Daily Almanac: April 15, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:06 a.m.      SET: 8:22 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 64 °F Low: 43 °F Wacky Holiday Today: • Good Friday • McDonald’s Day • National Griper’s Day What Happened On This Day: • 1989 A small group of students initiates pro-democracy protest on Tiananmen Square in Beijing • 1945 German concentration camp Bergen-Belsen is…

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Civic Theatre Announces Upcoming Season of Plays

The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre is excited to announce its 2022-23 season! Civic’s season will begin with Rent. Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent…

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Split Decision

While at a recent speaking engagement in Lafayette, I chatted with a man from nearby Otterbein, a dot on the map in northwest Indiana, with a population around 1,200.  I wasn’t familiar with the town, despite my having visited much of the state several years ago for a book I was writing, called Indiana Curiosities.…

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