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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Category: Arts & Entertainment
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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Eskenazi Museum Acquires The Jeffrey Wolin Collection
Photographer Jeffrey Wolin has spent a lifetime capturing the tragedy, grit, and beauty of the human experience, and his photographs are displayed in museums and galleries worldwide. Now, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has acquired Wolin’s archives—and they contain more than just his previously exhibited and published works.
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Cardinal Stage Presents ‘The Roommate’: A Comedy About Two Women Over 50
Film and theater roles for women over 50 have traditionally stayed in a narrow lane—one filled with maternal or spinster archetypes. The Roommate, penned by playwright Jen Silverman, is a dark comedy that aims to break that mold. “Older women are often depicted in a way that belies the truth,” says Indianapolis-based actor Constance Macy. “They aren’t the 50-something women I know.”
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B-town Music Expo Is Back February 8
The Bloomington Music Expo—part record and music-memorabilia show, part art and music festival— will be held Saturday, February 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Monroe Convention Center. The event, now in its second year, came from the mind of Mike McAfee, executive director of Visit Bloomington.
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BPP Kids MiniPlay Festival Features ‘Explorers’ Theme
Budding playwrights have an opportunity to see their work come to life as Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP) hosts its 36th Annual MiniPlay Festival, open to students in first through eighth grade.
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Documentary on IU’s Henry Glassie Premieres at Toronto Film Festival
The documentary film Henry Glassie: Field Work opens with a series of vignettes of Brazilian sculptors creating traditional sacred art. Not until 30 minutes into the film does Glassie, an internationally renowned folklorist and Indiana University professor emeritus, make an appearance.
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Local Drummer Is Living the Dream
Local drummer Luke Narey has long been a fan of alternative metal band 10 Years. “I would blast their music while driving to and from [Edgewood] high school, but never would have imagined I’d have a chance to be part of the band one day,” Narey says.
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Steve Dawson: An Unlikely Artist
As a mechanical engineering graduate of Purdue University and president of local mechanical contracting and service firm Harrell-Fish Inc., Steve Dawson might seem an unlikely artist.
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New Books from IU Press: ‘Pilgrims of Woodstock’
It’s been 50 years since the Woodstock Music & Art Fair brought 400,000 people together on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York. A new book from IU Press, Pilgrims of Woodstock, celebrates the festival’s anniversary by gathering previously unpublished photographs along with the reminiscences of audience members.
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The Ryder: For 40 Years Part of the B-town Scene
Printing issue No. 1 ominously on April Fools’ Day 1979, The Ryder is the sole survivor of a half-dozen or so free alternative publications circulating in Bloomington at the time.
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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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More