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Hopscotch Coffee
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14th Annual Wedding Guide: Dancing Together Forever
After attending a Pilobolus dance theater workshop in Connecticut in 2015 and spending time with the group’s artistic associate Jun Kuribayashi, Mia Dalglish’s life…
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Switchyard Brewing: Open for Business (at last!)
In May, after much anticipation and a few false starts, Switchyard Brewing Company officially became part of the Bloomington craft beer community. The grand…
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Switchyard’s Plan for New Brewery: Beer, Food & Free Co-Work Space
When Kurtis Cummings and Jeff Hall thought about opening a brewery, they wanted their venture to mirror their passions and values, and they wanted…
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Local Chess Club Brings Enthusiasts Together to Learn Strategies, Skills
While many people know the rules of chess and how each piece moves, far fewer actually know how to play the game. Bloomington Indiana…
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Clutch Fabrication and Design: More Than Just Metalwork
Josh Smith says he came from a family of doers, which has translated well into his life as the owner of Clutch Fabrication and…
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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…
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Chocolate Is First Ingredient in LuckyGuy Bakery Brownies
BY AUBREY DUNNUCK Have you spotted the LuckyGuy Bakery logo of a peg-legged rabbit? His name is Felix, which means “lucky” in Latin. Owner…
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Hopscotch Coffee: New Café on the B-Line Trail
BY ANICKA SLACHTA Twelve years ago, Jane Kupersmith walked along the tracks of the Monon Railroad to her first job interview in Bloomington. She…