Last night, Bob and I went to the Indiana University Auditorium to see the national touring production of the musical “Come From Away,” the story of Newfoundlanders taking in over 7,000 passengers when the skies were shut down over the US following the 9/11 terrorist strikes. It was an uplifting story because it showed human community and compassion— quite the antidote for the current political times in the US.
The auditorium was built as a Federal Works Agency project during the Great Depression and completed in 1941. it is also home to Thomas Hart Benson’s “Century of Progress” murals.
Today, we drove about 25 minutes east of Bloomington to Nashville, Indiana. Nashville has a population of about 1,300, and is best known as the center of the Brown County Art Colony, which formed in 1907. It came to our attention when the local woman who cut my hair a couple of weeks ago mentioned it as a popular tourist spot.
We walked around the downtown shopping district. As a Tuesday in January, it was quiet.
around town
We also drove out to Hard Truth Distillery, mostly because we liked the name. It’s a gorgeous property, but we didn’t do any tastings.
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