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Magnetic North is magnetic in more ways than one! Author Sara Wheeler takes us into the far north of our planet, a region that has drawn explorers from all over the world in search of fame, fortune, or a place to call home.  Responding to her own curiosity about the arctic world, Wheeler – and her reader --  finds a world of frozen landscapes, daring adventure and sometimes, warm hearts. 

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We've all heard the rule: Turn off your cell phone. Well, someone broke it this week at a performance of the New York Philharmonic.

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A quartet of musicians will fill Lafayette’s Duncan Hall with charming chamber music on Sunday afternoon as the Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society continues its season.  The society’s artistic director and 2 of the musicians  talk about their program. 

A Lafayette native is being tapped to paint the official portrait of Governor Mitch Daniels.

Richard Halstead was selected by the Indiana State Museum from a field of 43 artists.

He graduated from Lafayette Jefferson High School and is now based Evanston, Illinois, where he paints and teaches.

In his 30 years experience, Halstead has produced portraits for many institutions, including Purdue and Indiana University.

His rendering of Daniels will be completed and unveiled later this year. It will be added to the state’s historic governors’ portrait collection.