Bloom Archives
Author: lynae
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Bloomington Is Home To Some Serious Cavers
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Who likes to spend time in dank, wet, muddy, totally dark places? Cavers, that’s who, and Bloomington has an enthusiastic gaggle…
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How B-town Folks Reach Out to Help International Students
BY DAN COLEMAN Every year, students from across the globe travel to Indiana University in search of higher education. But while the countless lectures…
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How Violins Help Kids At Fairview Elementary
BY MAGGIE MARTON On a Saturday morning in the spring, two little boys arrived at the IU Musical Arts Center (MAC) hungry. They had…
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Artist Joel Washington Takes His Art to the Streets
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC Joel Washington is best known for his unmistakably psychedelic paintings, where mind-bendingly vivid colors combine to create striking portraits that leap…
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Reliable Vintage: A 1970s Store Where Everything Works
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC Walking into Eugene Spiegel’s Nashville, Indiana shop, Reliable Vintage, is like traveling back in time to the 1970s. Besides the vinyl…
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Cardinal Stage Presents Adaptation of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
BY BRIDGETT HENWOOD This September, Cardinal Stage Company is bringing what many consider to be the Great American Novel to the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. To…
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Looking for Good Employees? Consider Calling Stone Belt
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Hiring employees with disabilities can be a great boost to your business, says Bitta DeWees, director of community employment for Stone…
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New Laser Cataract Surgery Is Faster, Safer, More Precise
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Dr. R. Daniel Grossman estimates he’s performed at least 35,000 cataract surgeries during his 32 years as an ophthalmologist, and he’s…
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Recipe of the Week: Oven-Fried Fish
We are switching it up this month and are centering our recipes on fish. Check back on Friday September 21 for Jan Bulla-Baker’s Fish…