Bloom Archives
Author: Bloom Intern
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The Mill—An Incubator for Entrepreneurial Start-Ups
In 2015, when Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton took office, Dimension Mill, the century-old former Showers Brothers factory building at 642 N. Madison St., was…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: The Girls of Meadowood
Bloomington’s unofficial dress code might be called laid-back casual. But there is one place in town that’s the exception. Drop in at the Meadowood…
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Benefit Concert Celebrates Stone Belt’s 60 Years of Service
Sixty years ago, Stone Belt was based in a church basement and raising funds through chili suppers and yard sales. Today, fundraising for Stone…
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Parks & Rec Passport to Play Is a ‘Bucket List for Parents’
Kids will have no reason to say there’s nothing to do this summer thanks to the new City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department…
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City Launches Year of Food To Help Needy And Farmers
As part of its Sustainability Action Plan, the City of Bloomington has launched the Year of Food with two goals: increasing access to healthy…
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ROTC Air Force Cadets at IU Get Advanced Flight Simulators
While there are approximately 150 Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) detachments at colleges across the country, the ROTC program at Indiana University…
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Indoor Places for Little Kids To Play
BY PETER DORFMAN Bloomington is known as a playful city, but it isn’t always easy to find spur-of-the-moment activities for small children, especially when…
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Sense of Belonging & Community Take Center Stage at Granfalloon
Granfalloon, a convergence of independent music, theater, out-of-the box creative local events, and literary scholarship—all inspired by Indiana author and luminary Kurt Vonnegut—is returning.…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: ‘The American Spectator’ Born and Bred in Bloomington
In this bastion of liberalism, a groundbreaking, impertinent campus magazine attracted the best conservative thinkers and writers of the day and spread its influence…