Free outdoor performances of 'Macbeth,' 'Merry Wives of Windsor' coming to Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind.— The Hoosier Shakespeare Festival will bring its summer repertory productions of "The Tragedy of Macbeth" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" to Minnetrista in June.
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," a story of ambition and its consequences when Scottish general Macbeth, encouraged by his wife, schemes and kills to become king of Scotland, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. June 13.
A 1970s-set version of the comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor" concerns Sir John Falstaff deciding to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants, only to have the women take revenge. That performance will be at 7:30 p.m. June 14.
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Performances of the two plays also are scheduled during June in Marion, Wabash, North Manchester, Fairmount and Kokomo.
Admission to the outdoor performance is free, but audiences are encouraged to reserve free tickets ahead at hoosiershakes.com.
Patrons are encouraged to arrive early for an acoustic pre-show featuring the songs from Queen, Imagine Dragon, Eminem, Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Wonder, and KC and the Sunshine Band, among others, according to a release.
Gardeners invited to 'Grow a Row' to feed neighbors in need
The Food Council of East Central Indiana is spearheading the Grow-a-Row project this growing season in Delaware, Blackford, and Jay counties,
The project encourages local gardeners to donate excess garden produce to community partners that can distribute the produce to neighbors in need.
Gardeners can purposefully “grow a row” specifically for donation, or choose to donate their extra produce at the point in the summer when they’ve got so many veggies they don’t know what to do with them all, according to a release
Interested gardeners with home gardens, community gardens, school gardens, etc., can indicate their participation by filling out an online survey at bit.ly/3spsRSm to stay up-to-date with any information released.
Community groups that are interested in distributing the donated produce are asked to indicate participation using the same survey link. These could be groups such as food pantries, free meal sites and more.
As gardener and community site information is gathered, a sheet will be created to inform gardeners of the sites that will accept the produce donations, as well as other information such as site location, contact information and what days/times donations can be dropped off.
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For tracking purposes, it is requested that donation sites keep record of donations, such as weights of the produce donations, types of produce donated, number of donors, etc. The data collected will be used to evaluate the effectiveness and success of Grow-a-Row, and to support future grant funding requests to potentially expand and support the program.
The Food Council of East Central Indiana is part of the Healthy Community Alliance, a coalition through IU Health East Central Region hospitals serving Delaware, Blackford, and Jay counties. The Food Council meets virtually via Microsoft Teams 4-5 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month. All are invited and can request an invitation by contacting John Disher, jdisher1@iuhealth.org ir 765-747-3915.
Information: Healthy Community Alliance, healthycommunityalliance.org.
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