Bloom Archives
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Rock for the Red Cross Concert to Star Bluesman Anthony Gomes
BY MANDY CLARKE This year’s Rock for the Red Cross Benefit Concert, Saturday, May 4, is starring Anthony Gomes, identified by Billboard Magazine and…
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Jenny Kander’s Dolls: in Search of a Patron (Photo Gallery)
BY KELLY KENDALL There’s Hattie, who likes embroidering daisies and ladybugs onto aprons and writing her favorite words down in a little book (the…
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Conduit Press: Turning Books into Other Things (Photo Gallery)
BY LIBBY PETERSON While working as a nanny in 2009, Talia Halliday came up with the idea of making notebooks as an engaging activity…
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20 Years of WFHB
BY LYNAE SOWINSKI WFHB celebrated its first official broadcast with the sound of an ancient gong on January 4, 1993. For its first year,…
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The Second Annual Local Artists Showcase: Presented by Bloom Magazine and Ivy Tech (Photo Gallery)
PHOTOS BY BRIDGETT HENWOOD Note: This article is about the 2013 Local Artists Showcase. Click here for information on this year’s event. On a…
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Ivy Tech-Bloomington to Offer Theater Program
BY KELLY KENDALL It all started with Waiting for Lefty, a drama staged in April 2012 about a taxi drivers’ strike. Then came The…
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Rowland Ricketts: Textile Artist Uses Indigo to Share Experience
BY CARMEN SIERING He isn’t a palm reader, but textile artist Rowland Ricketts often gets a glimpse of the future by gazing at the…
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Dancing With the Celebrities 2013
Arthur Murray Dance Studio‘s seventh annual Dancing With the Celebrities will take place on Saturday, May 18, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The five “celebrities” in this…
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A Hoosier Nature Artist Who Overcame Adversity (Photo Gallery)
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS Like an experienced sailor knows the nuances of the sea, artist Ken Bucklew knows the natural beauty of his native…