Artist Linda Miranda Fix of Attica will share one of her favorite art mediums — alcohol inks — in an upcoming demonstration for the Batavia Society of Artists. The gathering is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop good, fast-drying inks. Bic, Pilot, and other makers jealously guard their formulas, but to get that classic ...