Issue: December 2019/January 2020

What Are You Reading?

Jan 10, 2020 | Community

Three community members weigh in on what they’re currently reading.

d’Vines – A Wine Experience You Can Taste Before You Buy

Jan 8, 2020 | Food & Drink

Many people don’t know what they are looking for when buying wine. They may choose a wine based on a clever name or an attractive label or by price. And they have absolutely no idea what the wine tastes like until they open the bottle.

Reissue of ‘The Boy Who Loved Batman’ Updates Author’s Life & Batman Movies

Jan 7, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment

IU Press just reissued Michael Uslan’s 2011 memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman. When asked why, the author replies, “Well, it’s pretty simple. A lot has happened to me and to Batman in the meantime.”

Kathleen McLean: Bassoonist Professor

Jan 6, 2020 | Our Town

When she joined the school band in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 11-year-old Kathleen McLean wasn’t really interested in playing the bassoon. Her first choice was the trumpet. But she was assigned the tall, thin woodwind and, she says, “Then I fell in love with the sound, so akin to the human voice.”

Hoosier Farmers Show New Interest in Hemp

Jan 5, 2020 | Business & Finance

For the first time since the 1930s, Indiana farmers have been harvesting hemp. Owen County’s Trietsch Farms was one of a select group approved to grow hemp in 2019 as part of a research trial. Co-founders Jim Trietsch, his son, Ty, and Justin Daubenspeck grew more than 100,000 hemp plants for cannabidiol (CBD) oil and smokable CBD.