Bloom Archives
Category: Web Exclusives
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Bell Trace’s Ukulele Club: Making Music Just for Fun (Photo Gallery)
BY NORM CRAMPTON It’s Thursday afternoon, and members of the Ukulele Club at Bell Trace Senior Living Community are gathering in a basement hall…
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Sheehey Delivers a Sweet Goodbye on Senior Night at IU
Will Sheehey became one of the Hoosier Nation’s most beloved players during his four-year career at IU. Known for his toughness and intelligence, he…
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February Pet of the Month Contest Winners
Bunners: First Place 1. What is your name and what is your breed (if applicable)? My name is Bunners, which is short for Space…
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Making It in L.A. IU’s Brice Fox Chases His Dream
BY DANIELLE PAQUETTE Bloomington native Brice Fox stands barefoot in a Los Angeles recording studio, bobbing his fashionably shaggy blond head, contemplating how to…
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A Towering Presence and Man of God: The Life and Times of Reverend Ernest Butler
BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY DIRK SHADD The phone rang just after 4 p.m. The Reverend Ernest Butler, longtime pastor of Second Baptist Church…
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Gay Bloomington: Then & Now
BY MIKE LEONARD, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE At age 95, Frank Banta liked to remark that he never came out of the closet as…
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Tips from a Hoosier Who Played Tarzan
BY MIKE LEONARD Bloomington native Denny Miller was working at a summer job moving furniture into a Sunset Boulevard building in Los Angeles when…
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Recipe of the Week: Dutch Apple and Pear Pie
There are so many things you can do with a simple crumble topping! Take a look at Chef David Davenport’s Pear and Berry Crisp! This week,…
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January Pet of the Month Contest Winners!
Arlo: First Place What is your name and what is your breed (if applicable)? My name is Arlo and I was found in the…