Maybe you could use a mild brush with nature or inspiration from a creative master of the brush. Late Hoosier impressionist painter T.C. Steele’s House of the Singing Winds near Nashville in Brown County is “an expression of the Steeles’ philosophy of combining nature with daily life,” according to tcsteele.org. There, you can take a guided tour and see impressionistic landscape portraits, pottery and palettes, arts and crafts furniture, more than 1,000 books, stencils made by wife Selma Steele, a victrola, a player piano, sculptures, still lifes, and more. And the House of the Singing Winds Visitors Center is worth a stop, too. Information: tcsteele.org
Another idea for getting out and about in the brisk weather: Ezra Jack Keats’ classic children’s tale “The Snowy Day,” read as part of a StoryWalk all day Friday at Blackwell Park at the intersection of Westenedge Street and Parkside Drive in Columbus. A StoryWalk allows a group or family to read a children’s book together one page at a time along a walking trail with markers along the way holding one or two pages of a story at a time. In “The Snowy Day,” a youngster named Peter finds his familiar world covered in a blanket of white that he proceeds to explore. Information: mybcpl.org
The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel is offering a Zoom presentation of “The Beatles at Shea Stadium: The Beginning of Stadium Rock” at 7 p.m. Jan. 7. Tickets are $12 (you get the link after your purchase) to relive the historic event from Aug. 15, 1965. Even if you can’t hear a lot of the great set set list that opened with “Twist and Shout,” you can at least relive the screaming and excitement. Information: thecenterpresents.org
Brian Blair is a Republic reporter. He can be reached at 379-5672 or bblair@therepublic.com.
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