Free. Jake will perform from his home in Tennessee and will stream live on the Mitchell Opera House Facebook page.

Jake’s dynamic storytelling abilities and powerful vocals led to an unprecedented run on the Emmy-award winning talent series. Shattering records left and right, Hoot’s chart-topping abilities landed him a record 6 songs in the Top 10 of the iTunes Country Singles Chart as well as a #1 song on the overall iTunes Singles Chart.

The Team Kelly Clarkson contestant gained a fiercely loyal following during his time on the show thanks to his authentic delivery of straight-from-the-soul music. Much of this and his sincere humility could be attributed to his unique and adventurous life growing up as the 2nd of 9 siblings to Baptist Missionary parents. Born in Texas, Hoot led quite the gypsy childhood having lived in Oklahoma, Haiti, and an 11-year stint in the Dominican Republic where he first learned to play guitar. Fluent in Spanish, Hoot credits his diverse musical influence to his time on the island. The singer/songwriter relocated to Tennessee at 20-years-old where he began gigging and attended Tennessee Tech University as a walk-on football player. Share this live experience with us on October 2nd!

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We invite you and your family to join us for a fun afternoon of virtual karaoke and trivia games. Your kids will have a blast with this online event!

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Join us for a fun evening of virtual karaoke, hosted by Steve Pacek, star of Cardinal’s 2019 production of The Glass Menagerie, featuring special guest Nicolas Colon, star of our 2018 production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast! Throughout the night, test your knowledge with some theatre-inspired trivia and try out a few new cocktail recipes! Before the event, you will receive a list of ingredients to craft a new drink along side us during one of our cocktail tutorials. Stay home, sing out, and have a blast! NOTICE: We are planning to livestream this Cardinal Karaoke event on Facebook Live.

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Join Payton for a hike on parts of trail 4 and a walk through the village to hear about the CCC and their role at Spring Mill. Meet at the village parking lot. 1 hour. Easy hike.

Building Indiana State Parks:

A number of Indiana State Parks were built, improved, or expanded by the CCC, which was and remains one of the most popular programs of the New Deal.

But it wasn’t all conservation work for the CCC. The men not only learned valuable trade skills, but also received a classroom education. They took classes on a variety of topics including mechanical drawing, typing, foreign languages and art. Extracurricular activities included boxing, debating and a singing quartet—even baseball teams.

Indiana had 56 CCC companies, eight of which were African-American. Even though the legislation that created the CCC didn’t allow discrimination, the program was segregated based on race because of the attitudes of the day. The 517th CCC Company, which had about 250 men, was the largest and most enduring of Indiana’s African-American companies. The 517th served at what is now O’Bannon Woods State Park. Other African-American companies were stationed in Bloomington, Mitchell, Evansville, Cromwell and several other locations throughout the state.

Many of Indiana State Parks hosted CCC companies. You will find that many of our properties where these companies worked maintain fine examples of their hard work and craftsmanship.

Below is a list of all Indiana State Parks where the CCC worked: Brown County, Clifty Falls, Fort Harrison, Indiana Dunes, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, O’Bannon Woods, Ouabache, Pokagon, Salamonie Lake, Shakamak, Spring Mill, Turkey Run, and Versailles.

Check out these videos about the CCC and Indiana State Parks to learn more:

• https://vimeo.com/126170277 (short version)
• https://vimeo.com/126170266 (long version)

Tony will take you on parts of two different trails while telling you the significance of our nature preserve. Meet at Donaldson parking lot. 90 minutes partially rugged hike.

Join the naturalist for some healthy fun! Meet at the Nature Center to being the hike on the Habitat Trail. Discover diverse tree habitats, late summer flowers and more.  Onto moderate Trail 5, where you can crawl through Wolf Cave – looking for salamanders and other wildlife!  A quick trip to Litten Creek to stomp in the water.

Registration required by calling the Nature Center at  (812) 829-4344.

This hike will take 1.5 hours with plenty of stops for activities. Be prepared to get a little muddy and a little wet. If you have your own headlamp, bring it, or we will provide you with a flashlight. Caving helmets are also provided for protection.

#AwareINtheParks  This hike is part of a partnership initiative between the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) and the Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) ProjectAWAREIN.org.  “Project AWARE Goes to the Park” is encouraging young Hoosiers and their families to visit Indiana State Parks within the month of September.  All month long, participants can engage in mental wellness activities and be entered for a chance to win a 2021 Indiana State Park Annual Pass. Click here for details: http://bit.ly/pagoestothepark.”<br< a=””> /></br<>

Come join Naturalist Jessica for a mind cleansing hike. Meet her at the Nature Center where we will begin our hike on the Habitat Trail. This path has diverse tree habitats and connects to trail 8 where we’ll stop to stretch in the sunshine and look at late summer flowers. Then we’ll take trail 5, a moderate trail, where we will crawl through Wolf Cave into Twin Bridges. Let’s stop and look for salamanders and other wildlife while we are there! The hike will continue through the Litten Creek, were we can stomp in the water. This hike will take 1.5 hours with plenty of stops for activities. Please be prepared to get muddy and a little wet! Bring your own headlamp or borrow one of our flashlights. Caving helmets are also provided for protection.

Join Andrew at the Nature Center to see demonstrations of three fire-starting techniques, including some of the most ancient methods.

Topics will cover:
– Bow-drill (friction) fires
– One-match fires
– Starting fire in the rain

Meet Jessica at the Nature Center to take a stroll on our easy trails, 8 & 6. Enjoy the changing of the seasons!