The Monroe County Fair, running from July 28 to August 5, features a wide variety of fun for all ages and interests – from livestock shows (rabbits, goats, cows, pigs, horses, and more) and auctions to flower exhibits, motorcycle and kart racing, craft shows and live music. Food and drinks will be available from numerous vendors, and a carnival will be held in the evenings on July 31 and afterwards. Visit the fair website for more detailed information about the many different exhibits and activities.
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31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Monroe County Fair
08:00 am to 07:00 pm
Monroe County Fairgrounds (5700 W. Airport Road)
http://www.monroecountyfairgrounds.net/
Animals / Children / Entertainment / Exhibits / Festivals / Live Music
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Exhibit: From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web: The Origins of Everything
09:00 am to 04:30 pm
Mathers Museum of World Cultures (416 N. Indiana Ave.)
http://www.mathers.indiana.edu/
This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures examines history on a large scale, through exploration of cosmic, biological, and human origins. It is open weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from May 8 to August 26, 2012, and is free.
Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Exhibit: Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?
09:00 am to 04:30 pm
Mathers Museum of World Cultures (416 N. Indiana Ave.)
http://www.mathers.indiana.edu/
This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures examines the nature of culture through the exploration of cultural traditions surrounding life stages and universal needs. It is free and open to the public during regular museum hours, and will run until August 27.
Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Exhibit: The Day in Its Color: A Hoosier Photographer’s Journey through Midcentury America
09:00 am to 04:30 pm
Mathers Museum of World Cultures (416 N. Indiana Ave.)
http://www.mathers.indiana.edu/
This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures is a companion piece to the book by Eric Sandweiss, and presents a survey of Cushman’s extraordinary work, an archive of photographs that is the largest known body of early color photographs by a single photographer—14,500 in all, most shot on vivid, color-saturated Kodachrome stock. It will run until August 27.
Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Peoples Park Lunch Concert Series
11:30 am to 01:00 pm
Peoples Park
http://bloomington.in.gov/concerts
Stroll Downtown for a toe-tapping lunch break at Peoples Park! Grab some lunch from a local restaurant or brown bag from home, but spend your Tuesday lunch break at Peoples Park!
May 1st- Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen
May 8th- Starkraven
May 15th- dwBrykalski
May 22nd- Sharlee Davis and Will Devitt
May 29th- Craig and Lori Brenner
June 5th- Kevin Reynolds June 12th- 64 Colors
June 19th- Gordon Bonham
June 26th- The Mundies
July 3rd- Kid Kazooey and the Ballroom Roustabouts
July 10th- Scott Frye
July 17th- Pan USA
July 24th- Sad Sam Blues Band
July 31- Monika Herzig and Peter Kienele
August 7th- The Mizfits
August 14th- Don’t Call me Betty
August 21st- Fiddle “n” Feet
August 28th- The Gospel Gurlz
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Peoples Park Lunch Concert Series
11:30 am to 01:00 pm
Peoples Park, 501 East Kirkwood Avenue
http://bloomington.in.gov/concerts
Monika Herzig and Peter Kienle (modern eclectic jazz)
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Club Riders at Bloomington Boys & Girls Club
04:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Boys & Girls Club (311 S. Lincoln St.)
http://bgcbloomington.org/lincoln-street-club/
Club Riders meets every Tuesday from March through November to ride bikes. It is a program that teaches older kids and teens to safely ride bikes around town, repair bikes, and offers a chance to get out of the club and explore Bloomington.
Annual fee for membership in the Boys & Girls Club is $20. It is open to ages 6-18. See website for more information and membership form.
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Music from Joe Peters at the Tuesday Farmers’ Market
05:00 pm to 06:30 pm
next to Bloomingfoods Near West Side on Sixth and Madison Streets
http://bloomington.in.gov/farmersmarket
Join us for the Tuesday Farmers’ Market. Everything is fresh and local, from the rows of produce to the original folk music of Joe Peters. Music is from 5 to 6:30 pm. Market runs from 4 to 7 pm.
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
Beer School at Yogi’s Grill & Bar
07:00 pm
Yogi's Bar and Grill (519 E. 10th Street)
http://www.yogis.com
Beer School, a series of educational presentations about beer, is held every Tuesday at 7 pm at Yogi’s Grill & Bar in the Pub Room. Speakers range from Yogi’s own in-house staff (who are Certified Beer Servers) to craft brewers from around the country. Admission is free.
31 Tuesday / July 31, 2012
DJango Jazz Jam
07:00 pm
Cafe DJango, 116 N. Grant St.
http://www.cafedjango.com
Come on down to Jazz Jam night.!! The open jam starts at 7 pm, so if you play an instrument, bring it; if you don’t play, come on down and listen to some great music at one of Bloomington’s most popular jazz scenes. We will have a very special guest artist sitting in with those that want to jam.
All Ages