March March 2015 Newsletter Calendar of Events
March 3 – Ricky Nye/DHAC at Great Crescent Brewery – March 14 – Second Saturday Walk and Shop – St. Paddy’s 7pm at Great Crescent Brewery, 315 Importing St., Aurora. Part Pub Crawl – 5pm-9pm in Downtown Lawrenceburg. Begin of the Sampler Series with the Dearborn Highlands Arts Council. your walk at any participating business. Beverages available Ricky Nye’s musical journeys on piano, organ and accordion and prizes awarded. Event sponsored by Hollywood Casino have taken him through jazz, funk, rock & roll, country, zydeco, and Lawrenceburg Main Street. Information: 812-537-4507/ boogie woogie and blues. Tickets are $7, with discounts for Lawrenceburg Main Street or www.thinklawrenceburg.com. DHAC members. Hand crafted beer, soda and food available for purchase. Tickets & reservations: 812-539-4251 or March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day with DHAC & Great Crescent Dearborn County - Southeast Indiana www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org. Brewery – 7pm, Great Crescent Brewery, Importing St., Aurora. The Perfect Place to Play! Gaming • Dining • Skiing • Getaways Part of the Dearborn Highlands Arts Council Sampler Series. March 5 – Pints and Pencils - March Winds Edition – 6:30pm- Enjoy Irish and Scottish music including airs, ballads, pipe tunes, 8:30pm, Great Crescent Brewery, 315 Importing St., Aurora. Art, jigs, reels, slides and even Irish polkas. These are played on a Dearborn County music, poetry and trivia, along with fresh craft beer, combine variety of instruments, from the trump or jaw harp, to ocarinas Convention, Visitor Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to create a most unique experience. Live models and still life and pocket pipes. Guitars, bouzouki, bodhran and concertina and Tourism Bureau scenes provide the background for artists of all mediums to be all raise a music which is both ancient and surprisingly new at in Southeast Indiana challenged and learn in a group setting. For information: 812- the same time. Admission is $7 or FREE with a new or renewed 655-9079/Great Crescent or www.gcbeer.com. membership with Dearborn Highlands Arts Council. Information St. Patrick’s Day in Southeast Indiana is a festive affair! and tickets: 812-539-4251 or www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org. That’s because we’ve got two great events on the March 7 – Frank Caliendo – LIVE – 8:00pm, Lawrenceburg schedule this year to help you celebrate this Irish holiday Event Center, 91 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. Comedian, actor March 20, 21 & 22 – DCHBA Home and Garden Show – in style. First up: the Second Saturday Walk and Shop and impressionist Frank Caliendo is coming to Lawrenceburg to Lawrenceburg Event Center, 91 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. and St. Paddy’s Pub Crawl in downtown Lawrenceburg. Planned for Sat., March 14, the evening will include your entertain the masses. You may have seen him on MadTV, Frank Dearborn County Home Builders present their annual home and COMMISSION MEMBERS TV, The Tonight Show or his impressive 10 year run on the Fox garden show. Friday - 5pm-9pm; Saturday - 10am-8pm; Sunday favorite beverages, snacks and good times. The event NFL Sunday Pregame show. Now see him in person. Tickets - Noon-5pm. For more information: 812-926-3375/Jamie Mather Tina Bojack, Hollywood Casino is sponsored by Hollywood Casino and Lawrenceburg on sale at www.itickets.com (see below) Information: 888-274- or [email protected] or Ryan Brandt, Dearborn County Council Main Street, with transportation between locations 6797/Hollywood Casino or www.itickets.com/events/339453. www.dearborncountyhba.org. Marilyn Bower, DHAC provided as part of the ticket price. More information is html. Charlotte Hastings, Charlotte’s Flowers & Antiques available by contacting the Lawrenceburg Main Street Bill Lansing March 21 – Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band/Dearborn Highlands Association at 812-537-4507 or Ellen Perfect, Perfect North Slopes www.thinklawrenceburg.com. March 8 – Perfect Arts Council – 2pm, Depot Room, Lawrenceburg Public Library, Kelly Will, City of Lawrenceburg North Slopes Lawrenceburg. The Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band is a group of STAFF Next, mark your calendar for taste of the Emerald Isle Spring Carnival well-seasoned musicians whose specialty is Classic Traditional with an evening of Irish and Scottish entertainment at the – 9:30am-4pm, Jazz. Founded in 1994, the Tri-State region of the Greater Debbie Smith, Executive Director Great Crescent Brewery in Aurora. Part of the Dearborn 19074 Perfect Lane, Cincinnati Area is home base for this popular group. The band Betsy Armbruster Highlands Arts Council’s Sampler Series, the evening Lawrenceburg. has performed for jazz clubs, at park concerts and jazz festivals Vanessa Cash will include a selection of airs, ballads, pipe tunes, jigs, Annual family fun and on cruises. Free admission possible by funding from the Connie Cleary Debbie Grossman reels, slides and even Irish polkas played on a variety day to welcome Lawrenceburg Public Library Services and Resources Foundation. of instruments, from the trump or jaw harp, to ocarinas spring. Special Light refreshments served. Reservations suggested. Information & and pocket pipes, guitars, bouzouki, bodhran and more. events for skiers, Reservations: 812-539-4251 or www.dearbornhighlandsarts. DCCV&TB MISSION STATEMENT This special event will take place on Tues., March 17, snowboarders and org. with an admission price of $7, which will be waived snow tubers. The Dearborn County Convention, Visitor & Tourism Bureau is that of with the purchase of a new or renewed membership to Participate in activities or just come to watch favorites like the March 27 & 28 – Over the Moon Vintage Spring Market DHAC. To learn more about either of these events, or for decorated box race and slush pit challenge. Event held weather – Agner Hall at Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds, State Rt. 50, an aggressive marketing, service and information organization whose a complete list of other activities taking place in March, permitting and is subject to change. Info: 812-537-3754 or Lawrenceburg. Free Admission & Parking. Shop a variety of primary responsibility is to positively log onto our online Calendar of Events at www.perfectnorth.com. vendors for vintage and urban goods, including industrial & impact the Dearborn County www.visitsoutheastindiana.com. architectural salvage, shabby chic, galvanized & rusty, unique area economy through March 8 – New Alsace American Legion Chicken Dinner garden items, primitives, artisan jewelry and re-purposed and visitor expenditures. – 11am-5pm, 25329 Legion Road, New Alsace. All-you-can- reclaimed items. Unique feminine and bohemian style clothing. eat chicken dinner with all the trimmings. Carry-out dinners Homemade food available from St. John Church. March 27: available. $12/adults; $6/children ages 4-10. For information: 4pm-9pm; March 28: 9am-4pm. For more information: 513-604- 812-576-4186/Paul Kraus. 7983, [email protected] or www.facebook.
com/OverTheMoonVintageMarket. March 12 – Come Play with Clay at the Framery – 6pm-8pm, REQUESTED SERVICE ADDRESS The Framery, 575 Main Street/Ridge Ave, Lawrenceburg. Two- March 29 – New Alsace Conservation Club Sausage & day class, February 26 & March 12. Ages 2 to 92 can “play Pancake Breakfast – 7:30am-Noon, New Alsace American
with clay”, creating a masterpiece week one and glazing it Legion Post. Off N. Dearborn Rd. on Legion Rd. $9/adults; $4/ 21 NO. PERMIT LAWRENCEBURG, IN LAWRENCEBURG,
week two. Information: 812-537-4319 or [email protected] children under 10; Free/children under 3. All proceeds go to PAID
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STANDARD and its programs. Info: 812-623-2431, [email protected] or PRESORT www.newalsaceconservationclub.com. Perfect North to Host Discover Great Finds Dearborn County Home Builders Association Spring Carnival at Over the Moon Presents Director’s Line Dearborn County It’s been a great season at Perfect North Slopes! Now it’s Looking for a unique shopping experience? Over the Moon time to send out the season in style at Perfect’s annual Spring Designers Market returns to Southeast Indiana this month for a Home & Garden Show Carnival—the perfect wrap-up to a terrific winter of skiing, two-day show March 27-28 at the Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds. snowboarding and snow tubing with family and friends. The marketplace features a variety of vendors offering a large March 20-22 Recently, Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann and the Indiana Scheduled for Sun., March 8, this annual family fun day will selection of vintage and urban goods, including industrial and Office of Tourism Development (IOTD) released a report feature entertaining events and races throughout the day architectural salvage, shabby chic, galvanized and rusty Friday – 5-9pm; Saturday – 10am-8pm showing the impact of tourism on Indiana’s economy. This (weather permitting), including favorites like the decorated décor items, one-of-a-kind garden items, primitives, artisan Sunday - Noon-5pm month, I’d like to share some of that important data with you. box race and slush pit challenge. For more information, call jewelry, bohemian-style clothing, and re-purposed and 812-537-3754, log on to www.perfectnorth.com or find reclaimed items. Admission to the show is free, with food Lawrenceburg Event Center According to the report’s findings: Perfect North Slopes on Facebook. available for purchase. To learn more, call 513-604-7983 or 91 Walnut Street • Lawrenceburg, Indiana visit www.facebook.com/OverTheMoonVintageMarket. • Total Indiana tourism spending in 2013 was $10.3 Discover great ideas for building or remodeling your home billion (an increase of $200 million over the previous and landscaping at this annual home and garden show. year). Admission: $2 per person, per day
• In 2013 visitor spending translated to over $7.9 billion For more information: 812-926-3375 in Indiana GDP. www.dearborncountyhba.org • Leisure travelers comprised 85% of total visitors. • Direct employment within the Indiana travel, tourism and hospitality industry eclipsed 140,000, making it the sixth-largest industry in the state (excluding government). • Indiana tourism generates over $2.2 billion in tax receipts. “The economic impact report for 2013 shows that Indiana’s Frank Caliendo to Perform travel, tourism and hospitality industry continues to grow and have a significant impact on the Hoosier economy,” said Lt. in Lawrenceburg Governor Ellspermann. Popular comedian Frank Caliendo will hit the stage this month “Tourism is big business in Indiana and every Hoosier for a night of great comedy in downtown Lawrenceburg. The household benefits from a robust tourism economy,” added comedian, actor and impressionist will bring his live act to the Mark Newman, IOTD’s executive director. “If visitors stopped Lawrenceburg Event Center on Sat., March 7. coming to Indiana, each household would have to pay an additional $478 in state and local Known for his hilarious impersonations of politicians, actors taxes to offset the loss of visitor and celebrities, Caliendo has starred on television programs spending.” such as MadTV, Frank TV, The Tonight Show and the Fox NFL Sunday Pregame Show. His unique brand of comedy has The study was commissioned been entertaining audiences for more than fifteen years. A round-up of the latest travel news and tourism trends… by IOTD and conducted by Rockport Analytics, Caliendo’s March 7th show will begin at 8pm, with doors In case you missed it, the hottest news in the travel an independent market opening at 7pm. For a link to purchase tickets, visit the Event industry recently is the pending merger of industry research and consulting Center section of our website at www.visitsoutheastindiana. giants Expedia and Orbitz. If the deal is approved, company that specializes com/event_center.php. To book a room at the onsite the merged company will be the industry’s largest, in economic impact DoubleTree Hotel Lawrenceburg for after the show, visit controlling approximately 75 percent of the U.S. and feasibility studies www.lawrenceburg.doubletree.com. online travel agency market. So, what does this mean for the travel, tourism and for consumers? As always, it pays to shop around and hospitality industry. check multiple sites when searching for travel deals, including the direct websites of airlines and hotels. Many tourism organizations – including state tourism agencies and local convention and visitors bureaus – also offer packages and deals on their websites, making it worth your while to research your destination before booking. Source: “What the Expedia-Orbitz Deal Means for Travelers,” NBC News, www.nbcnews.com