today's students. As parents, teachers, and community art supporters, be sure to see this show of creative artwork by our area high school students.

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Athens Arts Gallery

Art on Thursday

January 11, 2024, 6 PM

Athens Art Gallery

Looking for something creative to do? Take an art class at Athens Arts. Call 765-362-7445 for more information.

Jan. 11 – 6-8 pm. Learn how to pain a watercolor outdoor scene

Jan. 25 – 6 – 8 pm. How to draw eyes

The gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM. Classes are held after hours.

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Civic Theatre of Lafayette

Footloose: Youth Edition

January 19-28, 2024 7:30 PM

Civic Theatre of Lafayette

Footloose runs Jan. 19-28 and is family friendly.

Sponsored by Old National Bank

Please go to www.Lafayettecivic.org for tickets

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Delphi Opera House

New Year's Eve with City Lites

December 31- January 1, 2023, 8:30 pm

Delphi Opera House



Ring in 2024 with City Lites. This variety Rock Band has built a solid following by playing music that their fans love: REO Speedwagon, Styx, KC & the Sunshine Band, Train, Jason Mraz, Toto, Michael Jackson, Bryan Adams, and many others. Reminisce, relive, and rock through the decades. A perfect plan for New Year’s Eve!

Doors open at 8:30 PM. Evening includes a generous spread of hors d'oeuvres, a dance floor, and midnight champagne toast.

CASH BAR.

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Johnson Rags Dance Club

January Ballroom Dance

January 13, 2024 7:30 PM

The Arts Federation

Ballroom dances 2nd Saturdays January-June

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Lafayette's Big Swing Band

January Jump

January 13, 2024 7:30 PM

American Legion Post #11

Come out and swing with the Big Swing Band at our January Jump being hosted by the Lafayette American Legion! Optional Swing Dance lesson $2 at 6:30. 2 hours of Live Music with the Big Swing Band $10 at 7:30. Dance floor, table seating and full bar available.

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LAGC-Dance

Dance & Gymnastics Classes

January 8, 2024 5:30 PM

1415 Ball St. Lafayette, IN

Dance classes start January 8. Classes in ballet, jazz, tap, and hip hop available for dancers 2 - 18 years. Gymnastics classes also available.

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Long Center for the Performing Arts

1964 The Tribute

January 5, 2024 7:30 PM

The Long Center

"1964" focuses on the quintessential moment in history, when The Beatles actually played before a LIVE audience.

The Beatles toured the world in the early 1960's, but now only a precious few remain who actually saw them LIVE. Who actually felt the "mania" that brought them to world acclaim.

Today, all that remains are a few scant memories and some captured images in pictures and on poor quality film and video.

"1964" meticulously re-creates the "MAGIC" of those LIVE Beatles' performances with artful precision and unerring accuracy.

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Purdue Jazz Fest - Community Night Concert

January 18, 2024 7:30 PM

The Long Center

Enjoy performances from Harrison HS, McCutcheon HS, West Lafayette HS, and Jefferson HS jazz bands, along with Purdue Jazz Band and artist-in-residence, Tito Carrillo as we kick off the 33rd Purdue Jazz Festival at the Long Center beginning at 7:30 PM!

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Dean Z - The Ultimate Elvis

January 19, 2024 7:30 PM

The Long Center

For nearly two decades, Dean Z has performed thousands of shows for well over a million people around the globe, being named by Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) as the world’s greatest Elvis tribute artists in 2013. Dean was officially awarded EPE’s “Ultimate” title, and starred in their international touring production Elvis Lives (with over 500,000 tickets sold). Dean Z has thrilled Elvis fans across Europe with his portrayal of the King performing to sold out audiences in some of the UK’s most historic venues including the London Apollo, Manchester Arena and The Echo in Liverpool. He is the only Elvis tribute artist to host SiriusXM’s Elvis Radio channel, and currently serves as an ambassador and contributor to Graceland and the Elvis Presley estate.

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Prairie Arts Council

31st Regional School Art Show: Elementary School, K-2nd

Opening Reception - January 11, 2023 2:00 - 6:00 PM

Lillian Fendig Gallery

Jan 11th – 28th

The Prairie Arts Council Presents:

31st REGIONAL SCHOOL ART SHOW: Elementary School, K-2nd

The School Shows offer teachers and our community the ability to showcase student artists from schools in the Newton and Jasper County region. The shows have been divided into three exhibits this year that show artworks from children in grades Kindergarten through their senior year in high school.

The Elementary artists are each presented with a ribbon for being selected to participate. This is all provided and made possible by a grant from the Jasper Newton Foundation.

Gallery Openings:

Tuesdays, Noon to 4:00 PM. January 16 & 23.

Thursdays, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. January 11, 18, & 25.

Saturdays, Noon to 2:00 PM. January 13, 20, & 27.

Closing Reception:

First Presbyterian Church, 220 North Cullen St. Rensselaer.

Sunday, Jan 28th. 1:30 - 3:00 PM CST - Awards will be given promptly at 1:30 PM.

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Purdue Convocations

Dance Theatre of Harlem

January 16, 2024, 06:00 PM

Elliot Hall of Music

FREE EVENT

Purdue University Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging presents the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Event featuring Dance Theatre of Harlem. Powered by Purdue Convocations.

Each year, Purdue celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a commemorative event that honors his life’s work in civil rights and social justice. This Convos season, the Dance Theatre of Harlem will elevate this annual event with their stunning, passionate choreography and performance.

Founded in 1969, the Dance Theatre of Harlem is an institution of unparalleled global acclaim, and the 18-member, multi-ethnic company performs a forward-thinking repertoire that uses the language of ballet to celebrate the belief that the art form belongs to everyone. Dance Theatre of Harlem is not just a dance company– they are a singular presence in the ballet world, an elegant example of what is possible when an inclusive approach to art is allowed to evolve and thrive.

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Lakecia Benjamin & Pheonix

January 19, 2024, 08:00 PM

Loeb Playhouse

2024 Purdue Jazz Festival Headliner

On Lakecia Benjamin’s latest recording, “Phoenix,” the jazz saxophonist captures the fiery performance that has been realized at international festivals as well as on-stage with such acts as The Roots, Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder. Pulling from jazz, soul, and funk, Benjamin’s music soars live and on record. She was part of the Monterey on Tour show with revered jazz vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, which included a concert at the Lincoln Center.

The charismatic Benjamin routinely engages her audiences on the mic and she is usually the most stylish in the venue. A recent concert in Germany saw her dressed in gold from head to toe, matching her trusted sax. However, that fit still could not outshine her massively impressive live performance, which the Wall Street Journal called “assertive and vital.”

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Wolf Park

See the Whole Park by Participating in a Guided Walking Tour!

January, Fridays & Saturdays 2024

Battle Ground Wolf Park

Join Wolf Park’s classic tour, where you will be guided through the park by one of our highly trained education docents. You will learn about Wolf Park’s research and conservation work and see the gray wolves, red foxes, gray foxes, and bison that call Wolf Park home. Throughout the tour, you will learn why canid species like wolves are essential for ecosystems and how you can protect wolf populations in North America. You will also learn how to coexist with the canids and other wildlife that live in Indiana and maybe, your backyard.

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