Bloom Archives
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PHOTO GALLERY: City of Bloomington Hosts Annual Juneteenth Celebration
The City of Bloomington hosted its annual Juneteenth celebration at Switchyard Park on Saturday, June 19, just three days after President Joe Biden signed…
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Gladys DeVane: Storyteller
Gladys DeVane, 81, is a storyteller, scriptwriter, and actor. She first learned stagecraft competing in oratorical contests as a child and acting in plays…
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Four B-town Films Shown At Heartland Film Festival
This year, four films with Bloomington ties were shown at The Heartland International Film Festival, which was held October 10–20 in Indianapolis.
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Historian Liz Mitchell “Returns” to Africa to Honor Her Ancestors
Fulfilling a 40-year dream, local historian Liz Mitchell traveled to Africa with her husband, James, to visit the places her ancestors last saw before…
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‘Stories of Monroe’—A Play Presenting Local History from African-American Perspective
BY OLIVIA DORFMAN Local history takes the stage October 11–14 in Resilience: Stories of Monroe. The play, which highlights significant events in Monroe County’s…
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Remembering The Hole
For three decades, it was the place where members of Bloomington’s African American community could be themselves and have a good time. Then, it…
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A Tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Our capital’s newest museum offers the most compete collection of African American history and culture to be found anywhere. Bloom dispatched Gladys DeVane and…
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Feature Story: Black History in Indiana — A Different Perspective (Photo Gallery)
BY DOUGLAS WISSING, ART BY SHANNON ZAHNLE Read the full story here! (Additional photos can be found at the bottom of this page.) A different…