Bloom Archives
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Topo’s 403: Upscale, Fun, and the Food Is Fab (Photo Gallery)
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR Walk inside Topo’s 403, Bloomington’s fabulous new Greek restaurant, and the first thing you see is the elegant wallpaper: swirls of…
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Weekly Exercise: Across-the-Body Lunge
Allison Chopra, personal trainer at Urban Fitness Studio, has spent the past few weeks showing us how to alleviate lower-back pain with a few simple stretches.…
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IU Jacobs School of Music: The Next Generation
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Certain names are perennially associated with Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, such as pianists Menahem Pressler and Andre Watts, organist…
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A Home Where Art Lives
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS You’ve probably driven by the sprawling yellow villa on Bloomington’s east side—the one with the life-size painting of Renaissance ladies…
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A Sentimental Journey
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS ‘As the plane approached the runway, I saw the royal palm trees—the national tree of Cuba—that dot the landscape. I…
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Bloom’s 6th Anniversary Bash (Photo Gallery)
Bloom Magazine celebrated its sixth anniversary on August 9 with a gala in the Tudor Room at the Indiana Memorial Union. The event was…
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Weekly Exercise: Hamstring Stretch Variation
Allison Chopra, personal trainer at Urban Fitness Studio, has shown us how to alleviate back pain by stretching our hip flexors, our piriformis muscles, and our hamstrings. This…
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The Life of Sophia Travis
Sophia Grace (Mackie) Travis October 4, 1965 – September 19, 2012 Sophia Travis was born on October 4, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska to William…
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Recipe of the Week: Persimmon Pudding
Fall is here! And that means it’s time for persimmon goodies! This week, Jan Bulla-Baker gives us a recipe she says her family loves—Persimmon…