Bob the Builder Live: Spud's Big Mess at the Honeywell Center
This event will bring Bob, Wendy, Scoop, Lofty, Dizzy, Scrambler and the rest of the gang to the Ford Theater stage on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. 

The friends will pull together to save Sunflower Valley from Spud's old tricks. Based on the popular television show, Bob The Builder Live is an exciting, interactive performance.

Tickets are $32, $27 and $22, with a $5 discount for kids. 

Tickets may be purchased by visiting the box office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, by calling (260) 563-1102, visiting http://www.honeywellcenter.org/ or by dialing *tix from your Centennial Wireless phone.

The Time and Place That Gave Me Life Program at the Monroe County History Center
This event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Monroe County History Center located at 202 E. Sixth St. in Bloomington.

Bloomington resident Janet Cheatham Bell will recount her experiences growing up as an African-American woman in Indianapolis and coming of age as a student at Indiana University from the 1940s to the 1960s. Based on her recently published memoir, The Time and Place That Gave Me Life, Bell's presentation will spotlight the race and gender issues she encountered.

For more information contact Lou Malcomb at malcomb@indiana.edu or (812) 332-2517.

South Bend Museums to Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
On Monday, Jan. 19, in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Center for History and Studebaker National Museum are offering free admission to their museums from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours of Copshaholm are limited.

A series of films will be shown that day at the Center for History, including I Have a Dream at 10 a.m., King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis at 11 a.m., and A Collection of Short Civil Rights Films at 1 p.m. Free popcorn will be offered.

At the Studebaker National Museum, visitors can enjoy a special exhibit in conjunction with Black History Month as well as the British Steel exhibit and the Presidential Carriage Collection.

For information, call the Center for History in South Bend at (574) 235-9664 or the Studebaker National Museum at (574) 235-9714, or visit http://www.centerforhistory.org/ or http://www.studebakermuseum.org/.

Dubois County Museum Annual Membership Dinner Meeting
This event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Dubois County Museum located at 2704 N. Newton St. (US 231) in Jasper.

The featured speaker will be William E. Bartelt, a Lincoln scholar and the author of There I Grew Up, Remembering Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana Youth. Copies of Mr. Bartelt’s book will be available at the museum for purchase and for Mr. Bartelt to sign.

Mr. Bartelt will inaugurate the Lincoln activities planned for Lincoln’s 200th birthday at the museum. Planned is a temporary exhibit on Abraham Lincoln, featuring a desk made and signed by Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham. The temporary exhibit will run from Jan. 22 through Feb. 28.  Also planned is a structured program for second graders on Feb. 11 and 12 to add to their knowledge of Abraham Lincoln.

The deadline to purchase tickets for the dinner is Jan. 13. For more information contact the Dubois County Museum at (812) 634-7733.

National Teach-In on the Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln
HISTORY™, together with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, will feature this teach-in with a live Webcast on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 1:30 p.m. EST.

The teach-in will take place at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Educators and students nationwide can tune in and view this live Webcast online. Teachers, students and families will find enrichment resources and study guides at this site, which may be used at any time and/or can help prepare for the event.

This special live event will feature two Lincoln scholars, Matthew Pinsker and Harold Holzer, sharing their expertise and answering students' questions from all over the country. The content is recommended for middle through high school, with an emphasis on 8th grade, and easily fits within all fifty states' standards of learning.

For more information or to register for this event visit http://www.history.com/lincoln/.

The first 500 registrants will receive a National History Day sourcebook on Lincoln and a Lincoln coin box.

Summer 2009 Research Fellowships at the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston
These fellowships are open to academic scholars, independent researchers and graduate students. 

The Library's newly public collections, centered on the papers of Mary Baker Eddy and records documenting the history of Christian Science, offer scholars countless opportunities for original research.  Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) authored a ground-breaking book on science, theology and healing titled Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, a publishing society, and The Christian Science Monitor. 

A stipend is provided. Application and supporting materials must be postmarked by Feb. 9, 2009. For further information about the Library's holdings and the fellowship program, including the application and instructions, please visit http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/collections/fellowships or call (617) 450-7316.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
This event is free to the public and will be held on Monday, Jan. 19, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

Celebrate one of America’s greatest Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr., during the annual MLK Day Celebration at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center. Through historic materials, family activities and crafts, discussions, spoken word, dance and musical performances, participants will learn more about King's legacy and the important role youth play in our nation's future.

Additionally, the Martin Luther King Community Center will present their annual "Living the Legacy" award in the Frank and Katrina Basile Theater that afternoon.

On-going activities will occur from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the History Center. Light refreshments will be available.

Call (317) 232-1882 for more details.

Co-presented with the Martin Luther King Community Center and sponsored by IndyGo.

An Evening with Photo Detective Maureen Taylor
Maureen Taylor, known as The Photo Detective, will be lecturing at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center on Tuesday, March 10, at 7 p.m.

Taylor, an internationally recognized expert on the intersection of history, genealogy and photography, has been featured in top media outlets including “Today,” “The View,” The Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes & Garden. She is the author of numerous books and magazine articles as well as a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine.

For the past 10 years, Taylor has employed a variety of diagnostic techniques, combining genealogy, art history, costume history and cultural anthropology in her work dating and identifying the subjects in photos. The Wall Street Journal called her “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective.”

Tickets are $10 or $8 for IHS members. Call (317) 234-1830 to purchase.

Have a mystery photo and need some expert advice?

Sign up for a 15-minute private consultation with Maureen Taylor. Once you’ve registered for a consultation, here’s how the process works:

• Think about which photos you’d like her to look at. If you have additional information about the pictures, please bring that with you.
• It’s helpful to bring a family history chart with you as well.
• For note taking purposes, Maureen suggests you make a photocopy of each image and bring it with you.

Consultations will be scheduled during the day on Tuesday, March 10. They are $25. Call (317) 234-1830 for your appointment.

For more information about Maureen Taylor, visit her Web site at http://www.photodetective.com/.

TUSKS!: Mammoths and Mastodons at the Center for History in South Bend
The Ice Age comes to the Center for History in South Bend when TUSKS! opens on Jan. 17. The exhibit is produced by the Florida Museum of Natural History and explores the world of mammoths and mastodons that roamed the earth 10,000 years ago. TUSKS! will be on view through May 3.

Impressive displays of these extinct relatives of present-day elephants reveal 80 fossilized bones, tusks and skulls of the incredible beasts. Through graphic panels, murals, hands-on interactives and video modules, the exhibit details the scientific study–from discovery to research–of the prehistoric elephants and their relatives (all proboscideans, which are large beasts named for their long, flexible trunk or proboscises).

TUSKS! showcases such unique specimens as the extinct 10-million-year-old Florida shoveltusker and other animals that lived with the proboscideans. The exhibit studies the mammoths and mastodons that lived alongside North America’s first human residents for thousands of years and explores whether humans played a role in the extinction of these colossal creatures. Visitors can also learn how scientists collect and study fossils as well as how research on ancient climates is done.

The upper jaw of a male mastodon, a mastodon’s tusk and the left temporal area of a mastodon’s skull–all from the Center for History’s collections–are showcased in a special area of the exhibit. Artifacts on loan from the Indiana State Museum are also featured.

Admission to the Center for History is $8 for adults, $6.50 for seniors, $5 for youth ages six to 17, and free for members and children ages five and under. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, call (574) 235-9664 or visit http://www.centerforhistory.org/.

Faces of the Civil War at the New Castle Henry County Public Library through Feb. 4
This exhibition brings to life the stories of many Hoosiers whose lives were touched, and in some cases taken, by the Civil War. Not all are well known or revered — many were just everyday citizens fulfilling their duties to their friends, family, state and country. Rather than focusing on statistics and large scale battles, Faces of the Civil War illustrates how regular people coped with the tragic experiences of the day — all from an Indiana perspective.

Non-soldier stories featured in the exhibition include the stories of women who served both on the homefront and on the battlefield. Lovina Streight followed her husband into battle and was captured more than once by the Confederate army while tending to her husband as well as his wounded and dying comrades. Streight, along with her husband, was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis with full military honors.

These traveling exhibits are on loan from the Indiana Historical Society. For more information about the IHS traveling exhibit program, go to www.indianahistory.org/LHS and click on "Traveling Exhibition."

Vice President, Collections and Exhibits at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan
The VP develops and administers Intrepid Museum's short-term and long-range exhibit plan and budget and is responsible for overseeing all facets of Intrepid Museum's exhibit records, collections, research, artifact acquisition, preservation and restoration in accordance with museum policies.

For a full job description and application instructions, please visit http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/Are-You-In/Careers/Job-Opening/Exhibits/Vice-President,-Collections-and-Exhibits.aspx

Head of Education at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma
The Head of Education is responsible for administration, leadership and management of the Education Department including coordination, development, implementation and evaluation of museum’s educational and interpretive programs and of the Discovery Room and Volunteer Program. This position also has significant budget management duties and must strategize program funding utilizing multiple funding streams.

For full job description and application information, please visit https://jobs.ou.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1231439300555

ExhibiTricks
This blog offers "Tricks of the Trade" about exhibits and museums, and useful information and resources for exhibit design and exhibit development at http://blog.orselli.net/.

Classroom Resources: Presidential Inaugurals
This site from the National History Education Clearinghouse offers resources and information on presidential inaugurals at http://teachinghistory.org/news/20576.

NPower Indiana New Web Site
NPower Indiana has updated the appearance of their Web site and added many new features. 

Some of these features include:

• An online service portal for entering technical support issues via the Web, allowing the consulting team to track, troubleshoot and resolve your problems more efficiently
• An updated resources section with papers, tools and links to other helpful sites for nonprofits
• A collection of case studies to illustrate how NPower’s nonprofit clients are using technology to improve their organizations and achieve greater community impact
• An online calendar of upcoming trainings, Webinars and other NPower events

To view the new site, visit http://www.npowerin.org/.