Mike Lunsford, a Tribune-Star columnist and nature photographer, will speak at the Swope Art Museum on First Friday, which starts at 5 p.m. Feb. 7 at the museum, 25 S. Seventh St., Terre Haute.

Despite regularly using my library cards and scrounging every bargain book bin and sale table, I still end up buying a lot of books, grumbling all the while about how much they cost these days.

Had it not sold out weeks ago, I would have encouraged you to go to the 15th annual celebration of the Ouabache Land Conservancy tomorrow night at the Vigo County History Center. After all, the ...