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Heritage Artisans Days
Apr 24 @ 8:00 am – Apr 26 @ 3:00 pm CDT
Heritage Artisans Days is an annual program sponsored by Historic New Harmony and the office of Outreach & Engagement at the University of Southern Indiana. For nearly 40 years, students from the Tri-state area have traveled to New Harmony to hear and see how artisans lived and worked in the early days of New Harmony. Artisans demonstrate their professions and roles as they were in the 19th century.
We welcome public schools, private schools, homeschools, parents and kids, and the public to visit Heritage Artisans Days on April 24-26, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Registration for schools is available at https://www.usi.edu/hnh/programs/heritage-artisans-days.
If you are older, but still a student-at-heart and enjoy learning, come out to New Harmony and pay admission at the Atheneum Visitors Center on the day you arrive.
Admission:
-$10 per adult
-$5 per student
– School personnel are free (note: one adult per homeschool family is considered school personnel)
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New Harmony Total Solar Eclipse Community Weekend Tour Pass
Apr 06 @ 10:00 am – Apr 07 @ 4:00 pm CDT
Five New Harmony organizations – Historic New Harmony, New Harmony State Historic Site, the Rapp-Owen Granary Foundation, the Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation, and the New Harmony Working Men’s Institute – are partnering together to offer visitors a special opportunity to see New Harmony’s rich cultural and historical sites during the weekend before the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. They will offer up 9 sites between their organizations to visitors on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 from 10 a.m. To noon and 1 p.m. To 4 p.m., each day.
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These sites include:
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– Atheneum Visitors Center
– Double Log Cabin
– 1830 Owen House
– Lichtenberger Building (site of the Maximilian-Bodmer Exhibition)
– Community House no. 2
– Thrall’s Opera House
– Roofless Church
– Rapp-Owen Granary
– Working Men’s Institute
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Visitors may tour the sites on foot or take advantage of Historic New Harmony’s hop-on/hop-off shuttle service that will start and stop at the Atheneum visitors center and loop through town, stopping at each of the sites listed above as well as the New Harmony Inn and the Ribeyre Gymnasium. The Roofless Church, Rapp-Owen Granary, and Working Men’s Institute will be open to the public, but the rest of the sites and shuttle service will require paid admission.
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Admission:
$20 for adults, ages 18 and over
$10 for children, ages 6-17
Free for children, ages 5 and under
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Passes are good for two days and may be purchased onsite on April 6-7 at the Atheneum Visitors Center in New Harmony. All passes include free solar eclipse glasses and a souvenir wristband (while supplies last.)
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The Emerald Underground with Lindsey James Williams
It’s St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, you know what that means. “Let’s get green!” Grab a kilt if you’ve got one and get ready for the return of The Emerald Underground, playing Celtic rock & roll favorites – music from Gaelic Storm, The Dropkick Murphys, Solas, Natalie McMasters, The Young Dubliners, The Pogues, etc. plus a liberal dose of 80s UK bands. “You just have to hear it!”ย
We’re thrilled to welcome Evansville favorite one-man music sensation Lindsey James Williams to the stage with us. He’s a local, heralded singer/songwriter/looper. This event is at the historic and beautiful Rapp-Owen Granary. Beer and Wine available (Cash bar) at the event.ย
Tickets may be purchased online at EventBrite at this link.
Let’s get green!
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With the exquisite, vocal harmonies of Molly Felder and Kristi Rose, along with percussionist Mickey Grimm and multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin, you wonโt want this one-of-a-kind musical journey to end. All four are active and sought after musicians who have recorded and shared stages around the globe over their collective musical careers with the likes of John Prine, Chuck Berry, Over the Rhine, Swan Dive, Jack White, Beck, Ricky Van Shelton, Nanci Griffith, Trisha Yearwood, Don Henley, and Mitski, just to name a few. They will be joined by Seattle-areaโs Grafton Grimm, Marceline Keene, and Nashvilleโs Wes L’Anglois and Jared Manzo.
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Beginner Knitting Class for Kids
Mar 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm CDT
Do you know a child who has always wanted to take up knitting as a hobby but never had a chance to learn how? Check out our new Beginners Knitting Class for Kids!
Taught by Peggy Taylor, a spinner-weaver and fiber artist, this two-part class will give kids in grades 4-8 a chance to try their hand at this relaxing hobby. Classes will be held at the Atheneum Visitors Center in New Harmony from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 9th and Saturday, March 16th. Parents and guardians are encouraged to accompany children on the program, and adult-size knitting needles will be available to the adults to learn to knit, too! Historic New Harmony staff will be present and assisting with the program on both days.
Cost: $15. The price includes the cost of each supply kit (knitting needles and yarn needles, worsted weight yarn, bag). Please indicate when you register your child whether the adult who accompanies them would like to purchase an adult-sized kit in addition to the child-sized kit.
The class is limited to 8 students, so be sure to register soon!
To register your child or for more information, contact Heidi Taylor-Caudill, Community Engagement Manager, at 812-682-6133 or hltaylorca@usi.edu.
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Taught by Peggy Taylor, a spinner-weaver and fiber artist, this two-part class will give kids in grades 4-8 a chance to try their hand at this relaxing hobby. Classes will be held at the Atheneum Visitors Center in New Harmony from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 9th and Saturday, March 16th. Parents and guardians are encouraged to accompany children on the program, and adult-size knitting needles will be available to the adults to learn to knit, too! Historic New Harmony staff will be present and assisting with the program on both days.
Cost: $15. The price includes the cost of each supply kit (knitting needles and yarn needles, worsted weight yarn, bag). Please indicate when you register your child whether the adult who accompanies them would like to purchase an adult-sized kit in addition to the child-sized kit.
The class is limited to 8 students, so be sure to register soon! To register your child or for more information, contact Heidi Taylor-Caudill, Community Engagement Manager, at 812-682-6133 or hltaylorca@usi.edu.
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Nestled in between two great rivers, New Harmony has always been a place that embraced nature. Join us as we continue that legacy down to the next generation! Educator Susan Fowler of Harmony by Hand will be teaching and telling stories about the Wabash and Ohio Rivers’ historic halls of Community House #2. This interactive program geared towards younger audiences embraces all things Mother Earth, and just in time for Spring!
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Tour the historic properties of two Utopian communitiesโthe Harmonists and the Owenitesโand discover the renaissance of science, spirituality, and the arts in this small Hoosier town.
We are offering our full walking tour for free in celebration of Presidents’ Day.
Tours are held at 11 AM and 3 PM Central Time and begin at Community House #2 (410 Main St).