Community Calendar

Let’s face it – food is expensive! The good news? We can save money by reducing wasted food. To help with that, we have launched our 2nd Annual Food Conservation Challenge. Share your real-world tips and tricks that cut consumer food waste and stretch budgets. Plus, there are prizes – $100 gift cards for five first-place winners! We will post the winning ideas on our website and social media.

Our ask…
📣Spread the word: Share this information with your network, family, and friends.
📲Stay connected: Follow us on social media, Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn, and repost our posts about the contest; join our email list
🚀Take action: Enter the contest and start conserving

The contest runs through October 4, 2026. Find full contest details and last year’s winning ideas on the Center's (conservefood.org) website under "Collaborate and Inspire” or reach out at cfcwr@purdue.edu.

Let’s work together to conserve food! Good for your health, good for your wallet, and good for the planet.

The Beyond Gallery & Gift shop presents "Natural World," a collaborative art exhibition. It features 39 pieces of art by 21 artists. The opening reception is on Friday, August 7th from 5:30-7:30p. The show runs until Saturday, September 26th. Our hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6p, Sunday from 12-4p and we are closed on Mondays.

Learn to square dance with Lafayette Fun Squares! Lessons begin Tue Sept 8 and run through Dec.
$7 for adults, $5 for students. First 2 lessons are FREE.
Held at McAllister Rec. Center, 6:30-8:00pm. Have questions? email raven.fogel@gmail.com.

A free event offering repair services and advice. Don't replace it, repair it! At the Northend Community Center. Bring your broken items and get instant help. Appliances, bikes, electronics, tools, lawn and garden equipment, furniture, and toys, are just a few of the items we can help repair. Before you throw it away, bring it to us! First Saturday of every month, 10am-noon.

The Beyond Gallery & Gift shop presents "Natural World," a collaborative art exhibition. It features 39 pieces of art by 21 artists. The opening reception is on Friday, August 7th from 5:30-7:30p. The show runs until Saturday, September 26th. Our hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6p, Sunday from 12-4p and we are closed on Mondays.

Join Miss Polly every Saturday morning at 10:30 AM for excellent stories and lots of laughs.

Under the Sculpture in the Youth Room.

Program Type: Storytime
Age Group: Child 0-5, General/Family

Learn to square dance with Lafayette Fun Squares! Lessons begin Tue Sept 8 and run through Dec.
$7 for adults, $5 for students. First 2 lessons are FREE.
Held at McAllister Rec. Center, 6:30-8:00pm. Have questions? email raven.fogel@gmail.com.

Join us for our open meeting and open house for 2026 at the West Lafayette Observatory, 600 Cumberland, West Lafayette, IN! The open meeting portion includes astronomy news, new toys, and a presentation by Scott Sudhoff, "The Vocabulary of Deep Sky Imaging". This talk will focus on helping people understand what imagers are talking about when they describe how images were taken, and why those attributes of the process are important. This will include optics, filters, sensors, and software. After a short break, at the open house we'll have the dome open and some additional telescopes set up outside (weather permitting) along with a presentation by BJ Austin about the proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory.
You don't have to be a member to attend, but we encourage you to consider joining if you haven't already to help support our year-round outreach activities bringing the wonders of astronomy to students and the general public.

Great craic from traditional Irish band Laughing Jack at Nine Irish Brothers! Featuring a wide range of Irish and traditional folk music, including fun sea shanties and singalongs. If you want to experience a touch of Ireland without having to take a flight, stop in and catch 'em!

Lucas Harry brings a fun set to Nine Irish Brothers! Lucas is another one of those guys who makes the night fly by—you’ll be up and dancing before you know it.