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  • “Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene).” So begins Shakespeare’s well-loved tragedy Romeo and Juliet. On Harmonia this week, music from Verona — from clever frottolas to masterfully set sacred texts to strange sonatas.
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  • There are several organisms in the animal kingdom that move with a certain synchronization. Learn more about the wave of the vinegar eels with today's A Moment of Science.
  • Joe-Pye weed looks great next to a splash of sunshine yellow from goldenrod or helianthus.
  • Blackford’s greatest contribution to the development of the state’s jurisprudence came through his work as the first reporter of Indiana decisions.
  • Browse the playlist for this week's game
  • On this edition of the Poets Weave, Peter Kaczmarczyk reads his poems “Fat Shame a Cat,” “I Don’t Have Road Rage,” “In The End,” “Americone Dream,” and “Return with Interest.”
  • New Albany promoted itself as the "real head of navigation on the Ohio-Mississippi system". But merchants never realized their steamboat dreams.
  • A tribute to composer Charles Strouse, whose musicals included Bye Bye Birdie and Annie.
  • Yes, they depart for warmer climates in the winter. But their intention is always to return.
  • As summer transitions into fall, we usually rely on mums and asters to give us color as the growing season wanes. But here are some other reliable bloomers.
  • In 1840, Indiana's population was so concentrated in the south that one-half of the settlers lived within seventy-five miles of the Ohio River.
  • Join the unofficial start of the Fall fund drive. Tonight, your pledge is matched, dollar for dollar.