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February 2023
Meet the Entrepreneur in Residence
Entrepreneur in Residence Dr. Jason Salstrom of Purdue Foundry will host free office hours the fourth Thursday every month. NO COST & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. APPOINTMENT REQUIRED.
Find out more »A Book and A Brew
Vincennes/Knox County Tourism, First City Public Sculpture Project and Wabash Valley Progressives are hosting a Books and Brews event to discuss “Black in Indiana” by Eunice Brewer-Trotter at 7 p.m. Feb 23 at Vincennes Brewing Company. This an informal gathering for everyone, where we’ll just discuss the book. People are invited to come, even if they’re curious, (even, yes, if you didn’t quite finish the book before the meeting.) Here’s a description: “Life for Blacks in Southern Indiana in the…
Find out more »George Rogers Clark March returns
The George Rogers Clark March returns – February 25 In February 1779 George Rogers Clark’s forces marched across the Illinois country and flooded Wabash River to Vincennes to challenge Henry Hamilton and the British Army at Fort Sackville. Clark’s success is often regarded as a key event in American movement West to the Mississippi River and South to the Ohio River. An area 1/3 the size of the original 13 colonies known as the Old Northwest Territory became part of…
Find out more »Princess Academy
Little princesses will have a lot of fun learning all-things-royal (and some real history!) while attending a royal academy – the Princess Academy to be exact! Discover dances and play games, plus enjoy tea time, create a royal craft and receive a royal makeover – complete with a “princess picture” and presentation of crowns. Registration required by Feb. 17. This event will take place at the Vincennes University Green Activity Center, 120 W. Harrison St., Vincennes. Recommended for ages 4-9.
Find out more »Oscar Laughs! – “The Apartment”
Join Red Skelton Museum Curator, Mark Kratzner and director, Anne Pratt as they present the fourth movie in the Oscar Laughs! series, “The Apartment.”
Find out more »March 2023
Design and Donuts
Design and Donuts - 9 A.M on the 1st Wednesday Every Month. NO COST & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Improve the marketing materials you produce!
Find out more »Journey Through Monotype Prints Exhibit
ArtSpace Vincennes will open the gallery season with Journey Through Monotype Prints: Amanda Barrow and Elizabeth Busey. The exhibit will open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 3, then Tuesdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. through April 23. Amanda Barrow Barrow was raised in the Midwest by a social worker and an Episcopalian priest, in an environment conducive to creativity and abstract thinking. In 1992, a Fulbright research grant provided an opportunity for her to live and work…
Find out more »First Friday Art Walk
Visit the downtown Vincennes art galleries & the Schircliff Gallery on the Vincennes University Campus!
Find out more »Collecting John Baeder
The Open Gallery will open its 2023 gallery season with a unique exhibition of work by artist John Baeder, titled "Collecting John Baeder." Baeder, who currently resides in Nashville, TN, has had a storied career in art for over 50 years, getting his big break with legendary gallerist Ivan Karp at the O.K. Harris gallery in SoHo in 1972, not long after Karp saw Baeder’s work during a studio visit. It wasn’t long after that, that graduate student Michael Mullen…
Find out more »Marsh Madness!
Northwest Territory Art Guild, at 316 Main, will present Goose Pond Marsh Madness, featuring over fifty wildlife photos by Guild Member Steve LaRoche. These will include many of waterfowl and other wildlife from the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area south of Linton. Staff from Goose Pond have created a window display at the Guild depicting Goose Pond. Spring themed artworks created by Guild members in a wide variety of styles and media will also be on display and for sale.Regular…
Find out more »The StepCrew
The StepCrew boasts performers from the likes of The Chieftains, Cherish The Ladies, Loreena McKennit, Carlos Nunez, and Bowfire. As six-time Grammy Award winner Paddy Maloney of The Chieftains quotes, "The StepCrew does not simply draw their audience in, they take them by the hand and remind us what dance is meant to be about - fun!."
Find out more »Groundbreaking Black Citizens in Knox County
The Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy is hosting a special program on Free Summers Sunday featuring notable black Knox County citizens from both the past and the present.
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