Southern Indiana Living - March / April 2024

Winery will together host the 2024
Total Solar Eclipse Event: Sip-In the
Eclipse. Activities will begin on Friday,
April 5, as Winzerwald hosts
Special Section: Solar Eclipse Events
Pick Perry Day and kicks off the Total
Solar Eclipse weekend. Saturday
and Sunday will feature an Eclipse
Weekend Wine Release party with
free tastings of the Totality wine
and regional artisans offering their
art for sale.
On Monday, you can watch
this celestial event from atop a hill
overlooking the vineyard. This ticketed
event will be able to host up
to 300 guests. Tickets will include
parking, live music, complimentary
eclipse viewing glasses and bottled
water.
Also available will be Sip-In
the Eclipse T-shirts, the Totality
special release wine in a moon-andstar=shaped
bottle with a commemorative
label, and lunch.
Tents and seating will be available
first-come, first-serve with
seating planned for about 250 people.
No indoor seating will be available
for this event. Feel free to bring
which will experience total darkness
for four minutes and five seconds,
the longest stretch in the state
of Indiana. •
After the total solar eclipse on April 8, the next total solar eclipse that will
be visible from the contiguous United States will be on Aug. 23, 2044. This
rare occurrence makes it a “must see” that will be visible across much of the
Midwest, so it’s time to map out your viewing location and make your plans.
chairs. The event will be held rain
or shine, so be sure to dress accordingly.
For more information about
Perry County events, visit pickperry.com.
Other Area Events
Other Southern Indiana counties
will also host eclipse events,
ranging from wiffle ball and camping
at the Sisters of St. Benedict
and a Ride into the Darkness on
the Spirit of Jasper Excursion Train
in Dubois County, to live music at
Lincoln Amphitheater, beer tasting,
and a Run to the Eclipse 5K at the
Santa Claus Brewing Co. in Spencer
County, to music and comedy
events in Vincennes/Knox County,
For more information about events in
Dubois, Spencer and Knox counties,
and throughout the state, visit the following:
duboiscountyeclipse.com, thedome.org/eclipse,
santaclausind.org/
blog/2024-solar-eclipse-sneak-peek
vincenneseclipse.com, visitindiana.
com/eclipse2024/best-places-in-indiana
For more information on eclipses in
general, check out science.nasa.gov/
eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024 or
plan to attend the Solar Eclipse Discussion
with NASA Ambassador Tony
Bryan on Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m.
Eastern in St. Gertrude Hall at Monastery
Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand.
Photo credit: (pg 24) kdshutterman / shutterstock.
com.
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