Bloom Archives
Gallery Walk
-
Players Pub Lives on in Mural at I Fell Event
While The Players Pub may be closed, a piece of it lives on. The mural that graced the back stage of Bloomington’s iconic music…
-
Musician Travis Puntarelli Is Busy, Busy, Busy, Busy
Flexibility is a running theme in Travis Puntarelli’s life and career. He plays multiple instruments (his website lists everything from guitar and accordion to…
-
Juniper Art Gallery: A New Destination Shop in Spencer
Maybe it’s because she grew up in an artistic home—her father was a painter, her mother, a sculptor— but Jaime Sweany keeps circling back…
-
Galleries of Bloomington 2018
Among Indiana communities, Bloomington has a well-deserved reputation as a thought leader in the arts. It was the first city in the state to…
-
Gather Moves to New Space in Storefront on the Square
When Athena, a long-time Bloomington establishment located on the downtown Square, closed in the spring, Talia Halliday was disappointed. But as the owner of…
-
New Arts Center On Near West Side To Feature Gallery, Theater & Library
The corner of Fourth and Rogers streets is a 10-minute walk from the downtown Square, Bloomington’s traditional nucleus of arts and entertainment. But David…
-
100 Reasons to Love Bloomington (August Cover Story)
BY CARMEN SIERING WITH BARB BERGGOETZ & ELISABETH ANDREWS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE CAGLE It’s a wonderful town. It was no easy task honing down the…