SOFA shows photos\nThe SOFA Gallery hosts the opening of the Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition of the Bloomington Photography Club Tuesday. A large percentage of the club's members are amateur photographers from the Bloomington area. The group is also composed of professional photographers who work locally. In an attempt to get their work seen by the public, 40 Photography Club members submitted over 170 works for acceptance into the exhibition. In the end, 90 images by 32 members were selected by jurors Tyagan Miller, Marcia Busch-Jones and Jonathon Wilson to go on display in the gallery. The SOFA gallery is open 12 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The photography exhibit will be on display through May 28 with an opening reception 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
BAAC previews auction items\nThe Bloomington Area Arts Council is currently displaying items for its Thursday auction at its Art Auction Preview Exhibition in the Rosemary P. Miller Gallery at the John Waldron Arts Center. The works for the auction were donated by area artists and include painting, photography, textiles, sculpture, glass, jewelry, ceramics, drawing, wood and mixed media. Art enthusiasts can also visit the BAAC Web site at www.artlives.org and start bidding online for desired pieces. Multiple web users can bid on the same items, driving up the prices as if at a real auction. If the online price is outbidded at the "live" auction on Thursday, the patron at the Waldron will win the piece.
Watoto Children's Choir tours Indianapolis\nThe Watoto Children's Choir, a group composed of Ugandan children who have lost at least one parent to AIDS or war, performs throughout the Indianapolis area this week to raise money and awareness for their cause. They perform at 9 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at Fall Creek Valley Middle School at 9701 E. 63rd St., 7 p.m. Tuesday at Sweetwater Assembly of God at 2551 Ind. 114 East, North Manchester, 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., Wednesday at Forest Glen Elementary School at 6333 Lee Road, and 7 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Temple at 2901 N. Post Road. \nMiramax Films chiefs Bob and Harvey Weinstein plan to buy back Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9-11" -- which Walt Disney Co. blocked Miramax from releasing -- and distribute it themselves. The CEOs would have to find a third-party company through which they would distribute Moore's controversial documentary which criticizes President Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks and connects the Bush family with Osama bin Laden's. Disney stopped Miramax from distributing the film to prevent tarnishing its theme park and entertainment empire from appearing to take political sides. Wednesday, "Fahrenheit 9-11" will make its world debut in France at the Cannes Film Festival.
