Week of Chocolate raises money for charity
A local nonprofit is combining food, music, dance, science and art in a series of events with a unifying theme: chocolate.
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A local nonprofit is combining food, music, dance, science and art in a series of events with a unifying theme: chocolate.
Sura Gail Tala first became an activist when she protested the Vietnam War in 1969. Today she continues to protest, but now it is against President Trump’s administration. She shared advice on activism at a Bloomington Peace Action Coalition meeting.
The Islamic Center of Bloomington’s imam makes the call to evening prayer Friday, and the people lining the walls of the room gather in the center to shake hands and face east. Small children run to join older men.
As they gathered at a table covered with pens, paper, stamps and postcards, a group of students and citizens wrote handwritten messages to their representatives to voice their opinions on issues such as reproductive rights, Barack Obama's health care law, immigration, education and LGBT rights.
“What jazz band leader, famous for playing at the Cotton Club, released the album ‘Three Little Words’ and ‘Stormy Weather’?”
With hundreds of jigsaw puzzle pieces scattered across their tables, multiple teams competed against each other to assemble the separate pieces into a complete image.
The area of downtown Bloomington near North College Ave. is kind of like a coffee wasteland, Crumble Coffee & Bakery owner Laura Noell said. After observing this lack of coffee shops, she and co-owner Scott Reynolds said they decided to open up another shop in that area.
As music played in the background, hoop dancer Kevin Locke formed intricate shapes and patterns with the hoops around his body while he danced. He added more hoops as the song continued, until he was dancing with 28 interlocked hoops surrounding him.
After requests by senators on both sides of the aisle to discontinue a name no one used, the federal government has decided to refer to citizens of Indiana by what they’ve been calling themselves for decades: Hoosiers.
Prism Youth Community is working on a project that is meant to create awareness of the LGBT community and give voices to LGBT youth, according to Bloomington PRIDE vice chair and marketing director Janae Cummings.
For those who cannot attend the event in Washington, D.C., there will be an opportunity to demonstrate support for the Women’s March on Washington at a Friday event.
In the original business plan for the legal clinic, Justice Unlocked, the staff expected 15 to 20 cases in its first year, executive director Jamie Sutton said.
A Middle Way House crisis intervention specialist began Tuesday’s “Human Trafficking Round-Table Discussion” by asking people about what stereotypes they had about human trafficking.
Kids moved from station to station at WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology and crossed off a checklist as they extracted DNA from strawberries, watched the fizzy reaction of vinegar dissolving in a colorful mixture of baking soda, blue paint and glitter and held sheep brains in their hands.
On the stage of the Monroe County Public Library auditorium a group of people stood silently in a circle, then stepped forward one by one to name an identity to which he or she felt connected. They spoke of a wide range of races, sexual orientations and religious beliefs.
The board of directors at Middle Way House announced Monday it has selected Debra Morrow as its new executive director.
As he wore an Oculus Rift headset in the Monroe County Public Library, Mark Russell experienced virtual reality for the first time with a simulation of a roller coaster. The three-dimensional space made the roller coaster’s rapid turns and drops realistic, he said, even though he was sitting in a stationary chair the whole time.
Middle Way House’s Rise & Shine Daycare recently received recognition from the state of Indiana as a Level 3 Paths to QUALITY facility.
Before students sign a lease, it is important for them to do their homework, IU Student Legal Services director Stacee Williams said.
A combination of stereotypes and biases influence the experiences of women in fields like science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), where they are generally underrepresented.