Bloom Archives
Susan Brackney
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Ancient Lives Lets You Become a Papyrologist
Items buried within landfills certainly take their sweet time to break down—but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. More than 100 years ago, researchers…
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Spring into Action with Plant-Monitoring Projects
Most morel hunters know to start hunting in earnest when the dogwood leaves are as big as a mouse’s ear. Or at least that’s…
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Under the Weather: How Climate Change is Messing with Monroe County
Indiana’s seasons aren’t quite what they used to be. Wet springs that lead to floods are often followed by summers with dangerously high temperatures.…
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IU Eskenazi Art Museum Will Offer Art Therapy Programming
Art therapy has shown to be a powerful healing tool. Now, thanks to a charitable gift from philanthropist Bob LeBien, the Indiana University Sidney…
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A Ribbeting Pastime! I’m Becoming a FrogWatcher and You Can Be One, Too!
Because I’m too cheap to spring for Netflix, Bloomington’s woods and wetlands are my entertainment of choice. I binge-watch barred owls the way other…
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Artist Karen Holtzclaw: Bright Works Reveal Dark Themes
Wielding vibrant oil paints, artist Karen Holtzclaw conjures creatures who have a lot to tell us about the state of our world. Her newest…
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Why Is Anti-Semitism Rising? Scholars of Hate to Convene Here
Desecrated graves, bomb threats, and scrawled swastikas aren’t new, but in recent years there has been a marked increase of attacks on Jewish communities…
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The Academy of Film & Theatre: New Addition to City’s Arts Community
The Good Catholic—a 2017 release by Bloomington-based Pigasus Pictures—set the stage for the Bloomington Academy of Film & Theatre, a new venture from Pigasus’…
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Indiana Forest Alliance—Working to Preserve Indiana’s Native Ecosystem
Southern Indiana’s hill country boasts some of the state’s largest stands of old-growth forests, and a veritable melting pot of biodiversity.