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(10/22/20 2:12am)
Bloomington’s first-ever Restaurant Week began Monday and goes until Nov 1. The initiative, organized by Visit Bloomington, aims to support the restaurant industry that is struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic by encouraging diners to eat out and take advantage of Restaurant Week deals.
(10/15/20 7:14pm)
IDS columnist Katharine Khamhaengwong has tips and recipes for using the decorative gourds bought for decoration in delicious fall meals.
(10/16/20 3:28am)
While the 80-degree weather we've had this week might tempt you into thinking it’s still summer, you’d be wrong. Fall is here, as shown by the giant piles of dusty pumpkins in front of Kroger and the squash and gourds coming into seasonal abundance at local farmers markets and gardens. Savvy Instagrammers and the rest of us are buying the cutest ones to decorate dining room tables, bookshelves and front porches across the U.S.
(10/05/20 10:37pm)
As a child, I loved gathering wild plums and blackberries in my Berkeley, California backyard. As a teacher in Georgia — the country — I spent hours wandering the mountains behind my village collecting tiny mountain strawberries, purslane and feral mulberries.
(10/05/20 7:59pm)
Pawpaws are one of the largest native fruits to Indiana, oblong and green on the outside, ivory or yellow on the inside, with big, black seeds. They’re often used like bananas, in banana bread or even ice cream.
(10/05/20 8:00pm)
IDS columnist Katharine Khamhaengwong describes pawpaws as "sweet and soft, vaguely tropical, somewhere between a mango and a banana — hence the nickname 'Indiana banana.'"
(09/30/20 12:05am)
Indiana-born country musician Clayton Anderson will perform in Dunn Meadow at 8 p.m. Friday, presented by the IU Auditorium as part of IU’s Open Air Venues initiative.
(09/25/20 1:48am)
As students returned to universities around the country, there were reports of “nightmarish” meals that reminded people of the infamous Fyre Festival meals. IU’s last update of the COVID-19 dashboard said 21% of the more than 500 quarantine rooms on campus were full, meaning that at least 100 people are eating in Ashton this week.
(09/16/20 8:37pm)
The only thing keeping me going this year is forcing myself to find joy in small things. One small thing that has brought a disproportionate amount of joy, by weight at least, is the corona bean – a large, white legume originating in Italy.
(09/13/20 3:11pm)
The Plant Truck Project is a new initiative based in Bloomington and Ellettsville, Indiana, that aims to make plants, seeds, medicine and healthy food accessible to people that have historically been discriminated against and denied access to land and food.
(09/13/20 3:42pm)
Cori Sereni felt suffocated in New York City. When they moved to Bloomington 12 years ago with their 7-year-old daughter, they loved being closer to nature, but felt something was missing.
(09/08/20 12:38am)
Downtown Bloomington has a new addition: Nat’s Bakery and Cafe, a calm oasis of sugar and coffee hiding in the basement of Fountain Square Mall, at 101 W. Kirkwood Ave. #21. Nat’s opened Aug. 6 by Ivy Tech Community College baking and pastry student Natalie “Nat” Strauser.
(09/01/20 12:10am)
Sections of Kirkwood Avenue were teeming with IU students, Bloomington residents and out-of-town visitors at lunchtime last Sunday. After unanimous approval from Bloomington City Council, two parts of the street have been closed to automobile traffic on recent weekends to allow restaurants and shops more space for social distancing and outdoor diningin the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. While no shops have set up in the closed sections yet, many restaurants on Kirkwood between the Monroe County Courthouse and the Sample Gates have moved into the roadway.
(08/26/20 11:14pm)
It’s been a long, hot summer in Bloomington, and the area right around the courthouse had been weirdly lacking ice cream and other cold summer treats until Brilliant Coffee Company opened mid-June. While the name emphasizes coffee, it’s also a gelato shop with an in-house pastry chef, an unexpectedly diverse beverage selection, reasonable prices and friendly and helpful staff. The shop also sells coffee beans, canisters of tea and branded T-shirts.
(08/24/20 11:50pm)
As an off-campus student, I went to the IU Tennis Center for my on-arrival COVID-19 test Saturday to experience the profound discomfort of standing in a giant room full of fellow students spitting in tubes while cheerful staff gave instructions and judged the quality of our saliva.
(08/23/20 4:35pm)
Dev Montanez loves to bake, but found baking for money at their former job as an employee of local vegan establishment Rainbow Bakery unfulfilling. The Bloomington resident said while they didn’t have a problem working there, baking for money wasn’t enjoyable.
(07/24/20 3:39am)
IU is getting ready for students to come back to campus as COVID-19 cases rise in Bloomington, municipal employees are increasingly getting sick and local restaurants are shutting down due to outbreaks.
(07/22/20 3:51am)
In response to the increase in mental health-related issues that has accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Division of Mental Health and Addiction has created the Be Well Crisis Helpline according to a press release. The helpline which can be accessed by calling 2-1-1, allows Indiana residents 24/7 free and confidential access to trained counselors, according to a press release. The hotline is funded by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(07/21/20 1:23am)
About a dozen self-described “old punks” and members of the former Bloomington branch of the Anti-Racist Action network met at noon Saturday in Peoples Park to discuss their past activism, their present lives and concerns about the future.
(07/07/20 6:37am)
A car drove through a crowd and hit two protesters just before 9:30 p.m. Monday night as Bloomington residents were dispersing on Walnut Street after three and a half hours of peaceful protest. The protest was in response to the attack on Vauhxx Booker at Lake Monroe on the Fourth of July.