Munster Civic Foundation

SAVE THE DATE 🦋
The Munster Monarch Festival is THIS SUNDAY! We hope to see you there!

TOGETHER is coming to Centennial Park TONIGHT!
Come join us for everything from pop, rhythm & blues, big band, Latin rock and more!

@ 6:30-8:30pm

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets. Free Admission. Parking Fees Apply for non-registered vehicles ($2/hr. or $5/day)

Say hello to the weekend with HELLO WEEKEND!!

Playing TONIGHT at Centennial Park as part of the Civic Fridays Summer Concert Series. With their incomparable style and sound, Hello Weekend puts on a flawless show while performing today’s biggest chart topping hits. Get ready to be WOWed with their bold colors and great music!!

@ 7:00-9:00pm.

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets.
Free Admission.
Parking Fees Apply for non-registered vehicles ($2/hr. or $5/day)

https://www.helloweekendmusic.com/

TONIGHT!! Hope to see you there! 🚔

Don’t miss Munster’s 29th Annual National Night Out Against Crime- THIS TUESDAY!!

There will be plenty of booths, activities, music, food, and fun for the whole family!

The National Night Out Parade begins at 4:30pm- hope to see you there! 🚔
(Parade runs south on Columbia by Wilbur Wright Middle & Munster High School)

GOOD NEWS! The Billy Elton Concert has been rescheduled!! Join us THIS FRIDAY and celebrate the music of two of the greatest singers, pianists, and songwriters in pop music history - Billy Joel and Elton John.

WHEN: Friday, August 2nd
WHERE: Centennial Park in Munster, IN
TIME: 6:30-8:30pm

It’s going to be a great show! 🎸🎤🥁

Led by Reid Spears on the piano and lead vocals, this 8-piece band takes you on a timeless journey through the catalogs of these two musical giants. Dedicated to top-notch musicianship, the band performs a completely live show without the use of any backing tracks. Billy Elton will have the audience on its feet singing along to such classics as “Crocodile Rock”, “Only the Good Die Young”, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”, “Piano Man”, and many others in a show that is exciting, engaging, and entertaining for all ages, young and old!
The band has become the premier celebration of the music of Billy Joel and Elton John in the Midwest. They have played sold-out and near capacity shows at numerous venues, and their outdoor summer concerts have often drawn 2000-3000 people. In 2017, they celebrated the 40th anniversary of Billy's landmark album "The Stranger" by performing the entire album in all of their shows, and they performed over half of Elton’s legendary double album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” in all of their 2023 shows in honor of that album’s 50th anniversary.

Who made it out last night to see the NWI Symphony Orchestra?? 🎼

What an amazing evening!! The music was beautiful and so was the weather. THANK YOU to everyone who attended, helped set up, and supported our local arts!

If you missed it- don’t worry! There’s always next year so mark those calendars 🎻🎻🎻

Dust off your dancing shoes and join The Dancing Noodles TONIGHT at Centennial Park for the Civic Mondays Summer Concert Series!!

6:30-8:30pm
Food & Drink concessions will be available for purchase. Pay-to-park is enforced. $2/hr, $5/day.
FREE ADMISSION

The Dancing Noodles

CIVIC MONDAY CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT due to possible thunderstorms ⛈

Join us for the AlterNatives: Summer Lecture Series!
On Tuesday, June 25th, there will be a fun and informative lecture about "AlterNatives to Banned Plants for Landscape" led by Dolly Foster & Karl Ackermann. Keep your landscaping not only beautiful, but native and pollinator-friendly! 🦋🐝🌷

When: Tuesday, 6/25 @ 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Munster Town Hall

Be sure to save the date for future events in this summer series! ☀️
JULY 23: Native Plants for Beginners
AUGUST 27: Healing Gardens and Healing Spaces

TONIGHT! Rick Lindy & the Wild Ones will be playing at Centennial Park starting at 6:30pm. Bring your lawn chairs, picnic baskets, and your dancing shoes of course! 🎸🥁🎤🎶


http://thewildonesband.net/

Tonight is going to be HOT for two reasons!
😎☀️
Don’t miss the HILLBILLY ROCKSTARZ at Centennial Park from 6:30-8:30pm!
🎸🥁🎤🎶🤠

Hillbilly Rockstarz Hillbilly Rockstarz has been wowing crowds of all ages across the country since 2007. Dominating the Chicago country scene for years. Check out the tour schedule for a show near you!

Mark your calendars because the Munster Civic Foundation is sponsoring events all summer! ☀️🦋

The Civic Monday Concert Series is back for the summer! ☀️🎶
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, & picnic baskets 🧺 to see THE JOLLY RINGWALDS!
The Jolly Ringwalds Chicago 80s band

Starting at 6pm @ Centennial Park in Munster

Now that planting season is in full swing, you won’t want to miss these amazing events brought to you by the Munster Monarch Project! 🦋🦋🦋

The Munster Civic Foundation is here to help the community learn and GROW 🌱

“Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it everyday.”
- Winston Churchill

Come celebrate diversity with us over dinner!

When: April 25th, 2024
Where: Wilbur Wright Middle School Cafeteria
What time: 6:00-8:00pm

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather on our amazing bike paths today- make sure you check out the new Pennsy Greenway Mile Post sign for a little history lesson!

TULIP TUESDAY 🌷

Titled “In Memory of Heidi” by MISS PRINT.

Don’t “miss” out on any of your printing needs, because MISS PRINT has you covered. They do beautiful work- just like they decorated this tulip!

On days like today- I’m very glad this tulip is located inside!! 🥶❄️ Stay warm out there!

Located inside MISS PRINT @ 8244 Calumet Ave in Munster.

Have a safe & fun NYE!
Best wishes to you and yours in 2024! 🍾🥂✨

HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you from everyone at the Munster Civic Foundation!

Have a safe & fun weekend!

Hey Munster Residents! We hope you got our postcard, and we hope you’re looking forward to next year’s community events as much as we are!!

If you have questions about the Munster Civic Foundation or would like to donate- please reach out- we’d love to hear from you!

Visit our website at Munster.org
☎️: (219)836-6945
📧: [email protected]

DON'T FORGET!
Tonight, at 7pm, is the Munster Civic Foundation is hosting a Callout Meeting 🗣

We'd love to hear from local groups about ideas for special events and programs that will continue to make Munster great and help us grow as a community.

Whether you have an existing event or if you are looking to facilitate a new one, we look forward to seeing you!

THURSDAY, DEC. 14TH @ 7PM IN CONFERENCE ROOM A
MUNSTER TOWN HALL, 1005 RIDGE RD.

The Munster Civic Foundation fosters community spirit and partnership to enhance the quality of life in the Town of Munster. On Thursday, Dec 14 at 7 pm, the Munster Civic Foundation is hosting a ‘community callout’ meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to invite local groups to participate effort in 2024 to provide a variety of special events and programs that highlight the unique and special places, events, people and qualities that make Munster a great place to live, work and play. Whether you have an existing event or if you are looking to do a new one, we look forward to seeing you on Thursday, December 14 at 7pm at the Munster Town Hall Conference Room A!

1005 Ridge Rd. Munster, IN

Most of the activities for tonight have been cancelled due to the weather. You can still visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the main meeting room of Town Hall from 5 - 7 pm. The Munster Education Foundation Merry and Bright packets will be avaiable for distribution tonight too.

COME VISIT SANTA, MRS. CLAUS AND THE GRINCH TONIGHT FROM 5-7 IN TOWN HALL!!

DID YOU KNOW??
Munster is home to a piece of (almost) forgotten history- a Mile Marker from 1868! 🚂

This marker was originally along the old Columbus, Chicago, & Indiana Central Railway (CC&IC), letting conductors know it’s 284 miles to Columbus. It should been removed in 1984- but was left behind! Now located along Munster’s Pennsy Greenway at Centennial Park.


Read more about it's interesting history:
"THE PENNSY GREENWAY MILE POST AT CENTENNIAL PARK"

Munster’s first railroad line was the Cincinnati & Chicago Air-Line Railroad. The term “air-line” was at that time used to designate a railroad with the shortest distance between two points. The Lake County section of that railroad was constructed in 1865, the same year that the railroad merged with the Chicago and Great Eastern Railway.
Three years later, 1868, that road merged with the Columbus and Indiana Central to become the Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central Railway (CC&IC) .
This is likely when the mile post was erected. This sign is 284 miles from Columbus, Ohio.
Each railroad company had its own style of mile posts, but all installed every mile along the tracks. They were important because they told the engineers where they were located (especially valuable in large stretches nondescript landscape). The posts could also be used to determine the train’s speed by seeing how much time elapsed passing from one post to the next.

In 1884, the CC&IC was sold at foreclosure and became the Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad. After a merger six years later, it became the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railway. With such a long name, it was nicknamed “The Panhandle” because its route passed the narrow West Virginia panhandle west of southwest Pennsylvania.
The Panhandle line was leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1921.
After this part of the Panhandle was abandoned in 1984, the rails and mile posts were removed. But somehow, the one, now in Centennial Park, was skipped and forgotten, which is why it exists today.

By the way:
In 1881, the Monon Railroad (then the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway) merged with the Chicago & Indianapolis Air Line Railway (which at that time did not extend to either Chicago or Indianapolis). The Monon then extended that line into Chicago, passing through Munster and Hammond. These two “air lines” crossed west of Calumet Avenue. In the years since, both rail lines have undergone mergers and have changed their names and the Panhandle tracks removed. However the intersection where they crossed is, more than 140 years later, still often referred to as “Air Line Junction.”
[Calumet Beginnings, 2003, p. 81]

A special thanks to Ken Schoon for this information about the neat history of our town!

TULIP TUESDAY 🌷

Titled “Something Fishy” by April Burford.

All the detail on this one is definitely worth a visit!!
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Located on Ridge Rd., next to Dairy Queen 🍦
Sponsored by The Times Media Co.

Save the date for the annual Light the Night event! 🎄🎅🏻

December 1st, 2023 from 5-7pm @ Munster Town Hall.