Bloom Archives
performances
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Two B-town Theater Companies Staging Concentration Camp Children’s Opera
BY SOPHIE BIRD When Audrey Heller, producing artistic director of the Jewish Theatre of Bloomington, sat down with Stages Bloomington Interim Executive Director Pat…
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Lotus World Music & Arts Festival 2016 (Photo Gallery)
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Groove to the Blues Up Close at Bean Blossom Blues Fest
BY BARB BERGGOETZ The atmosphere is laid back and festive. Blues music played by nationally touring acts flows from two main stages. Local bands,…
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2nd Boogie-Woogie Festival Set for B-town August 14
BY PETER DORFMAN Bloomington devotees of boogie-woogie, a hard-driving, uniquely American blues piano style, can immerse themselves in the music come August at the…
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Have a Beer and Watch Cardinal’s Sultry Musical ‘Murder Ballad’
BY CAROLYN CROWCROFT Cardinal Stage Company will close out its 2015–16 season with Murder Ballad, an electric musical that Artistic Director Randy White says…
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IU Theatre Presents “King Lear” In Original 1606 Pronunciation
BY PAUL BICKLEY The new world premiere of a centuries-old play will allow Bloomington audiences to experience the language of King Lear as Shakespeare…
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Songwriting, Workshops, Shows At 2016 Creative Aging Festival
BY PAUL BICKLEY Julie Hill wants to change society’s perception of the elderly. As a certified teaching artist for the elderly, life enrichment director…
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“Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We Are in a Play!’”: A Buddy Musical for Kids Ages 3–7
BY STEPHANIE VON HIRSCHBERG Mo Willems’ Elephant & Piggie picture books have enchanted children ever since they began appearing in 2007. The stories star…
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Mary Sue Hosey: Teaching Kids to Dance for Nearly 50 Years
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO In 1966, at age 15, Mary Sue Hosey started teaching dance at the Dixon Dance Studio in Cambridge City, Indiana.…