Tim’s Picks: 5 for your week
Your guide to five choice picks for your Greater Lafayette week.
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By Tim Brouk / For Based in Lafayette
Easter egg hunts, just a small sample of egg hunts for kids big and small in Lafayette and West Lafayette (addresses and more details in the links):
Family Resource Center, 6 p.m. Thursday, April 17
Sell It Here, 9 a.m. Saturday, April 19
Immanuel United Church of Christ, 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19
Northview Church, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 19
Victory, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 19
First Christian Church, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 20
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 11 a.m. Sunday, April 20
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 10:20 a.m. Sunday, April 20
Protrusion with Obscene and Nuclear Tomb, 8 p.m. Friday, April 18, North End Pub, 2100 Elmwood Ave., Lafayette — The metal maniacs in Protrusion had to do it — a death metal show on Good Friday. On the Christian calendar, Good Friday recounts the bloody torture and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was the most brutal way to die. And brutality can be heard in the lyrics and felt in the riffs and blast beats of Protrusion, one of the top local metal acts around. Joining the band on this holy day of moshing obligation will be Obscene from Indianapolis and Nuclear Tomb, on tour from Baltimore. To quote Homer Simpson, “Sacrilicious …” $10.
Lafayette Roller Derby, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 19, Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, 1406 Teal Road, Lafayette — Lafayette’s most hardcore athletes take the track again as your Star City Super Novas lace them up for hard-hitting, harder-skating roller derby action. The home-opening bout of the team’s 2025 season will bring in The Prairieland Punishers from Decatur, Illinois, who might become The Prairieland Punishees if Super Novas blocker Kara Scene has anything to do with it. “I’m super excited to get back on the track in front of our hometown crowd and show everyone all of the hard work we’ve been putting in so far this season,” she said. On-site vendors will include People’s Brewing Company, Generation NA and L Kora food truck. Flourish Studio will present a kids’ art activity space. A percentage of ticket sales will be donated to Lafayette Roller Derby’s 2025 charity, Lafayette YWCA. $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Tickets.
Richard Goodall, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19, Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette — Everyone’s favorite singing janitor will make his Lafayette debut this weekend. Richard Goodall captured the ears — and hearts — of America when he competed in the most recent season of “America’s Got Talent.” The Terre Haute sensation’s pipes impressed, but his story surely earned him some votes: Goodall has worked as a humble school custodian in the Vigo County School Corp. for 23 years. He went viral a couple of years before his “America’s Got Talent” audition when students filmed him singing the Journey hit “Don’t Stop Believin’” with much gusto. He used that same song for his “Talent” audition in 2024, and Goodall swept through the competition like those school hallways he’s cleaned for decades. He was even joined by members of Journey for his grand finale song, “Faithfully.” Goodall’s feel-good story was once just a Terre Haute tale, but the whole country soon learned that raw, musical talent can be found everywhere — and this weekend, it will be found in downtown Lafayette. $29-$59. Tickets.
“Surveying the Sacred,” reception and talk, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, Ringel Gallery, Stewart Center, Purdue University — Twenty years ago, Purdue Galleries was gifted more than 120 religious works of art. Known as the Scheuring collection after its benefactor, Katherine “Betsy” Scheuring, the pieces of Eastern Orthodox iconography have been hung in a couple shows since, but further analysis has been made to better understand and appreciate the works. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, the researchers and art historians will talk about the findings next week at the new exhibition’s reception. The show runs through May 9.
Tim Brouk is a longtime arts and entertainment reporter. He writes here (almost) weekly, tracking things to do for Based in Lafayette.
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