Issue: October/November 2019

Help a Hoosier Showcases Talents of Homeless and Folks in Recovery

Help a Hoosier Showcases Talents of Homeless and Folks in Recovery

Oct 18, 2019 |

When Ivana Fox was a human services student at Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington, she worked as an intern at Centerstone’s Peer Run Recovery Center (PRRC). While she expected to learn a lot about the conditions of homelessness, mental illness, and addiction, what she didn’t expect to find were the many talented people who could sing, dance, write poetry, or who had technical skills that would easily transfer to a performing arts production.

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Krista Detor’s Annual Holiday Show at FAR Center Dec. 13

Krista Detor’s Annual Holiday Show at FAR Center Dec. 13

Oct 17, 2019 |

Once again, Bloomington-based singer-songwriter Krista Detor will be staying close to home for the holidays, performing an annual show to benefit a local nonprofit organization. “It’s my way of giving back to the community and, at this point, it feels like a tradition, although it’s always a little bit different,” says the internationally acclaimed performer.

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Library Invites Community to Explore The Power of Words

Library Invites Community to Explore The Power of Words

Oct 15, 2019 |

We may live in polarized, angry times, but it isn’t a singular moment says author Margaret McMullan. “We’ve been there before, in the years leading up to the Holocaust and the Civil Rights era in Mississippi,” she says. “There were so many similarities in those times and now. The righteousness, the need to find scapegoats for our problems, the fear and fury. The hate. The violence.”

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