The Arts Federation

Intro to Seed Bead Weaving: Peyote Stitch

October 8, 9 am - noon

Participants will learn the Peyote Stitch in a large and easy format by using Perler Beads. Then, transferring to #8 Delica Seed Beads the class will complete a green and red bracelet. All supplies will be provided. Read More >>

Bravo for the Arts

October 21, 6 - 8 pm

Bravo for the Arts returns as an awards banquet and fundraising gala for The Arts Federation. Enjoy dinner and drinks while TAF recognizes outstanding arts leaders, volunteers, and organizations from our region, including the presentation of the John Corey Memorial Award and annual Bravo for the Arts Award. Read More >>

Fall Family CRAFTernoon

October 22, 1 - 4 pm

Autumn-themed activities at multiple skill levels will be provided, but please note this program is suitable for children ages 5 and older. The cost to register is $10 per family, and all supplies are included. The Tippecanoe Storytellers Guild will also share spooky tales for all ages at 3 pm. Read More >>

Exhibitions On View October 7 - 28

Greater Lafayette Clay Guild

Impressions

Chelsie Wilde

Our Dimensions

Jeri Artz

Bonjour! As-salamu alaykum! Shalom! “Come fly with me!”

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Friday Night Live featuring Jason Wells

October 28, 7 pm

Join the Art Museum for live musical performances in the galleries on the last Friday of each month. Read More >>

Patterns by Sylvia Gray

Opening Reception: October 6, 6 - 8 pm

On View Through January 8

Sylvia Gray sees patterns in landscapes and the motion of figures, and she uses those patterns to dye and paint on silk. Read More >>

Ongoing Exhibitions

Color Vibes!

Through October 21

Built from the Art Museum's permanent collection, Color Vibes! offers a dazzling dive into the vibrancy of the selected works. The exhibition showcases art that inventively uses bold, saturated, and even hallucinatory colors.

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Armonia (Harmony) 

Through November 27

Kira Kalondy's ceramic vessels represent powerful moments of introspection as she reflects on the similarities and differences we have as a people. As a world citizen, she focuses on the techniques that help her navigate the waters of everyday experiences. Read More >>

Monumental Drawing

Through November 27

Constance Edwards Scopelitis merges her challenging graphite drawings with new digital media to explore socio-political topics, cultural phenomena, and human psychology. Inspired by using hooded figures as metaphors to expose hidden meanings, she explores blame, silent cowardice, online anonymity, and the vitriolic atmosphere that can result. Read More >>

Artists' Own

Intertwined

Continuing through October 29

Celebrating connection, this exhibition features the gallery's 19 artist members and highlights the links between arts and community.

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Stone and Bone: A Geological and Biological Exploration of Earth

Continuing Through September 17

This exhibition features paintings by Marilyn Jo Martin and Sarah Ruh, exploring a fascination with natural history and the geological and biological forces that shape our planet. Both artists explore textured mediums and natural images. Read More >>

Athens Arts Gallery

Full Circle

Continuing Through November 12

Artwork by Steven Raez. Read More >>

Chapel Gallery

Fridays & Saturdays, 11 am - 5pm

Sundays, 1 - 5 pm

Chapel Gallery is a creative cooperative, offering a rotating display of works by regional artists. More info >>

Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette

She Kills Monsters

October 14 - 16

In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all. Learn More >>

Civic Players of Logansport

All's Well in Roswell (Isn't It?)

October 21 - 23

A theatrical comedy about alien landings (and crashes) that is super sci-fi, cheesy, and fun. Read More >>

Friends of Bob Live Music Co-op

Carsie Blanton & Her Handsome Band

October 22, 8 pm

At the Wells Community Cultural Center (TAF)

Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and John Prine, Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. Learn More >>

General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

Finding Amalia Kussner

October 6, 7 pm

At St. John's Episcopal Church in Crawfordsville (212 S Green St.)

Part of the Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series, this program highlights how just one artifact can trigger amazing research about someone forgotten to history. Read More >>

Hoosier Authors Book Club

October 20, 7 pm

The book club will discuss Always a River: The Ohio River and the American Experience, a nonfiction collection of essays that views the Ohio River through the perspective of history, geography, political science, economics, and literature. Read More >>

Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello

October 27, 7 pm

At St. John's Episcopal Church in Crawfordsville (212 S Green St.)

Peter Hatch, Director of Gardens & Grounds Emeritus for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, was responsible for maintenance, interpretation, and restoration of the 2,400-acre landscape at Monticello from 1977 to 2012. Hatch's talk will focus on collecting issues at Monticello with stories of plants dying, seed collecting compromised by naughty harvesters, and more! Read More >>

Greater Lafayette Clay Guild

Potters Market 

October 22, 10 am -  3 pm

At YWCA

Handcrafted pottery made by 20 of the local potters who donated bowls to the YWCA Clay Bowl Giving Project, in the largest pottery sale in Tippecanoe County. Read More >>

Greater Lafayette Dance Collective

Missing Links 

October 13, 8 pm

At The Spot Tavern

A dance performance in collaboration with Machine Aura. Through newly created modern and post-modern dance works, innovative sound design, and interwoven video projection, this artistic collaboration explores the missing links from dinosaurs to chickens and everything in between. Read More >>

The Haan Museum of Indiana Art

Indiana Realities: Regionalist Paintings 1930-1945

On View Through November 12

Rather than the nostalgic images depicted by the impressionist painters, they are realistic documentations of everyday life in the Midwest in the Depression era. Artists used well-defined shapes to depict urban settings, industrial scenes and everyday activities of common people. Read More >>

Lafayette Writers' Studio

Crafting the Book Review

October 1, 11 am

Virtual

In this class, writer and critic Bethanne Patrick will guide students into how to write a strong book review, introduce writers to the current market for book reviews and how to pitch editors. Read More >>

Diving into the Lyric Essay

October 22, 11 am

Virtual

Join essayist Randon Billings Noble for this short but deep course on the lyric essay. In this two-hour session we will discuss both the pleasures and challenges of the lyric essay. We’ll look at some of its myriad forms, consider the ways form can intensify content, and do some generative writing towards a few lyric essays of our own. Read More >>

Lafayette Symphony Orchestra

The B-Side, Track 3: Impress-ed

October 20, 7:30 pm

Rat Pak Venue

Take a dive into Impressionist composers with Flutist Laura Recendez and a spotlight on Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp. Read More >>

Long Center for the Performing Arts

Purdue Bands & Orchestras

At Long Center

October 1, 2, & 16

Free concert! No tickets required. Read More >>

Brent Terhune

Comedy at the Lafayette Theatre

October 6, 7 pm

His not-so-obvious delivery can be described along the lines of a ‘blue-collar Colbert Report.’ Brent has been writing daily topical jokes and news breakdowns for the nationally-syndicated Bob & Tom Show for more than 10 years. Read More >>

Graciously Departed

At Lafayette Theatre

October 27, 6 pm

In addition to Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band originals (the Grateful Dead song book), the band performs sets full of 1950s rock ’n' roll from cultural icons like Elvis, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly, as well as the music of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and traditional folk, country and blues standards - all done in the swirling improvisational style of the Grateful Dead. Read More >>

Purdue Convocations

The Book of Mormon

October 16, 7 pm

The Book of Mormon  is a musical comedy that follows two Latter-day Saints missionaries as they attempt to preach the faith of the Church to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village. More Info >>

Christian French

October 20, 7:30 pm

The singer-songwriter and Indiana native has etched a space in pop music that examines the hardships of anxiety, doubt and insecurity in a way that doesn’t brood or self-deprecate. More Info >>

Legally Blonde The Musical

October 26, 7:30 pm

This contemporary, sassy musical moves at a breakneck pace driven by memorable songs and explosive dances. Legally Blonde – The Musical warms the heart by proving that self-discovery can be way too much fun and hilarious to boot. More Info >>

Grace for President

October 29, 3 pm

When Grace’s teacher reveals that the U.S. has never had a female president, Grace asks, “Where are the girls?” Smart, precocious and tuneful, Grace decides to run for class president while questioning the lack of women in the Oval Office in this family-friendly musical produced by Casa Mañana Theatre. More Info >>

Purdue Galleries

To Feel Myself Beloved On This Earth

Ringel Gallery, Stewart Center

Through October 7, 2022

Featuring the eponymous short film, created during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, as well as several large-scale paintings and prints, this exhibition explores themes of identity, community, sound, and resilience.  More Info >>

Analyzing Artistry

Rueff Galleries East, Pao Hall

October 24 - 

Showcasing works from Purdue Galleries and other regional collections, Analyzing Artistry explores the ways in which material science and visual analysis are combined to paint a bigger picture of an artwork’s history as well as our understanding of artistry through the ages. More Info >>

Tippecanoe County

Public Library

October Events

Kids & Families

Stories Under the Sculpture

@ Downtown Branch

Wednesdays & Saturdays at 10:30 am

Lapsit Storytime

@ Downtown Branch

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Fridays at 9:30 am

Yoga & Mindfulness Storytime

@ Klondike Branch

October 1, 10:30 am

Blackout Poetry

October 4, 4 pm

@ Downtown Branch

(Grades 3 -5)

Unplugged Coding

October 5, 4:30 pm

@ Wyandotte Branch

(Grades 1 - 5)

Make Your Own Flipbook

October 11, 4 pm

@ Downtown Branch

(Grades 3 -5)

Family Fun Night: Dragons

@ Wyandotte Branch

October 11, 6:30 pm

Zentangle Doodles

October 18, 4 pm

@ Downtown Branch

(Grades 3 -5)

West Lafayette Public Library

September Events

Adults

Craft Sessions

October 5, 10:30 am

October 11, 6 pm

Each month, join one of two sessions (morning or evening) to create an adult-level craft.

Preserving Falling Water

October 8, 6 pm

A free public lecture from Scott W. Perkins, Senior Director of Preservation and Collections at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.

Preserving What's Wright

October 15, 6 pm

Bob Score will be talking about his experiences in historic restoration work over the years, with a focus on Harboe Architect’s most recent work with Frank Lloyd Wright’s SAMARA.

Diamond Painting

October 16, 2 pm

Whether you are new to diamond painting or a professional diamond artist, you are encouraged to attend our diamond painting sessions. Choose your design, with all supplies provided.

Wolf Park

Winter Wolves Watercolor Workshop with Rusty Harden

October 1, 1 pm

With Wolf Park and the Rusty Harden Studio, learn to capture wildlife and the nature you love. This 1-day workshop will focus on developing skills and building confidence while teaching techniques to improve the skills of a beginner artist. Learn More >>

Mini Vision Board & Journaling for a Day Workshops

October 14 & 15

You'll explore new goals, dreams, and visions with inspiration from teacher Rebecca Lile. Inventive, creative writing will help you gain clarity & boost confidence. Learn More >>

Pumpkin Party

October 22, 2 - 4 pm

Walk the trail to watch our ambassador animals enjoy their seasonal pumpkin treats. Staff will be stationed along the trail to answer any questions. Get outside, enjoy the fall weather – let’s learn together! Learn More >>

Howl-O-Ween Howl Night

October 29, 6 pm

Enjoy hot dogs, S’mores, and hot chocolate! Howl with our wolves during our popular Howl Night program, take a Lantern Lit Tour, see our animal ambassadors, and learn about wolf mythology & local haunting stories. Learn More >>