Bloom Archives
Arts & Entertainment
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‘The Wellness Lifestyle: A Chef’s Recipe for Real Life’
In The Wellness Lifestyle: A Chef’s Recipe for Real Life, Chef Daniel Orr talks about his struggle to keep weight off. His co-author, Kelly…
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‘Quilters’ the Musical Portrays Pioneer Women’s Lives
The second piece of the Stages Bloomington American Mosaic Theatre Series arrives in November with the musical Quilters. Nominated for five Tony awards, Quilters…
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Delinquent Gallery—A Place for Lowbrow Art
Movie monsters and robots replace portraits and landscapes at Bloomington’s latest addition to the art scene. That’s because Delinquent Gallery co-owners Chris McVillain and…
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Female-Made Film Flips Script—It’s the Guy Who Poses Nude
Historically, more often than not, artists have been men, while their subjects have been women. That’s why the reversal of those roles, in a…
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Jerry Smith: An Artist of Many Mediums
Until he was nearly 30, Jerry Smith had never painted, but he wondered what it would be like to be an artist. “I just…
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Converted Grain Bin is Now an Artist’s Studio
Monique Cagle—painter, photographer, fabric artist, and jewelry maker—knew it was time to find a dedicated studio space when her work started taking over her…
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‘Stories of Monroe’—A Play Presenting Local History from African-American Perspective
BY OLIVIA DORFMAN Local history takes the stage October 11–14 in Resilience: Stories of Monroe. The play, which highlights significant events in Monroe County’s…
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‘A Cuban Refugee’s Journey To the American Dream’
A new memoir by Gerardo González, Indiana University School of Education dean emeritus, is a tribute to openness—the kind that happens when a nation…
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After 40 Years, Musicians Reconnect for New Album
An acoustic guitar player, Caesar Pacifici founded The Flying Cloud with British-born bouzouki player Brian Brooks. The group recorded an album for Adelphi Records…