Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner visited us as part of our 2016 Lew Wallace Festival of Words and gave a fascinating reading of several of her poems inspired by Indiana history. Shari Wagner, Indiana’s fifth Poet Laureate, is the author of two books of poetry: The Harmonist at Nightfall: Poems […]
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We had a wonderful crowd turn out to hear Ben-Hur expert Dr. Howard Miller speak about the 2016 film and Carol Wallace’s modern-language adaptation of the novel. Dr. Miller talked about the 2016 Ben-Hur remake. He also discussed the flurry of Ben-Hur material during the Indiana Bicentennial and what that looks like […]
Carol Wallace, Lew Wallace’s great-great-granddaughter, visited Crawfordsville on September 8. She drew a record crowd for her discussion of Ben-Hur and growing up with the Wallace family legacy of writing. Carol graciously allowed us to broadcast her talk on Facebook Live, and we are posting the video here for future […]
Are your family photographs neatly organized with all the names, dates, and locations written on the backs? Even more organized, are they in archival scrapbooks with appropriate labels in chronological order? Or do your family records look more like mine–a few haphazard scrapbooks and albums with photos that may or […]