Bloom Archives
Shannon Zahnle
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The House with the Hats
BY CARMEN SIERING The address may be 530 S. Jordan Ave., but most people identify the home of Dale and Sharon Vincz Andrews as…
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Hoosier Favorite Errek Suhr Now a Financial Advisor
BY JEREMY SHERE From 2003 to 2007, Errek Suhr was perhaps the most popular player on the IU men’s basketball team. Even though he…
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Spencer’s Tivoli Theatre Is Restored to Its Former Glory
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC The 85-year-old Tivoli Theatre in downtown Spencer has seen some dark days. Closed in 1999, the historic building languished in disrepair…
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Jeannine Bell: Professor
BY NORM CRAMPTON Jeannine Bell is an expert at reminding Americans about a topic many of them would rather forget. Her latest book, Hate…
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Ellington’s Mercantile Open Saturdays, Selling Art (Photo Gallery)
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS Hope Ellington had a dream of getting together with a group of her artist friends and selling their art together.…
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American Homes
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE “Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself—I am large, I contain multitudes.” These…
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A Family Without Borders (Photo Gallery)
BY COLLEEN WELLS Adopting children of a different race from Third World countries has special challenges and rewards. I know; my husband, Rick, and…
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The Dance Circus: Professional Dancewear Shop Reopens
BY LIBBY PETERSON Paula Chambers opened The Dance Circus, Bloomington’s only professional dancewear store, in Fountain Square Mall in November 2012—just in time for…
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Joan’s Caramels: Sweetness from an Old Family Recipe
BY CAIRRIL MILLS When Joan Fischer of Joan’s Caramels talked with her husband, Frank, about a slogan for her new business, she said, “It…