Bloom Archives
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Interior Designer Diana Paxton Back in Business with DianaBe
She is now Diana Paxton and after a 10-year absence brought on by a couple of detours, she has launched DianaBe LLC. “I was…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Judge David F. Hamilton
The chambers of United States Court of Appeals Judge David F. Hamilton are like no other.
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Jose Mario Arango Violinist, Lawyer, Chef
Figuring out one’s life as a college freshman sometimes means there will be a few twists and turns along the way. But that doesn’t…
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Laury Flint IU Police Chief
Before Cagney & Lacey ever aired, Indiana University Police Department Chief Laury Flint knew she wanted to be a cop. “I was 8,” Flint…
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Camp Yes And: Using Improv as a Learning Tool for Youth on the Autism Spectrum
Most people are familiar with improvisational theater—unscripted live-performance shows in which actors make up the scene on the spot. Improv works because everyone on…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Remembering Spring 1924, Bloomington
As another spring season is upon us (despite the recent snowfall), and as part of Bloom’s Greatest Hits, we reflect on “Remembering Spring 1924,…
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Hoosier Barber Shop: Where Everyone is Welcome
Jay Thompson, owner of Hoosier Barber Shop, had barbered in Indianapolis and Kokomo before moving to Bloomington in 2000. He says in those cities,…
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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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Alana Wiesing, Timpanist
No major symphony in the United States has a female principal timpanist. Alana Wiesing would like to be the first.