Bloom Archives
Author: Bloom Intern
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Rose Hill Cemetery Bicentennial: A Brief History and Curious Facts
Like many memorial parks built in the 1800s, Bloomington’s Rose Hill Cemetery is a meditative space with meandering paths and open vistas.
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Bloom’s 13th Annual Wedding Guide
Each of the four couples featured here found ways to express their individuality even as they upheld the wedding traditions of their communities and…
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Trashion Refashion Runway Show to Feature Ten Years of Couture
In 2010, Jeanne Leimkuhler, then a board member and treasurer for The Center for Sustainable Living (CSL), was so inspired by an event she’d…
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Cactus Flower: New Location For New & Vintage Fashions
If you’ve recently traveled past the Park South development at the intersection of East Hillside Drive and South Henderson Street, you might have noticed…
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Virginia Githiri: PopKorn Professor
Virginia Githiri believes that when people hold back any of their talents, “something in the cycle of humanity is broken.” So she intentionally keeps…
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Osteria Rago: Real Italian With a Dash of Americano
Tucked away an alley, in the middle of a lively East Kirkwood block, Osteria Rago is the epitome of the off-the-beaten-path, small-town Italian cafes…
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Bloomington Firefighters Have New Technology to Save Lives
For firefighters, a minute or two can spell the difference between saving lives and ghastly tragedies. Unfortunately, modern construction materials have made firefighting even…
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Thrive By Five: A Fund Drive For Early Childhood Education
Research has long recognized that when children attend quality preschool programs, they are more likely to succeed in school and in life. To ensure…
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Scott Sanders’ Children’s Books Encourage Kids to Go Outdoors
IU Press has just reprinted two children’s books with a simple plot: families go for a walk.