Bloom Archives
Category: Features
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Feature Story: Lake Monroe in Winter
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER HAMLIN The winter of 2013–14 was one of the most severe in Hoosier history, and yet one in which photographer Peter…
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Cover Story: The Remarkable Rise of Chancellor Jennie Vaughan
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE The future’s looking bright for Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington. With record-breaking enrollment nearing 7,000 students, a construction…
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Feature Story: Oh, the Delights You’ll Find at the Lilly Library
BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM KRAUSE In a town with so much to do, it’s easy to overlook the Indiana University Lilly Library.…
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Homes & Gardens Issue: Made to Order
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE In a perfect world, we would all live in our dream homes with every space and…
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Homes & Gardens Issue: It Takes Two
BY MOYA ANDREWS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES KELLAR Gardening is a hobby that can be enjoyed as a solitary pursuit or as a collaborative activity.…
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How True Was ‘Breaking Away’?
BY MIKE LEONARD Late last summer, a British film reviewer professed his love for Breaking Away, the Academy Award-winning 1979 movie set in Bloomington…
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Comedy in Bloomington
BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE June 8, 2013. The Buskirk-Chumley Theater is packed. It’s the closing night of Bloomington’s inaugural Limestone Comedy…
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Bloomington’s Flower Lady
BY NANCY R. HILLER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES KELLAR It’s the classic back-to-the-land fantasy. Purchase some acreage. Build your own home. Support yourself with work…
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Hanging out with R.E.M.
BY DAVID BRENT JOHNSON Imagine that it’s 1963, and you’ve just been told that the young Beatles are coming to Bloomington to record their…