Clapacs, who is working on an upcoming book, spoke at City Hall on Friday as part of the Rosemary Miller Lecture series. He titled his lecture “Limestone: The Tie That Binds.”

Robin Carlson’s day job may pay the bills, but those fleshy, twitching doll heads won “Best in Show” Friday evening at the 2013 Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show.

Saturday morning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kalb and seven other IU students joined 25 fellow 500 Festival princesses dressed in evening gowns, sashes and, yes, tiaras, for the crowning of the Indianapolis 500 Festival Queen.

Two-thirds of the 33 drivers who attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 on Saturday at Pole Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are from foreign countries, yet it was Indy’s own Ed Carpenter who claimed pole position.

The City of Bloomington Animal Shelter announced last week the addition of a new kitten nursery to its facilities.