Friday Finds: Good read and great community event

Here's a magazine you won't find on the newsstand
If you like the how-to articles in the watercolor magazines, you will LOVE Palette magazine. The entire magazine is chock-full of advice, tips, exercises and demonstrations.

I picked up a free copy at the Watercolor Society of Indiana's June meeting, and immediately pored through the 32-page issue. In the last two weeks I've gone back to the issue multiple times. To subscribe to the quarterly magazine, edited by Christopher Schink and William Lawrence, call 800-227-2788 or visit the Web site at http://www.thepalettemagazine.com. The magazine subscription is $22.95, but the Web site also offers a free e-mail newsletter.

Arts Fair on the Square
Tomorrow's a big day in downtown Bloomington. You can start with the Farmers' Market, move on to the Arts Fair on the Square and finish the day at A Taste of Bloomington. The Arts Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and features work from nearly 70 artists and craftspeople. Local performing arts groups will provide entertainment throughout the day.