History on the Water Paddling Trip
Saturday, July 25 at 8:00 a.m.

• Sign up at http://bit.ly/historywaterjuly2015
• Preregistration required by July 21.
• Program fee is $10 per person.
• Limited to 15 people, minimum age of 15.
• Bring your own canoe/kayak, or rent a kayak from us for $25.
• This is an easy paddling trip that is appropriate for beginners (who have at least 2-hours of prior paddling experience). Intermediate/advanced paddlers are also welcome.
• Location: Allen’s Creek SRA

Explore a portion of Monroe Lake’s backwater with a knowledgeable guide! Our focus will be on the lake’s fascinating cultural history – you’ll learn about some of the families that once lived here and the story that the land tells about them. 2 to 3 hours

Join us from 9am-Noon on Saturday, July 25th for the Ellettsville Farmers Market. Festivities include music, Smoke Eaters Barbecue, tomatoes both red and green, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini, butternut squash, yellow squash, spaghetti squash, onions, leeks, sweet corn; strawberry, blackberry and black raspberry jams; blackberries, and discounted coffee from Hopscotch Coffee! Our wonderful growers will bring us locally grown fresh food and farm products every Saturday through September 12.

We encourage anyone interested in or serving as a welcoming volunteer, reserving an information table, becoming a vendor, sponsor or supporter of the Ellettsville Farmers Market to contact us! During market season, the Endwright Center’s hours will be extended to include Saturday market hours. For more Information: Please contact [email protected] – or call (812) 876-3383.

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce the Bloomington Photography Club Annual Exhibition. This exhibition will open Friday, July 17 and continue through Friday, July 31. An opening reception will be held on Friday, July 17 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery.

The Bloomington Photography Club explores the connection between the eye, the camera, and the spirit, by fostering and encouraging growth of artistic vision and technical knowledge. The Club provides an informal, friendly, and supportive environment for photographers at all levels of ability and with interests in all types of photographic imagery. Furthermore, the Club offers a means for members to share ideas and knowledge with each other and to promote an interest in photography throughout the community through exhibitions and public events. For more information on the Bloomington Photography Club, please visit www.bloomingtonphotoclub.org.

The Bloomington Photography Club has held it’s annual exhibition at the Grunwald Gallery for over 20 years. The exhibition is juried, thematically open, and open to all club members.

For further information, please contact the Grunwald Gallery at (812) 855-8490 or [email protected]. We invite you to visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald/. The Grunwald Gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 4:00 pm, closed Sunday and Monday. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University, please visit www.fa.indiana.edu.

Natasha Holmes & Christina Weaver, photography & painting, “Between”; Margaret Gohn, painting, “Earth, Water, Sky”; Lynne Medsker, mixed media, “Intuitive Meanderings”; Ivy Tech, “Any Dream, At Any Age” photo essay. M-F, 9-5; Sat, 12-5. Closed Sun & on Fri, July 3.

Local businesses present an end of summer Carnival for kids of all ages, a benefit for Middle Way House.

There will be games and crafts, music and magic shows, food for purchase. AsaBela Aerial Arts will offer try-it-yourself sessions on the silks. And, BadkneesTs will offer screen printed t-shirts — bring your own t-shirt!

Each activity is ticketed, with all proceeds going to Middle Way.

Bloomington Restorations, Inc. invites you to the monthly Museum Open Day at the Hinkle-Garton Farmstead on Saturday, July 25, from 1-4 p.m. Friday Musicale members, Jennifer Mickel and Mark Wiedenmayer, will entertain visitors in the formal parlor. They will sing and play a variety of popular tunes from 1910s through the 1940s during the time Daisy Hinkle Garton lived in the main house. Jennifer has sung in several IU productions over the past 30 years, and Mark can be found playing at many area care facilities through his Music Ministry Volunteers Outreach program. Pure maple syrup and jellies produced on site by volunteers will be available for purchase. The Farmstead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned and maintained by Bloomington Restorations, Inc. It is free and open to the public and is located at 2920 E. Tenth Street in Bloomington. For more information call BRI at (812) 336-0909 or visit www.bloomingtonrestorations.org

Spend the last Saturday night of the month with us this summer! Join us at our Creekbend Vineyard for live music by Jon Strahl Band on our farmhouse lawn. Spread out with family or friends, take a twirl to the tune of a live band, and sip and savor wine and great food, all with the stunning vineyard landscape as a backdrop. Free parking. Please, no outside food or beverages and no pets.

Known for their amiable disposition, catchy songs, and intimate performances, the Jesse Lacy Trio experiments with classical and pop music when composing their alternative folk rock sound.

Known for his amiable disposition, catchy songwriting, and intimate performances, Jesse Lacy experiments with his history in classical and pop music when composing for his alternative folk rock trio. The Herald Times calls them “a trio of fun,” and Appetizer Radio describes the experience as “musical story telling.

* With featured guest, Jake Ryan, of Mighty Brother

Revival Road is a Southern Gospel quartet that sings a variety of songs, mixing some old standards with some current charting songs as well as some original tunes. The group was formed in 2010 in Greenwood, IN and travels throughout the Midwest bringing their music to six different states. The four men who make up the quartet have nearly 40 years of experience in singing quartet style music and love to share the Gospel in song to all of God’s children.

Admission to see the Revival Road Quartet is $12 for adults and $7 for children. Visit www.mitchelloperahouse.com for more information or to order tickets in advance.