Update: The 2010 Shiner Pride Car Show will be held Sunday, July 11, 2010.   For more information about the show, pictures the Shiner Pride Band, or to download a registration form, please visit the Shiner Pride Car Show website, sponsored by Rising Sun Tourism.
1965 Pontiac GTO owned by Roger and Judy Thayer
Jack Daniels [...]

Arts & Crafters, Home Businesses, Woodworkers to Proudly Show Their Skills, Christmas Gifts Ideas
This fall Historic Downtown Program is going to open Heritage Hall for a perfect holiday shopping location.  The first Friday and Saturday in November and December, table space will be available for wood workers, arts & crafts, and home business owners to [...]

The Historic Downtown Program is also conducting an Anniversary Package Giveaway to be awarded at the end of 2009.  Anyone who uses Heritage Hall for their wedding and/or reception during 2009 will be in a drawing in December 2009 for an Anniversary Package Giveaway, which includes a one night stay in local Inn, His and [...]

Amy Hoffman, Historic Downtown Director and Bruno
It doesn’t seem right, but the Holiday Season is upon us.  So take a deep breath and to try to slow down to enjoy it.  In December, our downtown will be a busy place. In Heritage Hall there will be a local shopping exposition by our local woodworkers, arts [...]

Holidays in small-town Indiana is a time when friends and family draw nearer to each other.  The bonds of love and friendship become closer, warmer and more dear, and the memories of holidays past add to the brightness of the holidays we experience today.  Downtown Rising Sun hopes that you and your friends and family [...]

During the month of September, the Pendleton Art Center will have an exhibit showing postcards from Rising Sun.  Art work is shown in a variety of media deplicting scenes of Ohio County, Ohio River, and Rising Sun.
Four winners were selected to have their work made into a postcard suitable for mailing along with $100.  Come [...]

This fall Historic Downtown Program is going to open Heritage Hall for a perfect holiday shopping location.  The first Friday and Saturday in November and December, table space will be available for wood workers, arts & crafts, and home business owners to sell their items.  Space is limited so please reserve a table by calling [...]

The fall is a busy place in our Historic Downtown. We are closing in on one of my personal favorites, which is the Catfish Tournament.  I am amazed each year by what is lurking in our river and adjoining creeks. The ‘weigh in’ is the perfect opportunity to celebrate our location here on the mighty [...]

Antique Appraisal Robert Hill, certified appraiser will be at the museum to look at your antique treasures. Bring your antiques to find out what they are worth. Besides giving you a value, Bob will also give you some historical information about the piece. Each antique appraised will cost $5 and three antiques [...]

September 18, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
A Conversation with Mr. Jefferson Dinner Program Featured at this dinner program at Heritage Hall on Main Street will be David Best portraying Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.  The title of his reenactment will be A Conversation with Mr. Jefferson.
Mr. [...]