Bloom Archives
Ethan Sandweiss
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Eating On and Around the Downtown Square
If you are visiting, new to town, or don’t come to the downtown Square often, here are personal recommendations from someone who loves good…
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Eric Sandweiss: Professor of ‘Public History’
BY CARMEN SIERING Transitions can be difficult, so in 2002, when Eric Sandweiss was considering a position as the Carmony Chair of History at…
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Cover Story: Off to See the World (Photo Gallery)
Mason Cassady and Rachel Irvine wanted to learn about everyday life in other cultures. Bicycles, they felt, would be the best way to go. BY BARB BERGGOETZ…
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Feature Story: 8 Months in Lyon (Photo Gallery)
DIARY, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND ART BY ETHAN SANDWEISS ‘They say that when good Americans die, they go to Paris.’ So wrote Oscar Wilde in The…
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Alzheimer’s Patients Partake in a Storytelling Circle
BY CARROL KRAUSE An elderly Alzheimer’s patient, part of a storytelling circle, examines a black-and-white photograph of a woman watching an artist paint. “It…
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How Music, Art, and Dance Are Used to Help in Therapy
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Hearing a familiar tune, a woman with Alzheimer’s disease begins to sing. An autistic boy draws a picture that expresses emotions…
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Teen Brain Advice to Parents: ‘Keep ’Em Alive to 25!’
BY JANET MANDELSTAM There’s a biological reason that explains why parents are so puzzled by their teenage children, why they say, “I don’t recognize…
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OASIS: Where Students Get Help with Substance Abuse
BY KELLY KENDALL Wander down Kirkwood, Walnut, or College on pretty much any night of the week, and you can spot all the signs…
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100+ Best Things to See and Do in Bloomington
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS, ILLUSTRATION BY ETHAN SANDWEISS Whether you’re visiting Bloomington, have recently moved here, or have lived here all your life, this…