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Tag: Monroe County Public Library
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The Public Library: Where Latino Kids Can Learn Spanish
Every Saturday, a room on the second floor of the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) becomes an international classroom and community known as La…
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Fix-It Fair: An Ecological Way to Save Some Green
Whether you’re working to keep items out of the waste stream or just want someone to repair a much-loved keepsake, the Monroe County Public…
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Local Composers Create Modern Operas for Kids
Kim Carballo, a voice coach at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, says that in the 1950s and ’60s, a slew of children’s…
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Tree Project Puts Down Roots for B-town’s Next 200 Years
In 1984, Bloomington was the first city in Indiana to receive the Tree City USA designation given by the Arbor Day Foundation, an honor…
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Trashion Refashion Runway Show Set for April 8 at Buskirk-Chumley (VIDEO / PHOTO GALLERY)
Now in its ninth year, the Trashion Refashion Runway Show brings together clothing designers, models, and pretty much anyone interested in giving new life…
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Indiana Recovery Alliance: Syringe Exchange Program Saves Lives
While Indiana, like most states, struggles with an ongoing opioid crisis that officials predict will get worse before it gets better, there are groups…
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The Plight of Asylum-Seekers
With a hold on refugees being resettled in our town, the Bloomington Refugee Support Network has turned its attention to helping those in desperate…
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Support Group Hopes to Make Indiana a ‘Lyme Literate State’
Susan Coleman’s mysterious health symptoms—headaches, fatigue, joint pain, fever, stiff neck, insomnia—began more than two decades ago. They would come and go, but she…
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New Program Uses Music to Help Alzheimer’s Patients & Caregivers
Barbara Edmonds is enlisting high school music students, adult volunteers, and local professionals in her efforts to use music to enrich the lives of…