Bloom Archives
Author: lynae
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Rush Hour Station: A Little Asian, a Little French—Delish!
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR If you are into judging books by their covers, then Rush Hour Station is just a soup and sandwich place in…
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For the Love of Trains: A Series of Evocative Posters (Photo Gallery)
BY ADELE FOY Trains go plowing through Chris Rund’s imagination on a steady schedule, fired by the same childhood fascination that drove him to…
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Weekly Exercise: Standing Crunch
In the last exercise of this series, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, uses an elastic band to do a basic crunch…
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Care for the Caregiver Workshops Combine Dance and Life Coaching (Video)
BY KELSEY O’CONNOR The idea for Nancy Kalina’s life-coaching workshop came to her because dance fitness had been a large part of her recovery…
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Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band: Playing Old-Fashioned Blues
BY SAMUEL SVEEN “The heart of my music starts old. My heroes are the real fingerstyle country blues pickers: Charley Patton, Furry Lewis, [Mississippi]…
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A Rodent with a Bad Rap Makes a Good House Pet (Photo Gallery and Video)
BY KELLY KENDALL Allie Pence’s pets come running when she calls, their whiskers quivering and brown eyes blinking. She strokes their fur and runs…
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From Despair to Glory: Jordan Hulls Looks Back
BY JUSTIN ALBERS, PHOTO BY SHANNON ZAHNLE When 18-year-old Jordan Hulls arrived on the campus of Indiana University during the summer of 2009, IU…
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100+ Best Things to See and Do in Bloomington
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS, ILLUSTRATION BY ETHAN SANDWEISS Whether you’re visiting Bloomington, have recently moved here, or have lived here all your life, this…
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Art Interrupted
BY JEREMY SHERE This September, the Indiana University Art Museum will host “Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy,” an…