Bloom Archives
Author: lynae
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Travis Puntarelli: Returns Home to Play the Buskirk-Chumley (Video)
BY JEREMY SHERE On and off for the past decade, local singer-songwriter and acoustic storyteller Travis Puntarelli has been living a minstrel’s life, wandering…
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Works of 7 Area Ceramicists in Haan Mansion Museum (Photo Gallery)
BY JANET MANDELSTAM When Bob and Ellie Haan decided to expand the ceramics collection at their Haan Mansion Museum last spring in Lafayette, Indiana,…
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Orangutans Playing ‘Pong’! It’s All Happening at the Zoo (Photo Gallery)
BY MIKE LEONARD While the Indianapolis Zoo features exhibits and events that attract visitors year-round, summers see the largest crowds, with schoolchildren on summer…
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Cover Story: Risking Their Lives for Justice — 4 Stories of Courage at the Center for Constitutional Democracy
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY TYAGAN MILLER From their headquarters in an old house on East 3rd Street, two Indiana University law professors are…
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Feature Story: Dance Everybody Dance
BY BARB BERGGOETZ, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE The verve and exhilaration of dance attracts people of all ages, as does the sense of community,…
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Feature Story: ‘Pigeon Hill: Then and Now’ — Photography (and Words) by Jeffrey Wolin
BY MIKE LEONARD Jeffrey Wolin’s photo essay “Pigeon Hill: Then and Now” is prominent in a concurrent three-venue exhibit in Bloomington at the Indiana…
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How Yoga Got Its Start Years Ago at the YMCA
BY CARMEN SIERING In Bloomington, where there seems to be a yoga studio on every block and yoga pants are de rigueur, it’s hard…
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Bloomington Minister Joined Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma
‘I knew Martin Luther King Jr. before he was Martin Luther King Jr.’ BY MIKE LEONARD The Rev. Joe Emerson’s face reddens and his…
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Positive Link Sponsors 11th Annual AIDS Walk
BY JULIE GRAY Four years ago, medical problems brought Tom here so he could be closer to IU Health Bloomington Hospital. At first, Tom…