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Check Out a Zine or Learn to Make One at the Public Library
When local nonprofit bookstore Boxcar Books closed in 2017, the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) was the recipient of more than 300 zines, increasing…
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Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor (1934-2019): A Woman of Peace and Forgiveness
For decades, Eva Mozes Kor carried the weight of Auschwitz with her. At the age of 10, her parents and her two older sisters…
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Monroe County CASA Celebrates 35 Years of Advocating for Kids
In the early 1980s, things began changing for children who were the victims of abuse and neglect. “There was a grassroots movement that led…
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IU Student Film Supports Sexual Assault Survivors
After their film Rolling won one of four Best Picture awards and a Best Performance award at Indiana University’s local Campus Movie Fest 2018,…
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Volunteers Save Lives Fostering Baby Animals
Spring and summer see an increase in the number of newborn animals. Both WildCare, which rehabilitates wild animals, and City of Bloomington Animal Care…
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Public Library Now Offers Summer Running Program
Bloomington’s running culture is getting a boost from a place most people associate with more cerebral activities. On May 1, the Monroe County Public…
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Accessibility for All Is Goal of Local Council
Fourteen years ago, Katie Herron took a walk through her east-side neighborhood with her then 4-year-old son, Ben, who has a physical disability and…
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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…
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Toddlers & Seniors Learn Together at Jill’s House
Every weekday morning, small groups of preschoolers at Jill’s House Intergenerational Preschool take field trips from their lower-level classrooms up to the first-floor common…