2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Encores Kids Consignment Sale

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2401 S. Endwright Rd., Bloomington, IN 47403
http://encoreskids.com

Encores Kid’s Consignment Sale is Bloomington’s first kids’ consignment sale, and this year is our 7th annual sale to date. Encores sells thousands of gently-used children’s items on consignment. For more information, or to find out how to shop the Friday pre-sale and new mom sale, check us out at encoreskids.com

Encores Consignment Sale is organized by and benefits BloomingMoms, a ministry for moms hosted by Clearnote Church Bloomington.

Children

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Lemonade Day Workshop

09:00 am to 11:00 am
Ivy Tech's Center for the Life Sciences at 501 North Profile Parkway
https://bloomington.lemonadeday.org/

Lemonade Day is on May 21st this year. To register and to get ready for your lemonade stand, you can come to a FREE 2-hour workshop on Saturday, April 2nd at Ivy Tech’s Center for the Life Sciences at 501 North Profile Parkway. Kids and their adult mentors will rotate through fun, interactive stations to learn all about running a lemonade stand, including advertising, customer service, handling money and more! For more info and to pre-register, go online to bloomington.lemonadeday.org.

Business / Children / Education

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Watercolor on Yupo Demonstration

09:30 am to 03:00 pm
Brown County Art Guild
http://yupoworkshop.brownpapertickets.com

Join us for a unique opportunity to watch and learn from two award winning Guild Artist Members. Sandy Ezell and Rena Brouwer will present a live demonstration on painting with watercolors on Yupo paper from 9:30-11:15. The demonstration is free and open to the public. VIP Artists & Patrons will attend a group lunch with Sandy & Rena and Guild staff following the demonstration, then return to the Guild for a workshop with the artists. From beginning to advanced painters, all levels are welcome to attend the workshop. More info and tickets here: http://yupoworkshop.brownpapertickets.com

Education / Exhibits / Speakers

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Hatha Yoga on Saturdays


Unity of Bloomington, 4001 S. Rogers Street, Bloomington

Taught by Allana Radecki who has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 1988. Her “Yoga from the Inside Out,” draws upon the foundation poses of Hatha Yoga, guided by the breath, to develop a balanced, mindful practice. Allana’s method adapts easily to all ages and levels of practice and is helpful to people with special needs, injuries and joint replacements.

Fitness / Health

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

21st Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar – Family Day

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Binford Elementary School
http://lotusfest.org/event/21st-world-bazaar-family-day/

The Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar is a free multicultural arts and education event for kids and families. Created in 1996 with the help of area teachers, the World Bazaar has become a tradition in Monroe County schools — public, private, and charter — as well as in our community. Volunteers from the Bloomington community (and around the world) present arts, music, language, and international crafts at a vibrant multicultural fair in the gymnasium of Binford Elementary. More than 30 activity stations let kids get their hands on the world….so grab your passport at the door, and go!

The Saturday World Bazaar Family Day is free and open to the public! Featuring hands-on activities, exploration of world cultures, and live performances. Appropriate for all ages, but especially fun for kids K-6. Children must be accompanied by parents/guardians.

Children / Education

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Kroger Sunday Showcase with Ryan M. Brewer, Kennan Rainwater & Sarah Flint – TODAY!

11:00 am to 02:00 pm
Kroger Grocer Store - 1175 South College Mall Rd., Bloomington IN 47401
https://www.facebook.com/BloomingtonSongwriters

Ryan Brewer (www.RyanBrewer.com) has been living between Los Angeles CA & NYC for a year now – and will be swinging through his home state of Indiana this weekend. He’ll be joining Kenan Rainwater (lead singer for the Indiana Boys – www.KenanRainwater.com) and B-Town’s Sarah Flint (www.facebook.com/lessonswithSarah) – a member of Bloomington IN’s sweethearts – ‘ Hoosier Darling’ – performing solo today 11:00a.m – 2:00 p.m.

Entertainment / Live Music

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation


Mathers Museum of World Cultures
http://mathers.indiana.edu

From the builders of some of America’s earliest railroads and farms to Civil Rights pioneers to digital technology entrepreneurs, Indian Americans have long been an inextricable part of American life. “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” explores the Indian American experience and the community’s vital political, professional, and cultural contributions to American life and history. The exhibition moves past pop-culture stereotypes of Indian Americans to explore the heritage, daily experience, and diverse contributions of Indian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Weaving together stories of individual achievement and collective struggle, “Beyond Bollywood” uses photography, narrative, multimedia, and interactive stations to tell a uniquely American story, while conveying the texture, vibrancy, and vitality of Indian American communities.

“Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” was created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The Mathers Museum’s presentation of the exhibit has been generously funded by Indiana University alumnus Robert N. Johnson, the Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program, the Asian American Studies Program, and the Department of American Studies. Gallery is open 9am-4:30 pm Tues-Fri and 1pm-4:30pm Sat/Sun.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and ST permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.An access ramp is located at the Fess Avenue entrance, on the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-6873.

Exhibits

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Piano Forte Parlor Concert

03:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Wylie House Museum
https://libraries.indiana.edu/piano-forte-parlor-concert

IU Jacobs School of Music pianist, Keely Schmerber, will be performing Bach and Beethoven pieces on the historic Wylie House Museum’s 1795 piano forte. The performance will take place in the museum’s parlor, an ideal setting for an intimate and extraordinary musical experience.

Entertainment / Live Music

2 Saturday / April 2, 2016

Guest Recital: Metz Carillon – John Gouwens, carillon

04:00 pm
Metz Carillon
http://music.indiana.edu/events/#eyJtb2RlIjoiZGV0YWlsIiwiZGF0ZSI6IjIwMTYwNDAyIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnkiOm51bGwsInJlc3VsdENvdW50IjoyMCwiZXZlbnQiOiI3NzIzMSIsInJldHVybkhhc2giOiJleUp0YjJSbElqb2laWFpsYm5STWFYTjBJaXdpWkdGMFpTSTZJakl3TVRZd05EQXlJaXdpWTJGMFpXZHZjbmtpT201MWJHd3NJbkpsYzNWc2RFTnZkVzUwSWpveU1IMD0ifQ%3D%3D

Guest Recital

John Gouwens, carillon

Repertoire to be announced

About the Artist

John Gouwens was appointed organist and carillonneur of the Culver Academies (Culver Military Academy/Culver Girls Academy) in fall 1980. From 1989 to 1990 and from 1996 to 2004, he also served as choir director of the academies. In fall 2002, he was also appointed visiting lecturer in carillon at Ball State University. Gouwens began his carillon studies at Indiana University with Linda Walker Pointer, playing his first carillon recital on the Metz Carillon in 1977. He holds organ performance degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Kansas. He has played recitals on many important carillons throughout the United States and Canada, including performances at 10 congresses of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) and at a congress of the World Carillon Federation. Gouwens is a carillonneur member of the GCNA and serves on its Music Publications Committee. He served for 28 years as chairman of the Johan Franco Composition Fund Committee, which sponsored composition competitions and commissioned new carillon compositions. Many of his carillon compositions have been published by the GCNA, American Carillon Music Editions, Inc., and the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium. In 1985 and 2004, he hosted the annual congresses of the GCNA at Culver. He is instructor in campanology (the historical and technical study of bells), composition, and improvisation at the North American Carillon School, Springfield, Ill. His organ and carillon playing have been included in five programs of American Public Media’s Pipedreams, and he has produced four CD recordings of the organ and carillon of Culver. In 2003, he wrote the first American carillon teaching book, Playing the Carillon: An Introductory Method, published by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. In 2013, he wrote the textbook Campanology: A Study of Bells, with an Emphasis on the Carillon. Both are in use worldwide.

The Arthur R. Metz Memorial Carillon

A carillon is an instrument consisting of at least two octaves of bells (more, typically four, octaves in modern concert instruments) arranged in a chromatic series, played from a keyboard that permits expression through touch. Carillon bells must be tuned harmoniously enough to allow many notes to be sounded together in a variety of chords with an agreeable effect. Although there are many instruments with bells played inexpressively by an electrical apparatus and imitations of carillons broadcast through loudspeakers, none of those satisfy the above definition of a proper carillon.

The Arthur R. Metz Memorial Carillon and the smaller, lighter, School of Music Carillon, were donated by the Arthur R. Metz Foundation in 1971. The Metz Carillon is made up of 61 bells, ranging in weight from approximately 6,800 pounds to 25 pounds, providing a five-octave range. Both instruments were built by Royal Eijsbouts Bellfoundry of Asten, The Netherlands, a firm renowned for its restoration work of historic European carillons as well as for the precision of its tuning. In addition, there is a smaller instrument, technically called a “chime,” in the tower of the Student Building.

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