Connecting Muncie Neighborhood partners and resources
The City of Muncie is creating the 2026-2029 5-Year Parks and Recreation Master Plan to determine which recreational facilities and programs are needed in the future. We are seeking input from your household to help us determine those needs. Please participate in this survey!
Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!
Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.
Jr. Recital: Raul De Mesa, euphonium – 5:30 p.m.
New Music Ensemble – 7:30 p.m.
DA Performance Recital: Nicolas Andrade, wagner tuba – 5:30 p.m.
Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!
Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.
School of Music: Faculty Artist Series: Peter Opie – 7:30 p.m.
Lifelong Learners: Recycling in Muncie/ScrapCycle – 1:30 p.m.
EB Ball @ Westminster: I’m a Survivor: Breast Cancer Stories – 2 p.m.
Chemistry Seminar Series – Dr. Emil Khisamutdinov (Sabbatical Talk) – 3:30 p.m.
Emens: Live from Laurel Canyon – 12 a.m.
Beginning Needlepoint Workshop – 10 a.m.
Mindfulness in the Museum – 12 p.m.
Emens: John Mulaney and Pete Davidson – 7 p.m.
Lifelong Learners: 9 to 5: Notable Working Women of Muncie – 1:30 p.m.
Watercolor Collage Workshop – 6 p.m.
Pruis Hall: Stacey Kent – 7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk: Debbie Ma – 6 p.m.
Student Recital: Ashton Shelley, tuba – 5:30 p.m.
Honors String Orchestra with guest conductor Joel Smirnoff – 9:30 a.m.
Museum Docent Tour – 2:30 p.m.
Planetarium Show During the Partial Solar Eclipse Community Block Party – 2:30 p.m.
Honors String Orchestra with guest conductor Joel Smirnoff – 9:30 a.m.
Music Education Day – 9 a.m.
Faculty Artist Series: Chris Van Hof – 5:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Recital: Dana Zenobi, Megan Boutin, and Li-Wen Weng – 7:30 p.m.
Dialogue Days – 9 a.m.
Lifelong Learners: Supplement Safety – 1:30 p.m.
Dialogue Days – 9 a.m.
Celebrating Notable Women Founders of Altrusa International of Muncie – 6 p.m.
Dialogue Days – 9 a.m.
Running Against the Grain: The Story of Philadelphia Eagle and Movie Star Timmy Brown – 2:30 p.m.
OcTUBAfest – 7:30 p.m.
Sample Lesson Day – 9 a.m.
Student Recital: Bradley Ziegelmaier, trombone – 5:30 p.m.
“Halloween: Celestial Origins” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
School of Music Faculty Artist Series: Anna Vayman – 7:30 p.m.
Clarinet Day – 10 a.m.
Kids Make Art at DOMA – 1:30 p.m.
Ball State Chamber Choir and Concert Choir – 3 p.m.
Student Recital: Stuart MacKenzie, trombone – 3 p.m.
Student Recital: Katelyn Speck, voice – 5:30 p.m.
Arts Alive: Akropolis Reed Quintet – 7:30 p.m.
CAAV Conference – 8 a.m.
Voice Studio Recital – 5:30 p.m.
CAAV Conference – 8 a.m.
Lifelong Learners: History of the Muncie Action Plan – 1:30 p.m.
Paranormal Investigations – 6:30 p.m.
CAAV Conference – 8 a.m.
College of Health Speaker Series October – 1 p.m.
Ball State Jazz Ensembles – Art of Jazz – 7:30 p.m.
CAAV Conference – 8 a.m.
Entrepreneurial Experience Lecture with Rigel Jackson – 11 a.m.
Voice Studio Recital – 5:30 p.m.
Eerie Muncie: Even More Tales from the Dark Side of Local History – 6:30 p.m.
DOMA After Hours – 5 p.m.
Joint Student Recital: Andrew Huffman and Ethan Frendling, trombone – 5:30 p.m.
“Halloween: Celestial Origins” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony – 7:30 p.m.
A Magic School Bus Halloween – 10 a.m.
Cello Studio Recital – 11 a.m.
Guest Artist Recital: Theresa Bogard – 1 p.m.
DA Performance Recital: Sam Thompson, percussion – 3 p.m.
Lifelong Learners: Hidden Meanings of Gravestone Symbols Found in Beech Grove and Other Cemeteries – 1:30 p.m.
Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!
Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Beginning Genealogy: Genealogy 101 – 10 a.m.
Miller College of Business: Entrepreneurial Experience Lecture Intrapreneurship Panel – 11 a.m.
School of Music: A Seminar Recital from the Singing Justice Team – 2 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “Moons: Worlds of Mystery” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
School of Music: Faculty Artist Series: Zoran Jakovcic (viola), with guests Elise DesChamps (mezzo-soprano) and Rene Lecuona (piano) – 7:30 p.m.
Biology Field Station: Pollinator Party – 10 a.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium:
EB & Bertha C. Ball: The Ball Jar: Each One Tells a Story – 2 p.m.
Association of Lifelong Learners: Children of Presidents: a Mixed Blessing? – 1:30 p.m.
College of Sciences and Humanities: Star Party 2023 – 5 p.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Yupo Batik Watercolor – 6 p.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Beginning Genealogy: Forms and Documents – 10 a.m.
Women’s and Gender Studies: Sharon Seager Lecture in Women’s and Gender History – 3:30 p.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Beginning Sign Language – 7 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 7:30 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “Moons: Worlds of Mystery” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 7:30 p.m.
School of Music: Bassoon Day with Guest Artist Barrick Stees – 10 a.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium:
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 7:30 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 2:30 p.m.
Office of Community Engagement & Charles W. Brown Planetarium: Eclipse 2024: Experience the Magic in Muncie – 2 p.m.
Inclusive Excellence: State of Inclusive Excellence Address – 2 p.m.
Brown Family Amphitheater Grand Opening and Free Jazz Concert – 6 p.m.
School of Music: Faculty Sabbatical Presentation: Mei Zhong (voice) and James Helton (piano) – 3 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 7:30 p.m.
Pruis Hall: Ryanhood – 7:30 p.m.
Ball State Symphony Orchestra – 7:30 p.m.
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 7:30 p.m.
Washington Street Bridge Dinner – 5:30 p.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Introduction to Grant Writing – 9 a.m.
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 7:30 p.m.
School of Music:
Theatre and Dance: Little Women – 7:30 p.m.
School of Music: EM | One – 7:30 p.m.
Association of Lifelong Learners: Growing Up in the Sixties – 1:30 p.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Beginning Genealogy: Software and Free Websites – 10 a.m.
School of Music: Ball State Jazz Ensembles – 7:30 p.m.
Miller College of Business: Entrepreneurial Experience Lecture with Ted Baker – 11 a.m.
University Libraries: Reel Inclusion: Fruits of Labor – 5:30 p.m.
College of Health – Speaker Series September – 1 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “Moons: Worlds of Mystery” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Ball State Bands: Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony – 7:30 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium:
Nervous about visiting campus? Take a look at the Office of Community Engagement’s handy Getting to Campus resource for parking/public transit information!
Click the links for more information. Some events may be off-campus or have registration requirements.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: He Built This City: The Muncie Architecture of Cuno Kibele – 10 a.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Dementia Friends – 2 p.m. at Westminister Village
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Cold Case Muncie – 6:30 p.m. at EB Ball
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Sherlock Holmes and the Beginning of Modern Forensics – 6:30 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “We Are Stars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Rinard Orchid Greenhouse & Nature Lab: Weeks of Welcome Program – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “Eclipse: The Sun Revealed” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “Summer Skies Live” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “We Are Stars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: Presidential Mothers – 2 p.m. at Westminister Village
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: America’s Hometown Band – 7 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “We Are Stars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “Eclipse: The Sun Revealed” Planetarium Show – 3:30 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “Summer Skies Live” Planetarium Show – 5 p.m.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium: “We Are Stars” Planetarium Show – 6:30 p.m.
EB & Bertha C. Ball Center: A Feeling of Justice: Mapping Civil Rights History in Indiana – 6 p.m.
Ball State faculty, students, and community partners worked together this spring on a number of immersive learning projects in and around Muncie.
Anthony Northside Neighborhood Living Quality
Faculty Mentor: Jason Yang, Department of Geography
Community Partner: Muncie Action Plan, Anthony Northside Neighborhood Association
Brightfield to Bright Future
Faculty Mentor: Sanglim Yoo
Community Partner: Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter
More to come!