Bloom Archives
Tag: Indiana University
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Rose Hill Cemetery Bicentennial: A Brief History and Curious Facts
Like many memorial parks built in the 1800s, Bloomington’s Rose Hill Cemetery is a meditative space with meandering paths and open vistas.
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Bloom’s 13th Annual Wedding Guide
Each of the four couples featured here found ways to express their individuality even as they upheld the wedding traditions of their communities and…
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Virginia Githiri: PopKorn Professor
Virginia Githiri believes that when people hold back any of their talents, “something in the cycle of humanity is broken.” So she intentionally keeps…
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Scott Sanders’ Children’s Books Encourage Kids to Go Outdoors
IU Press has just reprinted two children’s books with a simple plot: families go for a walk.
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‘PorchLight with Tom Roznowski’ Airing Saturdays at 8 p.m. on WFIU
Since July, WFIU-FM has been airing PorchLight with Tom Roznowski in which the local musician and author discusses finding the extraordinary in the everyday.…
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History Center to Host Annual Puzzle Fest Day
Since 2016, the Monroe County History Center has set aside a day to celebrate puzzles as part of International Puzzle Day.
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Two Young Entrepreneurs Create Underground Streetwear
While most of their peers are navigating the ins and outs of college, Bloomington natives David Norris, 19, and Evan Lutes, 20, are making…
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B-town’s SpringHill Suites Ranks No. 1 in the Country
When Paul Pruitt and Mae Siffin surveyed Bloomington’s hotel landscape in 2011, they knew they could add something distinctive to the mix. “We wanted…
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Marvin Sterling: Anthropology Professor
Marvin Sterling, associate professor of anthropology at Indiana University, studies Japanese devotees of Jamaican culture—an interest piqued by a doll he saw in a…