Jump onto a luxury passenger bus and travel to a known Indiana stop on the Underground Railroad! Located in Fountain City, Indiana, the Levi & Catharine Coffin State Historic Site and the Quaker Welcome Center will be our destinations for a day filled with discussion about these Hoosier conductors and how their actions shaped the community.

$68 for members/ $78 for non-members

Ticket price includes round-trip transportation, admission & speaker fees, and a hot lunch buffet at the Old Richmond Inn. Follow the link below to book your ticket today!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hoosier-conductors-day-trip-tickets-49359386253
Ticket sales end on November 14. Call 812-332-2517 with any questions or to purchase over the phone.

Join us for a meaningful and delicious lunch break!
Nourish your mind with a relaxing, guided breathing meditation.
Then enjoy homemade soup with bread and the company of
friendly, like-minded people.
Bring a friend! Everyone is welcome.

On Wednesday, November 14 at 5:00 PM at the CAHI House (1211 E. Atwater Ave.), IU Professor Steven Wagschal will talk about his new book Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds.

Steve Wagschal’s Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds (Toronto, 2018) employs current research in cognitive science and the philosophy of animal cognition to explore how humans have understood non-human animals in the Iberian world, from the Middle Ages through the Early Modern period.

Using texts from European and indigenous sources, Steven Wagschal argues that people conceptualize the minds of animals in ways that reflect their own uses for the animal. Wagschal’s research touches on the utility of anthropomorphism; the symbolic use of animals in medieval Christian texts; attempts at understanding the minds of animals in Spain’s early modern farming and hunting books; and how Cervantes navigated the forms of anthropomorphism that preceded him to create the first embodied animal minds in fiction.

Steve Wagschal is Professor and Chair of Spanish and Portuguese at IU Bloomington. In addition to Minding Animals in the New and Old Worlds, he is the author of The Literature of Jealousy in the Age of Cervantes (Missouri, 2006).

This event is presented by the IU College Arts & Humanities Institute.

On Wednesday, November 14th, beginning at 6:00 p.m., The Venue will again host one of our most pleasing ongoing events, a concert by Travis Puntarelli. Those who have heard him perform know Travis’s genius, and those who have not will recognize his extraordinary talent, in a heartbeat. His range of original musical and lyrical styles appears to be limitless, as is the number of instruments he has mastered. A Travis concert is truly a treat. And it’s free.
So join us, You will not be disappointed.

ELF The Musical is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of Buddy, who, as a young orphan child, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. Unaware that he is actually human, Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making abilities put him face-to-face with the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, discover his true identity, and help the city remember the true meaning of Christmas. This modern day Christmas classic is sure to make everyone embrace their inner ELF.

Based on the beloved 2003 New Line Cinema film, ELF features songs by Tony Award nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer), with a book by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray), and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone).