Bloom Archives
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Card Wizard Ace Saturn Opens Magic Theater on the Square
BY BARB BERGGOETZ Ace Saturn likes the feel of crisp, new playing cards, shuffling and handling them. He enjoys relating stories from fortune-telling cards.…
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Laurel Cohen: Making Music Videos and Winning Awards
BY CAROLYN CROWCROFT Filmmaker Laurel Cohen never imagined she would make music videos until she produced her first one as a student at Bloomington…
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IU Poet Ross Gay Receives National Book Award Recognition
BY JULIE GRAY Poet and Indiana University creative writing professor Ross Gay learned that he had been nominated for the National Book Award in…
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BPP Launches Major Fundraiser with Plan to Buy Its Building
BY MIKE LEONARD At the Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP) Annual Gala in late August, Producing Artistic Director Chad Rabinovitz announced two surprises. The first…
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Cardinal Stage to Feature IU Student as Mary Poppins
BY BARB BERGGOETZ As a young girl growing up in Crystal Lake, Illinois, Elaine Cotter put on shows for her family. She performed in…
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Rainworks: Creating Art You Only See When It Gets Wet (Video)
BY CARMEN SIERING Seattle-based artist Peregrine Church is bringing rain-activated art to Bloomington. Church, the creator of Rainworks, will visit Indiana University Art Museum…
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Lenny & Lou: Still Making Beautiful Music Together
BY CAIRRIL MILLS Lenny Newman, 88, and his wife, Lou, 84, fill their days with music. They attend up to five recitals a day…
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A Teacher Band Graduates To Play Gigs Around Town
BY JEREMY SHERE In May 2013, while driving to Bloomington High School South to chaperon the prom, Joel McKay shared a funny thought with…