Bloom Archives
Category: Our Town
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Janae Cummings: Chair, Bloomington PRIDE
The level of support for LGBTQ+ people in Bloomington depends on your identity, says Janae Cummings, the chair of Bloomington PRIDE. “If you’re gay…
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Alana Wiesing, Timpanist
No major symphony in the United States has a female principal timpanist. Alana Wiesing would like to be the first.
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Brian Oliger IU Police Officer
In 1998, Brian Oliger was student teaching art in a Bachelor Middle School classroom. He’d come to Bloomington from Seymour, Indiana, to earn a…
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Victor Kaposonore Manager, Uptown Cafe
As daytime manager, Victor Kaposonore is the face of the Uptown Cafe for breakfast and lunchtime diners. “We want it to be a casual…
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Kate Braun: Actor
The moment Kate Braun felt compelled to become an actor is a moment as poignant as one you might witness onstage.
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Recipes for Fall from ‘Earth Eats’ Book
For more than eight years, WFIU-FM has provided locally sourced food ideas via its weekly Earth Eats radio show. A cookbook written by the…
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Aliya Rife Youth Leader
Like any high-achieving high school freshman, Aliya Rife thought it would be a good idea to get some volunteer service on her resume before…
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Jessica Strunk Ivy Tech Vice Chancellor
When Jessica Strunk came to Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington in 2004, the career path she imagined for herself was confined. “I had my life…
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Fred Parker Jazz Promoter
When the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network gave its 2017 Be More Creative Award to Fred Parker for his decade-long work promoting jazz in…