Bloom Archives
Author: Bloom Magazine
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Bangkok Thai Cuisine: Fine Dining on B-town’s East Side
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR The dining room at Bangkok Thai Cuisine is beautiful, dominated by the majestic wall of local limestone that says, “Indiana,” with…
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Kenneth L. Roberson: Choreographer
BY JEREMY SHERE Growing up in Thomson, Georgia, in the 1960s, Kenneth L. Roberson had dreams of dancing on Broadway. But finding little opportunity…
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Fallen Leaf Books: A Nashville Shop That Almost Wasn’t
BY PAMELA KEECH Carey Spain is a gentle 61-year-old with a lifetime love of collecting books. He’s a Nashville, Indiana, hero, having purchased the…
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Tony Alongi: Bloomingfoods General Manager
BY MIKE LEONARD Tony Alongi laughs and says maybe it was just luck that he found himself in the right place at the right…
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Pets on the Job: Bloomington Is a Dog (and Cat) Town
BY JULIE GRAY They may not get a paycheck, but dogs and cats have been productive members of the Bloomington labor force for decades.…
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Award-Winning Play Focuses On What It Means to Forget Faces
BY BARB BERGGOETZ A rare neurological condition called prosopagnosia, or face blindness, makes for an award-winning drama at Bloomington Playwrights Project in May. You…
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Kids (and Adults) Can Learn About ‘Your Amazing Brain!’ at WonderLab Exhibition
BY SOPHIE BIRD Eight years of planning have gone into the creation of “Your Amazing Brain!” the latest exhibition at WonderLab Museum of Science,…
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Jim Keplinger: Comic Book Writer
BY PAUL BICKLEY When Donald Griffin Jr. and Tim Ballard began Off Campus Housing Agency (OCHA), they focused their marketing efforts on developing a…
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IU Theatre Presents “King Lear” In Original 1606 Pronunciation
BY PAUL BICKLEY The new world premiere of a centuries-old play will allow Bloomington audiences to experience the language of King Lear as Shakespeare…