Fueled by an insider’s view of Indiana and the state’s often surprising connections to the larger world, celebrated journalist Douglas A. Wissing will reveal Indiana in all its glory: sacred and profane; saints and sinners; war and peace; small towns and big cities; art, architecture, poetry and victuals in a talk at the Wylie House Museum’s Education Center on September 22nd beginning at 7:00 pm.

As the state celebrates its bicentennial in 2016, Wissing’s talk and his latest book, ‘IN Writing: Uncovering the Unexpected Hoosier State,’ provide an alternative Indiana history though his stories of Hoosier talent, and sometimes idiosyncratic genius: the courageous farmer-soldiers who ardently try to win the hearts and minds of 21st century Afghan insurgents; the artisans whose work pulses with the aesthetics of far-away homelands; the famous modernist poet who had to leave to make his mark. He speaks about places that speak to a wider world: Columbus and its remarkable architecture; Bloomington’s counterintuitive Tibetan community; New Harmony and its enduring idealism; the Calumet Region’s world’s-best brewery; Indianapolis and its renowned Crown Hill cemetery. Wissing makes visible the unexpected bonds between Indiana and the world at large.

Cost: Free

For more information contact:

Carey Beam
(812) 856-2353
[email protected]