Join us at the Museum on the first Thursday of March for coffee, donuts, and conversation before this month’s speaker, Sarah Siders-Bitzel shares about the history of the Miami Indians in our area. This event is FREE but we encourage RSVPs at wabashmuseum.org.

Sarah was born and raised in Peru, IN, and is the daughter of G. Rex Siders & Nancy (Hammond) Siders. During her childhood, she attended a myriad of traditional events with
her grandmother, Lora E. (Marks) Siders who served as the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana (MNI) Tribal Secretary for over40 years, as well as Tribal Historian.
She is a member of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana (MNI), serving as Mongosa Clan Grandfather Representative Tribal Council since 2002 and as MNI Tribal Secretary since 2003. She also serves on the MNI Language Committee, MNI Culture Committee, Godfroy Cemetery Committee, Clayton Cemetery Committee, MNI Museum Committee,
MNI Foundation Board, Days at the Pillars Committee, and a founding member of the MNI Women’s Council.Sarah currently resides in Peru with her husband, John, and is employed by the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana.

Featuring a dozen musicians, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire around the world. As bandleader Thomas Lauderdale describes, “Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure. If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.”

With more than 300 shows scheduled each year, Mike Almon has been playing guitar and writing music since he was 14. This year he plans to release his first studio-recorded album “Had a Good Run” featuring a mix of his originals, along with two bonus track parodies “Last Fence” and “Detour Land.”

This live, multi-media spectacle presents a musical journey through the metamorphosis of David Bowie’s career. David Brighton and band deliver a stunning note-for-note theatrical concert event, transporting audiences from the legend’s space-age rock idol phase through his years as a mainstream media star.

Show night dining available

Dakota Ray Parker performs many varieties of music including classic country (Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash), some classic rock (Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen), Folk music (The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, Tom T Hall), Elvis Presley, Adele, Justin Bieber and so much more. He also writes his own music with more than 35 original songs. He won The Voice of Wabash County in 2018 and opened for Aaron Barker at the Eagles Theater.

Do you have a bit of Irish in ya? Come find out if you have what it takes to be a Celtic Knight of St Trolley. This year will be full of shenanigans! We will break you into groups of 4 to compete for the Shennany Cup! Do you have what it takes? May the Luck of the Irish be on your side! 🍀 Stay tuned for the stop locations.

The professional, community, faculty, staff, and student musicians of the Manchester Symphony Orchestra will celebrate their 84th season by presenting Dona Nobis Pacem. The concert will feature Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Mass in C” with the Manchester University A Cappella Choir, the symphony chorus and area high school choirs; “Melody” by Myroslav Skoryk; “Dona Nobis Pacem” from the Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach; and “Lyric for Strings” by George Walker, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for music composition.