Teen program offering online music lessons

BETA is offering free, one-hour online music classes on the following schedule:

• Tuesdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., “Everybody Rocks: rock band with Nathan Dillon;
• Wednesdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., guitar lessons with Jeff Foster;
• Thursdays, 4 to 5 p.m., drum lessons with Michael Wimer.

Those interested should contact Traci Lewis at [email protected]. Participants will get an email from the music teacher by the morning of the class with an invitation to join and a link to the Zoom lesson. Contact Lewis if a guitar or drum sticks are needed.

The lessons are free, made possible by a matching grant from the Brown County Community Foundation, an individual donor and the Lions Club.

Several galleries closed due to pandemic

• The Brown County Art Gallery is closed until further notice. The Mabel B. Annis Student Art Competition is also canceled until next year and the entire exhibition schedule is on hold. The gallery will be setting up an online shopping opportunity and the manager will be on-site for a few hours daily to answer calls and emails.
• The T.C. Steele State Historic Site is closed along with other state historic sites and the Indiana State Museum.
• The Brown County Art Guild is closed. Artwork for sale will be shared through Facebook and online at bcartguildshop.com. For questions or purchases, email [email protected].
• Hoosier Artist Gallery is closed. In the meantime, the gallery will be posting “interesting things and presentations from our artists” on its Facebook page.