Local Features

Tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught gets compliments on her jazz sounds, some of it original.

Every so often, it happens.

* When I was a kid in rural Kentucky, people sometimes mocked anything that seemed a little too cornfield-conceptualized, if you will. No one’s laughing in these modern times of the continued craft beer boom, an era when stalks and stouts go together rather beautifully. Look no further than the Seventh Annual 450 North Corn Maze Beer Fest 2024, where one can get lost, so to speak, in brew, tunes with Three Beards Strummin’ (seen here), food and time with friends — right in the middle of a several-acre cornfield at 450 North Brewing Company, 8111 E. County Road 450 N north of Columbus near Taylorsville on Saturday. Food trucks begin serving at 11 a.m., and the maze opens at 12:30 p.m. Information and tickets: 450northbrewing.com/corn-maze-beer-fest/.

Bill Kozar photographed this classy ‘47 Ford Pickup on a trip near Walesboro.

Brad Gonsalves took this picture while in Montenegro, a small country bordering Croatia.

Matt Rothrock took this photo from a fishing pier in Juneau, Alaska, in June 2023.

Tara James photographed this sunrise on the Lagoons on Sept. 4.

The last time Destrey Brown coordinated a local Christian gathering, it unfolded as a small get-together at Ninth Street Park.

There’s a lot of talk today about people being so opinionated that the word “compromise” has become outdated.

Brayden Totten took this picture on a recent trip to Wyoming.