Bloom Archives
Arts & Entertainment
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Brown County Music Center Brings Big Names to Nashville
After a 2009 arson fire destroyed the Little Nashville Opry, an entertainment venue that had served Brown County for more than 30 years, the…
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Wylie House Exhibit Portrays Marginalized, Silenced Hoosiers
The written records and visual art we share as historical representations of our collective past depict, more often than not, only one point of…
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āāLock Ness!ā and Other Tales of Nessie the Scottieā
For all the joy they bring, itās a sad truth that petsā lives are much shorter than our own. In āLock Ness!ā and Other…
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Local Dancer Wins World Country & Western Award
When Mary Hoedeman Coniaris got the call that she was receiving the Pioneer Award from the United Country and Western Dance Council (UCWDC) at…
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Review: ‘Author in Chief’
Just before Presidentās Day, Bloom caught up with Bloomington resident Craig Fehrman as he set out on a national book tour for ‘Author in…
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Chamber Singers to Present āConsidering Matthew Shepardā
Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, was brutally murdered 22 years ago, and his death served as a catalyst for legislative and…
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King Bee & The Stingers: Blues Band on the Rise
By day, Mark Menefee, 60, is the Indiana University director of utilities. By night, heās the black- and-yellow-clad harmonica player āKing Beeā of the…
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Ransom Haile: Multimedia Digital Artist
Most recently, most of Haileās art has been visual: sculptures, drawings, tattoos, paintings, and photographs.
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The Waldron Marks Ten Years as Part of Ivy Tech
Ten years ago, Ivy Tech Community CollegeāBloomington acquired the John Waldron Arts Center, a building with a long history of public use that was…