The Arts Council Announces Finalists of the 2018 Arts Awards Event
The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana has announced the finalists of the 2018 Arts Awards, featuring the Mayor’s Art Award and five other awards.  The finalists this year are as follows:
Visual Arts Award Finalists
Kyle Darnell, printmaker, and ceramist
Erin Gibson, filmmaker
Jonathan Hittner, painter
Performing Arts Award Finalists
EVSC Honors Music Program
Next Act, Inc., community theater
Think Pink Productions, community theater
Young Arts Award Finalists
Emily Chamness, Reitz High School 2018
Cheyenne Miller, Signature School 2019
Arts Educator Award Finalists
Leigh Anne Howard, Ph. D., University of Southern Indiana
Sally Olson, Children’s Center for Dance Education
Eric Renschler, University of Evansville
Crystal Roberson, Mater Dei High School
Lee Veazey, Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Mayor’s Art Award Recipient
The Martha and Merritt DeJong Foundation
Arts Council Award Recipient
Alisa Holen
A reception and awards presentation will be held Thursday, August 16, 2018, at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Evansville. Tickets are $75 a person, of which $50 is a tax-deductible donation. Table sponsorships and donations made in honor of finalists are also available. For more information, to purchase tickets, or to be listed as a sponsor, call the Arts Council at 422-2111, or visit our website at https://www.artswin.org/kaleidoscope.
This high-profile, annual arts awards ceremony — including a cocktail buffet, cash bar, artist demonstrations, interactive displays, music, and a silent auction — honors individuals, businesses, and organizations that have made a significant contribution to the arts in our community. Artists, art educators, institutions, and arts patrons all are recognized at this event, which also presents one recipient with the prestigious Mayor’s Art Award.
County Celebrating the Bicentennial with Birthday Bash for the Community
Friday, July 6th, from 10:00am to 2:00pm, the Vanderburgh County Commissioners and the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse Foundation are hosting the “Bicentennial Birthday Bash†on the grounds of the Old Courthouse. The event is part of the Old Courthouse Lunch on the Lawn series and free for the community to attend. Attendees can purchase food from a number of local food trucks including Fresh by Genes, Kona Ice, Pizza by the Slice, Chef Bruce Li, Uncle Ted’s, Lamasco on Location, Papa T’s Tamales, Jayson Munoz Caters, River City Dawgs, and Sassy Sweet Confections. A Mobile Zip line brought to the community by the Old National Events Plaza will be set up on 4th Street and will run between the Old Courthouse and the Old Vanderburgh Jail. It is free for participants to ride. In addition, families can enjoy inflatables and face painting.
Media is invited to attend a 10:00am presentation of the Bicentennial Birthday Cake created by the Kempf family of Donut Bank Bakeries. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office will be honored at this time as well as recognition given to the many organizations and businesses that have supported the Bicentennial celebration through this first half of our 200th birthday year.
Commemorative Bicentennial T-shirts will be available for purchase at the event. All shirt sales proceeds go to support the Bicentennial Park project at the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse.
Free parking can be found at the Vanderburgh County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum located at 300 Court Street, across from the Old Courthouse.
For more information on the Vanderburgh County Bicentennial and upcoming celebration events go to www.VanderburghBicentennial.com.
For more information contact JoElle Knight, Chairwoman of Vanderburgh County Bicentennial Commission at 812-568-9646 or email info@vanderburghbicentennial.com
Celebrating Independence Day by Wendy Mcnamara
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Today, we join together with family and friends to celebrate our liberty and pay tribute to our brave American heroes.
If you are looking for last-minute ways to celebrate this special day, be sure to check out the local events highlighted below. Also, click here for helpful tips and reminders about firework safety.
I wish you and your family a happy and safe Independence Day!
Wynne’s shutout guides Otters past Crushers
Randy Wynne tossed a complete game shutout and struck out a dozen batters as the Evansville Otters glided by the Lake Erie Crushers 5-0 on Tuesday evening at Sprenger Stadium.
Joe DeLuca opened the scoring in the second inning when he knocked home Zach Welz with a single.
The Otters opened the game up with four runs in the top of the sixth. Jeff Gardner singled to right and an error form the right fielder allowed Ryan Long to score from second base. DeLuca then knocked in his second run of the game with another RBI single. Then with the bases loaded, shortstop Aaron Hill booted a groundball off the bat of Taylor Hillson which allowed two runs to score and put the Otters up 5-0.
The Otters racked up 11 hits in the ball game, with David Cronin, Long, Welz, and DeLuca all collecting two hits apiece.
Otters starter Wynne would have no need for the extra run support however, as he threw a complete game shutout striking out a season high 12 batters while walking just one and allowing ten hits. For Wynne, it is his fourth win of the season and second complete game.
Mason Klotz absorbs the loss for the Lake Erie. Klotz pitched five innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on eight hits and one walk.
The series will continue tomorrow evening at 7:05 p.m. ET at Sprenger Stadium as the Otters trot out Spencer Medick to make his second start of the year as an Otter. Medick picked up the win in his first start while not allowing an earned run in five innings.
Opposing Medick will be Donny Murray for Lake Erie. Murray is 3-4 with a 5.22 ERA this season.
READERS FORUM JULY 4, 2018
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