Bloom Archives
Author: Bloom Intern
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City’s Barbara McKinney Wins Statewide ADA Award
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990, cities across the country were faced with compliance issues. Barbara McKinney had been…
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WTIU Celebrates 50 Years of Serving and Entertaining Viewers in Southern Indiana
When it began broadcasting on March 3, 1969, Indiana University television station WTIU had three employees, began its day with the national anthem, and…
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Sylvia McNair Back at WFIU Hosting Classical Music Show
When Sylvia McNair began hosting a new program of classical music on WFIU-FM in January, it was a homecoming of sorts. McNair worked at…
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Lumiere Ball To Shine Light On Mental Health
After 22 years in the hair industry, Bridgett DiVohl, owner of Royale Hair Parlor, finds she now has time to pursue passion projects that…
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For People Who Love to Eat: Delicacies at Goods for Cooks
Goods for Cooks owners Samantha Eibling and her brother, George Huntington, say there’s nothing quite like the experience of owning—or shopping at—a small, locally…
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Better Angels: Bringing Red and Blue Together
On a Saturday morning in December, Republicans and Democrats came together in a Monroe County Public Library meeting room, hoping to learn to better…
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Mary & Morris Hickman Foster Parents
In 29 years of foster parenting, Mary Hickman and her husband, Morris, helped raise 54 foster children alongside their own four children. Some of…
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Stone Belt: Serving People With Disabilities for 60 Years
Today, Stone Belt is a $21 million nonprofit agency that supports 1,300 people with disabilities in three counties. Sixty years ago, Stone Belt was…
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Artist Karen Holtzclaw: Bright Works Reveal Dark Themes
Wielding vibrant oil paints, artist Karen Holtzclaw conjures creatures who have a lot to tell us about the state of our world. Her newest…