events calendar

Beginners: Spend the entire summer cruising on your bicycle after this Bloomington Bikes Week class. Participants learn how to confidently and safely ride their bikes through individual instruction, and also learn about bike maintenance, road safety, and proper bike and helmet fittings. Each participant receives a free bike helmet and must bring a bicycle without training wheels. Parents are encouraged to participate, and must remain on site. Class will be rescheduled in case of inclement weather. For ages 5 – 9 years w/parent. Instructors: Vince Caristo and Will Rose.

Classes held 5/14 through 5/16 and 5/21 through 5/23. Register online.

Free yoga classes return to the atrium, and as weather permits, classes will be held outdoors on the Sculpture Terrace. Instruction will be provided by Vibe Yoga Studio. Beginner classes will be offered on the first and third Saturdays of every month; more advanced classes on the second and fourth Saturdays. Spaces are limited and participation is on a first come-first served basis.

Bloomington Restorations, Inc. invites you to our Hinkle-Garton Farmstead for the monthly public opening of the main house on Saturday, May 25, from 1-4 pm. Pure maple syrup from this season’s on-site production will also be available for purchase. The proceeds from all syrup sales benefit ongoing gardening efforts at the site. Visitors can also wander the grounds and take in the flower gardens and newly-planted volunteer vegetable garden. The Farmstead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned and operated by Bloomington Restorations, Inc. It is free and open to the public and is located at 2920 E. Tenth Street in Bloomington. For more information call BRI at (812) 336-0909.

Take a fun and leisurely tour of Bloomington’s thriving arts scene. Along the way, experience why Bloomington is recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly Community. Led by both the City’s Assistant Director for the Arts and its Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator!

Grab three friends and register for the 10th annual Jill’s House golf outing. Great food, great golf, great live auction items will be available. Indiana University coaches will be joining our teams, making this golf event unique. Plus you will be supporting a worthy local organization that supports our world-class IU Health Proton Therapy Center.

The Clips Beer and Film Tour celebrates bicycles and raises funds for the Center for Sustainable Living. This festival at Bryan Park features inspirational short films about bicycling and sustainability around the world. There will also be food and beer available for purchase from the New Belgium Brewery of Fort Collins, Colorado.

New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a wide variety of award-winning beers, is once again taking its beer-toting, film-traveling, nonprofit-benefiting show on the road and is coming to Bloomington!

Clips is a national beer and film festival where guests can try beers from New Belgium’s Lips of Faith series, along with some popular classics, and screen short films made by New Belgium fans. Join us Friday, May 31, at Bryan Park to sit under the stars, enjoy great films and beers and help out a local nonprofit. Proceeds from the Bloomington stop will go to Center for Sustainable Living. This year marks the fourth season for Clips, which has raised more than $200,000 for nonprofits nationwide.

For the latest information on Clips, visit www.newbelgium.com/clips.aspx.

Race for Literacy, a 5K Run/Walk benefitting Teachers Warehouse, will take place on Saturday, June 1, beginning at Bloomington Hardware on South College Mall Road. Join us for a run/walk through the Hoosier Acres neighborhood on a beautiful spring day. Medals for all age groups! Register online at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6438300129/eorg#, or onsite beginning at 8 am. The race begins at 9 am. Sponsors include Bloomington Hardware, Bloomingfoods, Smith Shoes, and Bloomington Rotary Club.

Free yoga classes return to the atrium, and as weather permits, classes will be held outdoors on the Sculpture Terrace. Instruction will be provided by Vibe Yoga Studio. Beginner classes will be offered on the first and third Saturdays of every month; more advanced classes on the second and fourth Saturdays. Spaces are limited and participation is on a first come-first served basis.

Craig Brenner plays blues, boogie woogie, jazz and New Orleans piano with vocals, beginning at 11 am.