Local Features

John Vinson took this photo of a hot air balloon, proving that though pigs can’t fly, elephants can.

Karen Porter took this picture of a yellow daffodil at Harrison Ridge Park in Columbus on March 11, 2023.

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Mark Royer photographed this view of Sydney Harbor, including the Sydney Opera House and Circle Quay (the ferry harbor), on April 2 during a trip to Australia.

You’ve heard of letting the good times roll. Organizers of an upcoming beerfest-plus are hoping that people will let the good times flow.

The local Mill Race Theatre Company will present a staged reading of the original play “In Praise of Sparrows” by Columbus resident Nicole Cunningham, shown here, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Helen Haddad Hall at 315 Franklin St. in downtown Columbus. The synopsis: In 1926, a wedding meant to light a path to the future for a struggling immigrant farming family kicks off a harrowing series of events. The sole survivor isn’t talking. Decades later, alone and spending her final days in hospice care, she meets a caregiver with a tragic past of her own. The two women bond over their pain, and confront the ghosts of their past. Information and tickets: millracetheatre.org/tickets.

The past steps into the present once again as the Bartholomew County Historical Society’s Talking Tombstones returns for its second year at the City Cemetery at 5:30 p.m. May 9 at both the 16th Street entrance or the 19th Street entrance.

Call Colby Lovins something of an old soul.

Mary Patrick took this photo on a beautiful sunny day in Madison at a winery.

Chasney Ward took this picture beautifully capturing the clocktower located atop the Bartholomew County Courthouse on Aug. 27, 2023.