Celebrate July 4th With a Bang! With all the opportunities in the area for fireworks, the only way to miss a display this year would be to hide in a box. Beginning Saturday, July 1, at dusk you can enjoy fireworks on Roosevelt Hill in Richmond IN. And the list goes on… July 1  at […]

For Immediate Release (July 2017) The 10th Annual Hagerstown Flying Circus will take to the skies over Hagerstown, Indiana from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 18. The free event promises to be bigger and better than ever since it began as part of the 2008 Ford Model T Celebration. Many of the nation’s top […]

Submitted by: Myra Baldwin Home and Garden Tour (Centerville IN) Historic Centerville’s 7th annual Garden and Home Tour will be on Saturday, July 9, from 9-4 and Sunday July 9, from 11-4. The ice cream social will begin at 1 p.m. each day. There are 7 gardens and a craft show at Jean Ann Mull’s […]

I LOVE Summer reading programs!  During my own childhood and then through two generations of sharing summer reading with my children…summer holds great memories of reading! As a child my mother would take us to the old MRL in Richmond and we would check out first picture books, then we graduated to books with words. […]

A charity quilt made by the Wayne County Extension Homemakers Association (EHA) is just one of up to  200 quilts that will be featured during a Quilt Show held  Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20, at the Raper Center, Wayne County Fairgrounds, Richmond, IN.  The cost is $5 per person, and the hours are […]

Earth Day April 22nd, 10am-2pm Earth lovers…you can celebrate our amazing planet, the life it supports, and what our community is doing to protect it at the Family Earth Day Celebration! This FREE event will feature fun games and activities for all ages, as well as information from Earth-friendly organizations and non-profits. Don’t miss the […]

Entrepreneurs, freelancers and small business owners will want to attend the Business Startup School retreat, with 2 days focused on creating a business designed to change the world. This retreat is entrepreneur’s opportunity to take a guided tour on creating a business from the ground up. This is no ordinary entrepreneurship workshop, Business Startup School […]

Will your family be hanging out in Wayne County IN for Spring Break this year?  The last week in March through the first week in April will be the busiest time for families looking for something fun to do with their kids.  And whether you are looking for a one day or week long experience- you will […]

This is exciting!  Be sure to attend and support local business: Ullery’s Ice Cream at this reception, Sunday, March 19, 2017, 1-4 p.m.  The reception and viewing of footage from the show, Carnival Eats, will be at Ullery’s Ice Cream in their new location at 168 Ft Wayne Ave, Richmond IN.

It doesn’t look like it today, but soon the warmer weather will hold and we’ll all be thinking about getting out in nature more.  Hiking in Wayne County is easy, with so many great outdoor spaces to choose from.  Whether you are a power hiker or someone who likes to take your time enjoying the […]

By Erica Coulter When Linda Sarsour walked on to the stage at Earlham College last Wednesday, she began by telling the audience how speechless she was. She told us that she never expected such a warm welcome in Indiana. As a proud Hoosier, this is an issue for me. My home state has always been […]

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, civil rights activist and organizer of the Women’s March, Linda Sarsour, will be the speaker for Earlham’s convocation at 1:00 p.m. in Goddard Auditorium on the Earlham College campus. According to the Earham events page, “Linda Sarsour is a working woman, racial justice and civil rights activist, and every Islamophobe’s worst […]

What better way to beat the winter blahs than to snuggle up to a good book?  And now is a chance for the whole family to find books they love…for 1.00 or less!  It’s the Morrisson Reeves Library Book sale!  (See below for more details…)

On Saturday, January 21 2017, a day after the presidential inauguration, many women from this area attended the Women’s March on DC and marches in sister cities near Wayne County.  Rather than being a political statement, the women nearly unanimously agreed that their reasons for attending were much bigger and far more unifying.  The day […]

  We are lucky in Wayne County to have such a rich culture of the arts and entertainment open to the public at Earlham College.  For the month of January, 2017, that is no exception.  Here are some of the events open to the public: Step Afrika (Update: postponed until later in semester- stay tuned!) […]

Are you an avid runner in the Wayne County area?  A fledging runner who loves the great outdoors? Then this event is for you!  Run the trails of the Hayes Arboretum acres while enjoying nature.  Be sure to register soon– coming in February!