Bloom Archives
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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“Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We Are in a Play!’”: A Buddy Musical for Kids Ages 3–7
BY STEPHANIE VON HIRSCHBERG Mo Willems’ Elephant & Piggie picture books have enchanted children ever since they began appearing in 2007. The stories star…
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It’s The 20th Annual Indiana Limestone Symposium (Photo Gallery)
BY BARB BERGGOETZ In the heat of June, experienced stone carvers, hobbyists, and carving novices painstakingly shape blocks of limestone weighing up to 1,200…
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Bloomington Open Studios: Visit Artists Where They Work
BY CAIRRIL MILLS Once a year, local visual artists throw open their doors and host the Bloomington Open Studios Tour. The free, two-day curated…
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Mary Sue Hosey: Teaching Kids to Dance for Nearly 50 Years
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO In 1966, at age 15, Mary Sue Hosey started teaching dance at the Dixon Dance Studio in Cambridge City, Indiana.…
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For Ivy Tech’s ‘An Enemy of the People,’ the Audience Will Move with the Actors
BY JEREMY SHERE April 8–16, Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington will stage a student production of An Enemy of the People, the Henrik Ibsen play…
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Wyatt LeGrand: A ‘Blue-Collar’ Bloomfield Artist (Photo Gallery)
BY PAMELA KEECH “I like to paint everything,” says 28-year-old Wyatt LeGrand, who has been storming Indiana plein air paint outs (open-air painting events),…
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‘Transformative Stories’: An Unusual Show of Songs and Science
BY JEREMY SHERE On March 19, world-renowned neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor and acclaimed singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer will perform Transformative Stories at the Brown County…
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5th Annual Local Artists Showcase (Video and Photo Gallery)
Even with the unseasonably warm and sunny 70-degree weather on Saturday, February 20, the 5th Annual Local Artists Showcase still drew crowds indoors. More…
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Wild Monsters Taking Over Monroe County Public Library!
BY CAIRRIL MILLS Area residents now have the opportunity to walk on the wild side. Monroe County Public Library is hosting the “Maurice Sendak…