Holiday auction is Friday

The 37th annual Holiday Benefit Auction at Arts Place, 131 E. Walnut St., Portland, is set for Friday, Nov. 22. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and the bidding will start at 6 p.m.

Proceeds from the auction help support programs such as Arts in the Parks, ArtWorks, MusicWorks, the performance series and more.

Among the items donated for the auction are a tour of Versailles Winery with dinner for 12, tickets to an Indianapolis Colts game and tickets to a Mannheim Steamroller concert.



Site swap

The public can learn all about Angel Mounds State Historic Site, located in Evansville, at a special program at Limberlost State Historic Site from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

During Site Swap Programs, staff members from other locations of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites present a program at another site.

Mike Linderman, site manager for Angel Mounds, will discuss the modern history of this site where a thriving community of Native Americans existed 1,000 years ago. The price for the program is $2 for members and $3 for non-members.