By Devynn Barnes
The SullivanMunce Cultural Center has a busy summer planned for Zionsville residents. In addition to its normal hours, the Cultural Center is adding a series of historic walking tours as well as three community events in June, including a Cuban themed Garden Classic, a Gardens of Zionsville Tour and an outdoor “Paint Out” featuring local artists.
Executive Director of the SullivanMunce Center, Cynthia Young, is happy to introduce the Cultural Center’s summer schedule, especially the walking tours to be taking place each month.
Young explained the birthplace of the idea for the walks, which stemmed out of a program SullivanMunce does annually with elementary school students.
“We did a local history program for all the third grade students in Zionsville. We have volunteers that go into their classroom, and in May they come back for a history tour in Zionsville,” she said.
The tour was a highlight of the third graders’ school year, which encouraged SullivanMunce to make it a summer staple available to all residents. Tours begin at the SullivanMunce Center on the first Saturday of each month, May through October. Registration for the tours takes place online and each tour group is limited to 20 people.
Young says the registration is taking off, and that she even has some spots booked for October. She says the program is great for people planning to visit.
“If they’re going to be visiting Zionsville, they can get on the website and sign up for when they’re going to be here,” Young said.
Young is looking forward to the June events as well, especially the Garden Classic on June 13. The event will feature vintage Cuban cars from the 1940s and ’50s, as well as an iPhone photography exhibit.
“We’ll have Latin music and food and cars like the ones you see in Cuba,” Young said.
On June 14, both the Gardens of Zionsville Tour and the 9thAnnual Zionsville Paint Out will be taking place. The garden tour will feature six different gardens in Zionsville as well as potted plants available for bidding, and the Paint Out will include local artists competing outdoors all across the town. Both events should make for an exciting weekend as the SullivanMunce Cultural Center looks to kick off the summer with a busy schedule.
Tickets and more information for the events can be found online at sullivanmunce.org, or by calling the SullivanMunce center at 873-4900.
