35 upcoming events with the family events tag

Things are getting egg-citing at Minnetrista, and you’re invited to a Glass Easter Egg Hunt in Oakhurst Gardens. Grab your family and get ready to search the garden for your own piece of glass art to purchase. Don’t want to hunt for your egg? Come into the Ed Center for the Annual Spring Glass Sale in partnership with Ball State University Glass Guild.

Free community event

Registration deadline: March 23

Join Minnetrista and Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning for this unique design workshop. Kids will learn more about designing through hands-on experience by creating their own faerie buildings. This is the perfect opportunity for children to harness their imaginations and create fantastic things!

For kindergarten through fifth graders & their caregiver adults.

Piece of Muncie | April 8 | Madjax Maker Force

Celebrate your favorite Muncie memories and places by creating your own custom jigsaw puzzle and storage box.

Participants will create a digital collage using their own photos, images, or artwork and will use the sublimation printer to print and press your own 48-piece jigsaw puzzle and accompanying storage box.

Instructor: Lena Reid

Date: Saturday, April 8 | 4–6pm

Recommended ages: 16 through adult

Ages 8–15 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $15

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

Sponsored Projects Administration and Ball State invites you join us for the 28th Annual Student Symposium! Ball State faculty, staff, and students and the public at large are invited to attend the Ball State Student Symposium on Tuesday, April 11 from 1-4 pm at the Worthen Arena Concourse. 

For more than twenty-eight years the Student Symposium at Ball State University has provided students with the opportunity to present their creative and scholarly projects while competing for cash prizes and gaining valuable insight from faculty and staff judges from across the University. 

This year, we are excited to welcome the Teacher-Scholar participants to the symposium! 

The Symposium encourages interdisciplinary discourse, allowing students to learn from each other about engaging topics. The symposium also provides an opportunity for student participants to discuss their work with a broad audience and is open to any student from Ball State University (undergraduate and graduate), Burris Laboratory School, and the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. 

Please join us in support of these fantastic students and all of the work they have put into these projects! 

What: Ball State Student Symposium 

Date: Tuesday, April 11 

Time: 1- 4 pm 

Location: Worthen Arena Concourse, Gate 1 (ticket center) 

To learn more about this important event, please visit bsu.edu/student-symposium. 

We hope to see you there! 

Learn the basics of using the Canva design platform, then create and print your own personalized stickers. Stickers can be used for hydro-flasks, laptop cases, phone cases, wall decor (they peel off easily), window clings, etc.

You may also bring original artwork, photos or create a hand drawn design to use on your stickers.

Instructors: Meghan Anacker and Olivia Ward

Date: Thursday, April 13 | 4–7 pm

Recommended ages: 13 through adult

Ages 6–12 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $5

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

April showers bring May flowers! Use watercolor paints to create your own spring scenes in Betty’s Cabin as we celebrate color returning to our gardens!

Presented by Patterson Block

Learn how rain barrels can help contribute to a more sustainable local ecosystem, and learn to build your own rain barrel. Make a barrel and take it home ready to use.

There are two registration options for this workshop. Please make sure you choose the correct registration button for your preferred option below:

Barrel and Education only: You will receive a list of supplies to purchase on your own, plus a reclaimed barrel free of charge.

Barrel, Education, and Kit with guided instruction: For only $15 you will receive all the parts, the reclaimed barrel, and the on-site instruction to complete your kit during the event.

Instructor: Jason Donati, Stormwater/Recycling Educator at the Muncie Sanitary District

Date: Thursday, April 20 | 6–8 pm

Recommended ages: 16 through adult

Ages 8–15 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $0 – Barrel ONLY, no parts kit | $15 – Barrel AND Parts Kit

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

Infant and Toddler Kits are on the way! Prevent Child Abuse of Delaware County, Huffer Memorial Children's Center, and Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana are working together to ease costs associated with diaper insecurity. FREE diapers, baby wipes and infant and toddler books will be provided. No documents are needed. 

Free community event

Join Minnetrista, Muncie's Urban Forestry department, and our community partners for a sapling giveaway celebrating Arbor Day and the essential role trees play in our community's health and beauty! Choose your sapling from our selection of Oaks, Tuliptree, Hickory, Norway spruce, and more. This community event will take place near the Center Building while supplies last.

Need help figuring out how to plant a sapling? Need help knowing what kind of tree to plant or where to plant it? Come learn with us!

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services

Saturdays; 9 a.m.–Noon

Join us for the Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.

Presented by Open Door Health Services