The Columbus Scottish Festival will return to the Bartholomew County Fairgrounds for its 26th year, this fall on September 9th and 10th. The two-day festival will bring the best of Scotland, right here in southern Indiana. The festival will feature Highland traditions with food, music, dancing, vendors, athletics, children’s area, cars, whisky tastings, and a traditional Ceilidh celebration. Advance sale tickets start at just $10 and feature different pricing packages.

Learn to Meditate
with Buddhist teacher Thomas Mitchell
Saturday, 9 September • 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

Meditation has many benefits, including stress and anxiety reduction, improved physical and mental well-being, increased mental focus, and enhanced sense of life purpose.

During this day course, you will learn simple, guided meditations that you can integrate into your busy life, whether at home or work.  Led by an experienced meditation teacher, this is a perfect introduction for complete beginners or refresher for anyone with some previous experience.

Cost: $20

Like the human body, a tree has many parts-both visible and hidden-that are essential for its survival. We will explore the trees both living and dead, and find out what is happening inside and around the trees. Meet at Scarlet Oak Woods.
RSVP on our website.

Garfield, a chubby and sarcastic tabby cat fantasizes about having the most amazing birthday in the history of birthdays. He deserves it for being the best cat ever! But, it seems that all his friends – Arlene, Odie, Jon, and even his nemesis, Nermal, seem to have forgotten. Me-owch!! Feeling rejected, Garfield ventures out to find adventure, but quickly learns that “home is where the heart…and the food is.”

Visit cardinalstage.org for more information.

The Paul Bertsch Band has been performing since 1987 with the same personnel. It’s rare that 4 guys play together for the better part of 30 years, but that’s exactly what Dave, John, Neal and Paul have been doing. They write, record, and perform original material as well as classic rock, blues, and folk.

Join WTIU Public Television for a special screening of Just Like Me: The Vietnam War—Stories from All Sides. A Q&A will follow with the film’s producer Ron Osgood, who is also a Vietnam War veteran. This documentary examines the war from the perspectives of Americans and North and South Vietnamese, as well as Indiana veterans and residents. WTIU is airing this documentary as an Indiana companion piece to the upcoming 10-part PBS series The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. WTIU will also share a one-hour overview of this groundbreaking series following the Just Like Me screening and Q&A.

Unity of Bloomington, A Center for Spiritual Growth, invites the Bloomington Community to experience A Unity Festival: Celebrating Creativity & Connection to be held on Saturday, September 9, 2017, at 4001 S. Rogers Street, Bloomington, from 3-7 p.m.
This is the 2nd year of our Unity Festival, an opportunity for the public to enjoy the variety of spiritual practices and activities that flourish in our community. There will be games and activities specifically for children, including Hula Hoops with the Hudsucker Posse, and diverse music provided by local artists, including 5-Spoke Wheel, Sakshi Zion and Baraka, Northstar Capoeira, and Travis Puntarelli. The healing arts will be represented by massage therapists Tana McElhinney and Jana Anna offering chair massages as well as local chiropractor Dr. Norm Houze, who is offering health and wellness assessments. Leslie Wilfong will do polarities resolutions. Vendors include an old-fashioned yard sale, Alchemy Awake, selling sacred yantra and crystal jewelry; and Authors and Artists, with offerings from local writers Janet Cheatham Bell and Lauren Lane Powell as well as recordings from local musicians. Food and refreshments will be sold by Carson’s BBQ of Ellettsville; Rasta Pops, homemade frozen fruit pops; Primal Delights, reiki-infused Kombucha and other fermented treats; and an old-fashioned bake sale. In our Chapel, visitors will experience music, meditation, and information about Unity and the spiritual principles that sustain our community. Other performers include various Unity soloists; Janiece Jaffe’s Healing Meditation, which features her vocal toning accompanied by crystal bowls; Laughter Yoga with Christine Eartheart; and tai chi-like Chi Gong with instructor Elisa Pokral. We invite you to stop by anytime between 3 and 7 p.m. for a fun and spiritually-uplifting experience with your friends and family. For more information, click on Events on our web page at UnityofBloomington.org.

Garfield, a chubby and sarcastic tabby cat fantasizes about having the most amazing birthday in the history of birthdays. He deserves it for being the best cat ever! But, it seems that all his friends – Arlene, Odie, Jon, and even his nemesis, Nermal, seem to have forgotten. Me-owch!! Feeling rejected, Garfield ventures out to find adventure, but quickly learns that “home is where the heart…and the food is.”

Visit cardinalstage.org for more information.

The featured exhibit for the month of September is titled ‘Painterly Companions’ and is presented with support from Kathy & Gary Anderson. ‘Painterly Companions’ is an exhibit celebrating the camaraderie and relationships that are built between artists and their subjects through the creation of art and will feature work by Guild Member Artists as well as early art colony artists such as T.C. Steele, Marie Goth & Adolph Shulz.

Visitors can also see one of T.C. Steele’s original and authentic brushes and what is believed to be the artist’s last working palette.
Here one can closely observe the range of colors with which the artist worked, and how he blended his hues. This fascinating personal artifact allows the art connoisseur and patron to connect with T.C. Steele in an entirely unique way.

An Artist Reception & Wet Paint Sale for the Guild Members Plein Air Gathering will take place from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, September 9 at the Guild. New paintings will be on display and available for purchase. Visitors can enjoy light refreshments and beer from Big Woods Brewery with music by Amanda Webb.

Located at 48 South Van Buren Street in the heart of downtown Nashville, the Brown County Art Guild is open Monday-Saturday 11:00-5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00-4:00 p.m.

Moonlight and Magnolias is a clever comedy play about the writers of the movie “Gone With the Wind”. The producer has had enough of delays – he locks his top team away until they finish the script, with hilarious results. The play is based on a legendary Hollywood incident that also light-heartedly explores the struggle between artists’ morals and the film industry’s prejudices. Includes some old-fashioned swearing. Directed by Gerry Pauwels.