September 22nd:
Architecture and History in Columbus, IN

Architecture and History in Columbus, IN Carpooling from Kmart East (on east Third St.) and leaving promptly at 9:00 AM

Monthly Coordinators: Mary Wood (812-988-4425) and Sharon Rout (332-7281)

Join us as we visit Columbus, Indiana, and some of its world-class architecture. Sharon Rout, a past docent of Architecture Columbus, will be our guide. We will begin our tour with a video at the Visitors Center, then visit the I.M. Pei library, the Eliel Saarinen Christian Church, the Eero Saarinen North Christian Church and the newly reconstructed Commons, featuring Chaos 1. Along the way, we will stop for lunch at the Inn at Irwin Gardens, and a tour of the historic and uniquely beautiful Irwin House. We will conclude our afternoon with a refreshing stop at Zaharakos Ice Cream Shop and museum.

You will want to bring your wallets, since all three of these attractions have wonderful gift shops!

The cost for everything except the ice cream is $27.00/person, payable in advance at the sign-up luncheon on September 9th or to Mary Wood, PO Box 2194, Nashville, IN 47448, by September 20th. Maps will be provided.

October 27^th
T.C. Steele State Historic Site

T.C. Steele State Historic Site, 4220 T. C. Steele Road, Belmont, IN - 2 to 4 PM Arrange individual carpooling or meet at the Site at 1:45.

Monthly Coordinators: Anne Whittridge (287-8246) and Carol Haywood (334-1002)

Theodore Clement Steele is considered to be one of the finest of the American impressionist painters to work in the Midwest, and was the first artist in the Brown County Art Colony to become a resident of the county in the early 1900's. We will tour the grounds and buildings at the site, beginning with his Large Studio and a short history of Steele's life. We will then move on to his House of the Singing Winds, with original furnishings, library, and many works of art. After the tour, there will be time to stroll the gardens and grounds, visit the gift shop, and pause for refreshments.

December 8^th
Lucas Oil Stadium

Lucas Oil Stadium: Preparing for the Super Bowl By bus, leaving Stadium Lot #4 (on 17th Street) at 9 AM (Bus limited to 47 passengers)

Monthly Coordinators: Judy Walcoff (332-2612) and Shirley Pugh (336-6560)

Not quite our typical Antiques Group event, but a timely and exciting trip for all of us football fans! We have reserved Lucas Oil Stadium for an hour-long tour which includes the visiting-team locker room, suites, and additional vistas. Following the tour, at 11:30, we'll head to Shapiro's Deli for lunch on our own, Louis Shapiro's motto: "Cook good. Serve generously. Price modestly. People will come." is as good today as it was over 100 years ago! At 1:30, it's back to the Convention Center for a talk covering the preparations for the Super Bowl, given by Indianapolis Star sports columnist and IU grad, Bill Benner.

The cost is $22 for members, $27 for non members, including admission, tours, and bus. Reservation deadline is November 1st. Checks payable to University Women's Club Antiques should be mailed to Mary Wood, PO Box 2194, Nashville, IN 47448..

January 26th
Hoagy's Room in Morrison Hall

Hoagy's Room in Morrison Hall, 2 - 4 PM Carpooling from Red Lobster, following lunch at noon.

Monthly Coordinators: Janet Weaver (219-8351) and Janie Harnett (339-4528)

Hoagy Carmichael will forever be remembered for his stellar musical career which started in Bloomington nearly 90 years ago. We will take a walk back in time when we visit the Hoagy Carmichael Room and the IU Archives of Traditional Music in Morrison Hall to see the single largest Carmichael collection in existence. Suzanne Mudge, curator of the museum, will lecture on the subject.

Prior to carpooling to campus, we'll have lunch at noon at Red Lobster. Call Janet or Janie for reservations by January 20th.

February 23^rd
The Wylie House Barn

The Wylie House Barn,307 E. Second Street, 2 - 4 PM

Monthly Coordinators: Janie Harnett (339-4528) and Helene Jones (331-0226)

We have previously enjoyed a visit to the historic Wylie House and now have the opportunity to see the new education center housed in a barn built in Monroe County in the 1860's! The barn was dismantled and rebuilt on the Wylie House grounds, preserving the original hand-hewn posts and beams and the poplar siding. A relatively small structure, it doesn't overwhelm the House, but provides ample room for gardening programs, reception/exhibit space, a multipurpose meeting room, staff offices, and library, among other us

March 22^nd
The Indiana Landmark Center

The Indiana Landmark Center, 1201 N. Central Ave., Indianapolis, and the Morris-Butler House,Carpooling from Marsh North (on Kinser Pike) at 9:15 AM. Please arrive by 9 AM. (Home by about 3:30)

Monthly Coordinators: Mary Emison (332-6426) and Barbara Sokolowski (333-8013)

After missing the completion of the new Indiana Landmark Center by only a week last March, this year we'll get there!. We will tour the Cook Grand Theater (the former sanctuary of the Central Avenue Methodist Church), and Cook Hall, renovated through the generosity and vision of Bill and Gayle Cook. After a catered lunch at Cook Hall, we will visit the historic Morris-Butler house just next door. Architecture, decorative arts, and family life in the Victorian era are highlighted in this 1865 home. There will be guided tours at both venues. There will be a charge for this event.

April 26^th
Day Trip to Kokomo, Indian

Day Trip to Kokomo, Indiana Bus departs from Stadium Lot #4 at 8 AM.

Trip Coordinator: Joanne Lovell (332-7585)

You may not have considered Kokomo as a tourist destination, but you'll change your mind after this last trip of the year! First stop is the Kokomo Opalescent Glass Factory and gift shop, making art glass since 1888. Lunch will be at the beautiful Elliott House, before our tour of the late-Victorian Seiberling Mansion next door. The mansion was built in1891and is now the home of the Howard County Historical Society. After our tour, it's on to the Kokomo Automotive Museum, whose collection includes 100 antique cars, including the second car built in America. On the way home we will stop for dinner at Hollyhock Hill, "a premium dining destination" for over 80 years, featuring family-style dinners After a relaxing, delicious meal, we head for home, arriving about 8:30 PM.