Community Calendar

Join the Elkhart Environmental Center for our 29th annual EnviroFest event!
EnviroFest is the region’s largest environmental festival with: vendor and exhibitor booths by environmental/sustainable businesses and organizations, food vendors, silent auction, kids area, local beer tent, and more!
To become a vendor, apply online by July 24 at https://www.eventeny.com/events/envirofest-30267/
The event is FREE this year!
Kids Entertainment by Indiana Wild
Rock climbing wall
Kids Area
Water slide
Booths by a variety of businesses and organizations with fun activities and useful resources
Silent auction
Volunteers: Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt (while supplies last), free food throughout their shift(s), and a free ticket to the event. To volunteer, sign up at https://elkhart.galaxydigital.com/need/index?s=1&need_init_id=11402

Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible‘s Book of Genesis. It’s a family-friendly retelling of Joseph, filled with catchy music.

Directed by: Katie Miller O’Leary, Marcia Yost, Julia Zusi; Produced by: Adrienne Nesbitt

Sponsored by Shelly & Steve Fidler and the Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Each Saturday, take a step back in time. Visit Pears Mill, an 1857 water-powered mill. Located in Buchanan, Michigan’s downtown Historic District. The mill is adjacent to Buchanan Farmers Market. Frequent demonstrations. Pears Mill is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday from May 6th through Labor Day. There is no charge

Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible‘s Book of Genesis. It’s a family-friendly retelling of Joseph, filled with catchy music.

Directed by: Katie Miller O’Leary, Marcia Yost, Julia Zusi; Produced by: Adrienne Nesbitt

Sponsored by Shelly & Steve Fidler and the Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible‘s Book of Genesis. It’s a family-friendly retelling of Joseph, filled with catchy music.

Directed by: Katie Miller O’Leary, Marcia Yost, Julia Zusi; Produced by: Adrienne Nesbitt

Sponsored by Shelly & Steve Fidler and the Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau

It’s open to the public. Based on Jazz Standards - Straight-Ahead Jazz. Listen. Play. Discuss. It's a Learning Environment. Bring your Instrument, your Ears, your Friends. Popcorn, coffees, soft drinks, and food available at Culture Café.

The Arman Sangalang Quartet is an ensemble that balances intricate compositions rooted in jazz with genre-bending improvisation to create a landscape of modern textures and soundscapes. The quartet features Chicago saxophonist, Arman Sangalang. He is joined by an all-star rhythm section of the Midwest’s finest improvisors: Dave Miller (guitar), Katie Ernst (Bass), and Devin Drobka (drums). Primarily based in Chicago, the group is excited to embark on a Midwest tour to celebrate the release of Sangalang’s debut album, “Quartet” on Calligram Records.

Arman Sangalang – saxophone
Dave Miller – guitar
Katie Ernst - bass
Devin Drobka – drums

Spend a summer evening grooving to jazz on the Hiler Family Terrace at the Raclin Murphy Museum. Bring your own blanket or lawn chair (limited seating will be available on the Terrace) and settle in for some great music. Ivan’s Cafe will have food available for purchase, and a cash bar will be available.

The Abram Collier Nonet is a collective of some of Chicago’s finest musicians, headed by vocalist and baritone saxophonist Abram Collier. In addition to Collier, the group includes: Millie Ahearn (trumpet), Neil Carson (alto saxophone/woodwinds), Roy McGrath (tenor saxophone/woodwinds), Pete Charles Isaac (trombone), Shanth Gopalswamy (guitar), Aval Stanley (piano), Jesse Lear (bass), and Joel Baer (drums).

The Abram Collier Nonet performs a variety of original, ensemble-exclusive arrangements, ranging from jazz standards and repertoire from the Great American Songbook to selections from modern pop music and video game soundtracks adapted for jazz ensemble. In addition, the group plays original compositions by Collier himself, traversing folk, traditional and modern pop, and jazz. Heavily inspired by singers such as Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Nat “King” Cole, and Harry Connick Jr., Collier uses the nonet as a vehicle to breathe new life into timeless music while bringing a traditional sound to a new, younger audience.

Museum galleries will be open so you can explore the work of art paired with the performance.

Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible‘s Book of Genesis. It’s a family-friendly retelling of Joseph, filled with catchy music.

Directed by: Katie Miller O’Leary, Marcia Yost, Julia Zusi; Produced by: Adrienne Nesbitt

Sponsored by Shelly & Steve Fidler and the Elkhart County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Stephen Philip Harvey is an award-winning, Philadelphia-based saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator whose work bridges jazz traditions with the pulse of contemporary Black American music. Balancing narrative-driven composition with expressive improvisation, Harvey creates music distinguished by its cinematic scope, rhythmic vitality, and melodic accessibility. Trumpeter and composer Sean Jones describes his work as “a beautiful pairing of the complex and the elementary.” His 2026 trio album, Golden Hour, centers the spontaneous interplay of SPH+2 and the immediacy of the chordless format. The recording builds upon the trio’s first release, Library Card (2024), which Take Effect Reviews praised for Harvey’s “fluid” and “soaring” saxophone playing, calling him a “saxophone wizard” whose music offers a “spontaneous and inimitable version of jazz that few could replicate.”

Stephen Philip Harvey - sax/compositions
Steve Arnold - bass
Jordon Stanley - drums