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Editor’s Message: “Suggestions”
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Bloom Magazine Honored With Prestigious Award
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The Big Picture: Road Hogs
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Up Front
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Stephen Curtis: Performance Psychologist
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Gloria Howell: Director, Black Cultural Center
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Glen Mercer: Vegan Comic Writer
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Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo: Photographer with a Cause
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Listen Up Bloomington! ‘The Firehouse Follies’ is Back
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Pictura Gallery: Showcasing Local, National, & International Photographers
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The Overlooked Role of Black Women In the American Suffragist Movement
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B-town’s Dave Weber Designs Aerial Apparatus for P!nk
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An Author’s Musing on Her Book While Writing at Hundredth Hill
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Artists Young & Hawes Reflect On Impact of the Climate Crisis
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BuffaLouie’s Opens New Locations
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Adventures in Italy Enjoying Local Wines (Bloomington & Vine)
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Review: The Uptown Cafe—Past, Present & Future
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All About the Bubbles! (Tapped Into Bloomington)
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Brightside Cafe in Fountain Sq. Where Everything is Gluten-Free
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Half Bottle Bistro: Where the Living Is Easy
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Andrew Davis Clothiers Gets a Head-to-Toe Makeover
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First Local Author Book Fair At History Center, November 2
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The Ranch Cat Rescue: A Unique Shelter for Felines
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New Hope for Families 6th Annual Christmas Tree Festival Fundraiser
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How Taylor Swift’s Music Can Help Young People with Autism (Autism & Disability Journal)
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The Newly Created IU Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
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The ‘Never Home Alone’ Project—What’s in Your House? (Citizen Science)
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Ivy Tech Bloomington Launches Semiconductor Fabrication Program
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Bloomington’s Vibrant Filipino Community
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Valerie McCray: Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate
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To Light the Way Campaign To Finance New Beacon Center
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Playing Chicken With the City Budget (Dave Askins at City Hall)
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Renwick Village Center: A European-Style Piazza
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Dr. Tim Peck: Democratic Candidate for 9th District
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Little-Known Black History About B-town’s Underground Railroad
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Update On Expansion of the Monroe Convention Center
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B-town’s Secretly Group: 4 Big-Time Record Labels
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Hoosiers for Good: IU Athletes Pitch In
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Portraits Through the Years
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The Nuts and Bolts of Death: What You Need to Know Before You Go
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Those Were the Days…From Issues of ‘Bloom Magazine’ Past