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Juneteenth commemorates the day when 250,000 formerly enslaved African Americans were freed in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 — over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
With performances from Y La Bamba and Tune-Yards, Switchyard Park will debut the first installment of its Thursday Night Summer Music Series at 6:30 p.m. June 20.
The Auxiliary to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington will host the annual Strawberry Shortcake Festival from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Switchyard Park Pavillion.
The biggest event of the summer Granfalloon festival is the main stage concert, which has boasted nationally touring acts such as Japanese Breakfast and The Flaming Lips, went off with a bang last night as My Son the Hurricane, The Linda Lindas and headliner Sleater-Kinney closed out the festival.
The Indiana Memorial Union’s Summer Outdoor Movie Series has three movies scheduled at the Hamilton Lugar School Lawn. These movies will be shown on select Thursdays during the summer.
When police raided the Stonewall Inn in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, the response of the patrons inside the popular Manhattan gay bar and the New York City queer community marked a turning point in the LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement.
As local creators and vendors line the city square for the Bloomington Handmade Market, sellers and customers alike can enjoy the sounds of live local and international talent performing on the Granfalloon Second Stage.
The 84th annual IU Writers’ Conference will be hosted from June 6-9 in Maxwell Hall. The conference includes workshops for fiction, poetry, creative and nonfiction writing, classes, panels, readings and Q&A sessions.
Continuing with the theme of justice, inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s “Jailbird,” the 2024 Granfalloon arts festival will end with a (head) bang – a concert of several different punk, feminist and innovative rock bands on Kirkwood Avenue’s main stage.
Granfalloon 2024 is already in swing, but there are still plenty of events to attend before the nearly two-week arts festival comes to an end. As per the 2024 Granfalloon theme inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, “Jailbird,” which examines the labor movement, the turn of the century and the Watergate Scandal, many of the festival’s featured films revolve around themes of justice and the prison system. Here are 10 free film screenings happening across different Bloomington theaters and parks in the coming weeks.
Easily one of the most notable musical projects to emerge from Bloomington in the last few years, Six Foot Blonde has managed to attract a steady following thanks to their addictive melodies. The band was formed in Bloomington, and their sound comes from a blend of indie soul and retro pop music.
Granfalloon, an arts and music festival inspired by famed Hoosier author Kurt Vonnegut, begins May 20 in Bloomington. This year the festival is themed around Vonnegut’s novel “Jailbird,” which examines the labor movement, the turn of the century and the Watergate scandal through a memoirist style. A complete schedule of the festival’s events can be found online.
Welcome back to the weekend show guide. As the semester ends, there are many exciting annual spring events and the return of monthly performances. There are also plenty of hard rock and heavy metal shows to mosh out any finals season frustration. Here’s what’s happening:
The Burning Couch Festival kicked off at 11:30 a.m. and went until 9 p.m. Sunday at Switchyard Park. Those attending were able to listen to live music, explore many different local businesses and eat from local food vendors.
At 6 p.m. April 10 at the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, members of the Bloomington Poetry Slam and other community members gathered to celebrate the launch of Dan “Sully” Sullivan’s new book, “O Body,” a collection of poems that delves into questions of masculinity, fatherhood, home and the complex relationship with one’s own body.
Danelle Clark prepared for a record-breaking sales day April 8, the day the total solar eclipse would track directly above the parking lot of the Ellettsville Jiffy Treet location.
The IU Jacobs School of Music Concert Orchestra will perform “The Planets – An HD Odyssey” at 8 p.m., April 8, in the IU Auditorium, in honor of the 2024 solar eclipse.
InMotion Dance Company will hold its annual spring showcase “Fusion” at 6:30 p.m., April 6, in the IU Auditorium. The theme for the 2024 performance is.
A plaintiff in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit at 17, a luxury fashion model as a high school graduate and a role as Jules Vaughn in HBO’s Emmy award-winning series “Euphoria” at 19 — Hunter Schafer appeared as the keynote speaker for the second installment of the “Speaking of Excellence” lecture series at 7 p.m., Feb. 29 in the IU Auditorium.
Morton C. Bradley, Jr. brought together geometry and art through his uniquely shaped sculptures. To celebrate the artist’s legacy, “Math Meets Art” took place 4 p.m., Feb. 15, in the University Collections at McCalla School.
