Event List

Ages 5-10: Pete the Cat is building the perfect pizza to share with his friends! But what’s a party with only one pizza? Make your own pie and top it with your favorite paper ingredients.

Make dumplings and potstickers from scratch, from mixing dough to shaping and cooking your own. Try several folding techniques, choose between vegetarian and meat fillings, then cook, taste, and share what you’ve made.

Ages 3–5: Build your own cereal brand, from product idea to box layout, at Art Adventures! Use cardboard and construction paper to design a 

Ages 3–8: Take turns in an over-the-top cooking show where each step gets a little sillier and a lot messier. Will you help create a successful dish, or dine on a disaster? 

Ages 6 & Up: Have a delicious family game night at the West Branch Library! Serve up your best dishes to earn popularity points, restore the Community Center, or grab the tastiest sushi combinations as they whizz by.

Uncover the power of food, memory, and words with professional writer Leah Singer.

Ages 10–18: Snack on chocolate treats and compete for a giant chocolate bar at Chocolate Bingo. Between rounds, pick up bite-sized facts about how chocolate is made and what sets different types apart.

Uncover the power of food, memory, and words with professional writer Leah Singer.

Put your taste buds to the test with a blind Pop-Tart tasting. Sample a mix of familiar and unexpected flavors without knowing what you’re eating, then see how many you can correctly identify.

Ages 6–15: Travel to deep, dark jungles, arid deserts, and the frigid Arctic in search of reptilian, avian, and furry friends at Animals Around the World!

Ages 13 & Up: Design your cookbook from scratch with Canva, an easy online design tool where you choose the layout, colors, and style that fit your food and vibe.

Ages 12 & Up: Start growing before spring arrives with an introduction to hydroponic gardening. Learn how simple, 3D-printed containers can support indoor herbs and greens, giving gardeners a head start on the season.

Hosting doesn’t have to be expensive or formal. Explore practical ways to share meals with friends, stretch your budget, and build connections through food without a perfect table or fancy recipes.

Ages 6–15: Travel to deep, dark jungles, arid deserts, and the frigid Arctic in search of reptilian, avian, and furry friends at Animals Around the World!

Ages 10–18: Decorate a mini Rice Krispie cake with icing, chocolate, and sprinkles! Take inspiration from Kawaii Sweet World by Rebecca Fong, then turn your cake into something playful, colorful, and almost too cute to eat.

Ages 0–2: Share food-themed stories, songs, and sensory play at Tiny Tot Time.

Ages 13 & Up: Add a little color to a practical staple at Sublimation Studio. Decorate a reusable tote using heat-transfer printing, and watch your design become a permanent part of the fabric.

Explore the history of restaurants in Terre Haute’s 12 Points district with Suzy Dunning, and see how food and local businesses helped shape the area’s identity.

Ages 4 & Up: Walk the woods with Phil Cox from the Ouabache Land Conservancy, and learn how to spot Indiana’s native trees and plants by their bark, leaves, and growth habits.

Ages 6–15: Travel to deep, dark jungles, arid deserts, and the frigid Arctic in search of reptilian, avian, and furry friends at Animals Around the World!

Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees is a collection of personal essays by Aimee Nezhukumatathil that uses food as a way to examine memory, culture, and everyday life.