The days are getting shorter, Labor Day is less than a month away, and students in most of Allen County return to school next week. But let s not give up
ANGOLA â Art is taking center stage in Angola this summer with the return of the Angola Arts Festival and a potential expansion of the Mayorâs Art Council.
The Angola Arts Festival, which was canceled last summer due to the pandemic, will take place in downtown Angola this year on Saturday.
The all-day event will take place around Public Square and will feature over 40 artists and vendors with sidewalk sales from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Art projects for kids will be available from 9-11 a.m. at the Steuben County Court House courtyard. Activities include clay sculptures, salt painting, rock painting and pop tart art, where kids can use food coloring to paint plain pop tarts for an artful treat.
ANGOLA — Angola’s Mainstreet Organization, the Downtown Angola Coalition, has been designated as an affiliate Main Street program, said a news release from the downtown group.
ANGOLA â When COVID-19 arrived in Indiana last spring, it threw everything into chaos.
That was especially true for Nina Burlingame, the events and marketing coordinator for Angolaâs Parks and Recreation Department, who is responsible for planning and organizing the cityâs summer public programming.
All but two of the events she had planned for last summer had to be canceled. The two that werenât scrapped â the Fourth of July Fireworks and a Halloween celebration â were essentially modified for remote participation only.
But this year, Burlingame is hoping for a return to in-person events, if conditions permit.
âWe were still pretty much in shock and disappointed,â she said, recalling her reaction to having to cancel most of last yearâs programming. âThis year, though, weâve really had time to plan for these events to make them as safe for the community as possible.â