Chris Redd Headlines 2020 Limestone Comedy Festival
Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd will headline shows at this year’s Limestone Comedy Festival.
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Category: Arts & Entertainment
Power Plant Collective Shows Art by Marginalized Artists
In a small basement on Bloomington’s Near West Side, a group of 20-somethings has created a gallery where aspiring artists can gather. It’s a space where they can display their work and showcase talents that might otherwise remain unknown.
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Brown County Music Center Brings Big Names to Nashville
After a 2009 arson fire destroyed the Little Nashville Opry, an entertainment venue that had served Brown County for more than 30 years, the community felt the loss. Things took a bright turn when the Brown County Music Center opened in August 2019 to a sold-out Vince Gill concert.
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Wylie House Exhibit Portrays Marginalized, Silenced Hoosiers
The written records and visual art we share as historical representations of our collective past depict, more often than not, only one point of view. Those who weren’t in positions of power—who didn’t have a voice—are frequently forgotten or simply overlooked.
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‘‘Lock Ness!’ and Other Tales of Nessie the Scottie’
For all the joy they bring, it’s a sad truth that pets’ lives are much shorter than our own. In “Lock Ness!” and Other Tales of Nessie the Scottie (BookLocker, 2019), Bloomington resident and Bloom contributor Lee Ann Sandweiss explores the loss of her own pet and offers a guiding hand for those experiencing similar grief.
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Review: ‘Author in Chief’
Just before President’s Day, Bloom caught up with Bloomington resident Craig Fehrman as he set out on a national book tour for ‘Author in Chief’.
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Chamber Singers to Present ‘Considering Matthew Shepard’
Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, was brutally murdered 22 years ago, and his death served as a catalyst for legislative and cultural change.
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King Bee & The Stingers: Blues Band on the Rise
By day, Mark Menefee, 60, is the Indiana University director of utilities. By night, he’s the black- and-yellow-clad harmonica player “King Bee” of the blues band King Bee and The Stingers.
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Ransom Haile: Multimedia Digital Artist
Most recently, most of Haile’s art has been visual: sculptures, drawings, tattoos, paintings, and photographs.
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The Waldron Marks Ten Years as Part of Ivy Tech
Ten years ago, Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington acquired the John Waldron Arts Center, a building with a long history of public use that was in danger of being shuttered.
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New Cardinal Initiative Works to Increase Diversity of Plays
In an ongoing effort to be more inclusive, welcoming, and representative of the Bloomington community, Cardinal Stage has introduced the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. The program is part of Cardinal’s five-year plan that was established in 2018.
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Servers and Bartenders Perform At Cardinal Spirits’ Tipple and Tune
On the first Monday of each month, Cardinal Spirits, 922 S. Morton St., hosts Tipple and Tune from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Artist Larissa Danielle Celebrates Beauty, Strength of Black Women
It’s hard for mixed-media artist Larissa Danielle, an Indiana University Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design MFA student, to name her favorite medium. Much of her work combines paint, sculpture, fiber, and an array of recycled materials on canvas.
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Six Area Artists’ Work Chosen for New Hospital
When the new IU Health Regional Academic Health Center opens next year, works by six area artists will play a role in the healing of all who enter the new hospital.
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‘Ada and the Engine’ Celebrates the First Computer Programmer
More than 175 years ago, the coding concepts that would lead to modern-day computer programming were pioneered by a woman named Ada Lovelace.
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Introducing Singer Emma Peridot, Formerly B-town’s Emily Morrone
To launch her new album, Morrone, as Peridot, will do some weekend touring around the Midwest, including a performance in Bloomington at The Back Door on March 5.
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Four B-town Films Shown At Heartland Film Festival
This year, four films with Bloomington ties were shown at The Heartland International Film Festival, which was held October 10–20 in Indianapolis.
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Bloomington Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 50 Years Making Music
In 1969, when Geoffrey Simon and Tamás Ungár were students at the Indiana University School of Music, they noticed a lack of performance opportunities for musicians in Bloomington and set out to establish a community orchestra. While Simon actively recruited musicians, Ungár managed behind-the-scenes operations. The result was the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (BSO).
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Reissue of ‘The Boy Who Loved Batman’ Updates Author’s Life & Batman Movies
IU Press just reissued Michael Uslan’s 2011 memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman. When asked why, the author replies, “Well, it’s pretty simple. A lot has happened to me and to Batman in the meantime.”
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Guggenheim Fellow Sam Stephenson Finds B-town a Fertile Place to Write
Author Sam Stephenson’s work focuses on the culture, music, and art that develops in large cities like Los Angeles and New York, yet, he says, Bloomington is a good place for a writer with eclectic cultural interests.
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Chris Redd Headlines 2020 Limestone Comedy Festival
Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd will headline shows at this year’s Limestone Comedy Festival.
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Power Plant Collective Shows Art by Marginalized Artists
In a small basement on Bloomington’s Near West Side, a group of 20-somethings has created a gallery where aspiring artists can gather. It’s a space where they can display their work and showcase talents that might otherwise remain unknown.
Read More
Brown County Music Center Brings Big Names to Nashville
After a 2009 arson fire destroyed the Little Nashville Opry, an entertainment venue that had served Brown County for more than 30 years, the community felt the loss. Things took a bright turn when the Brown County Music Center opened in August 2019 to a sold-out Vince Gill concert.
Read More
Wylie House Exhibit Portrays Marginalized, Silenced Hoosiers
The written records and visual art we share as historical representations of our collective past depict, more often than not, only one point of view. Those who weren’t in positions of power—who didn’t have a voice—are frequently forgotten or simply overlooked.
Read More
‘‘Lock Ness!’ and Other Tales of Nessie the Scottie’
For all the joy they bring, it’s a sad truth that pets’ lives are much shorter than our own. In “Lock Ness!” and Other Tales of Nessie the Scottie (BookLocker, 2019), Bloomington resident and Bloom contributor Lee Ann Sandweiss explores the loss of her own pet and offers a guiding hand for those experiencing similar grief.
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