Celebrate Madison’s Irish Culture and St. Paddy’s Day with the below events: Sunday 3/11: The Fireside Series at Thomas Family Winery featuring the welsh band “Calan” The OVCS and Thomas Family Winery is proud to present the neo-traditional Welsh band ”Calan” from 5-7pm. Highly popular throughout the British Isles and Europe, this band has appeared … more
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Photo Gallery Download high-resolution images for use in your articles. Videos The Old Stone School House Road Rally On Saturday, July 14th, 2012, rally teams participated in the first of it’s kind Old Stone School House Scavenger Hunt Road Rally. Beginning in Madison, IN, the 85 mile road course included the eastern side of Jefferson … more
Music Fills the Air in August
Music will fill the air in Madison this August beginning with Music in the Park on August 9th featuring Slick River Rockets. With their fun and energetic take on what they call “rockabilly”, their Elvisesque swing sound will get you up on your feet. Be sure to bring a lawn chair and have a fun … more
Long Live the Queens
There is something magic that happens on Madison’s riverfront during the summer season – the return of the Queen of the Mississippi and the American Queen. These majestic paddlewheelers create quite the buzz when they dock on the riverfront. You can almost picture yourself as Scarlet O’Hara flirting with a riverboat rogue as you travel … more
School’s Out, What’s there to do?
Sound familiar? There are couple of opportunities in June for you to keep the kids amused for a couple of days. The first is the Jefferson County Historical Society Summer Camp for Kids, June 17-21. There are 2 sessions, 9-11am or 12:30-2:30pm. Each day will have a theme involving crafts, books, food, games, and music. … more
Indiana Wine Trail Fall Haul
The Indiana Wine Trail is bustling as grapes, fruit, and visitors all converge in beautiful Southeastern Indiana. Each of the Indiana Wine Trail partners- Ertel Cellars Winery and Restaurant, Lanthier Winery, Madison Vineyards Estate Winery,The Ridge Winery, Stream Cliff Farm Winery and The Thomas Family Winery look forward to wel- coming everyone this Fall season! … more
MADISON BREWS—OPAA!
Madison was quite famous for its production of ale, beer and porter. It was the Madison water they say that made it taste so good. The water contained properties that when used in the beverage gave it the finest flavor of any product. The first brewery to be built west of the Alleghenies, the Jacob … more
Why I Had to Order Pie
I read it in Wikipedia, so it must be true: Sugar Cream Pie is Indiana’s official state pie. That’s the second best reason to vote for The Falls Restaurant’s Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie in the online contest to name Indiana’s Best Pie. The top reason to vote for this pie is that you can enjoy it … more
Hummingbird Cake Plus a Humming Bird
Wednesday afternoon my wife and I took the winding county roads out to Stream Cliff Herb Farm, where we had a snack in the Twigs and Sprigs Tearoom. We topped off our lunch with a slice of their famous Hummingbird Cake. In fact, it was our wedding cake, from right there at Stream Cliff, and … more
CAMERA ACTION
We’ve been running a seasonal photo contest this year and just finished the summer edition. As we move to the fall season, I thought I’d talk a little about the kinds of photos that we look for and how we use them. I especially like to see people enjoying themselves in our area. When we … more
