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Adventure film festival to screen at IU

By Michelle Sokol · Wednesday, Feb. 22,2012 9:55 p.m.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival will make a stop in Bloomington on March 31 and April 1. The festival features films about sports, including rock climbing, mountain biking and snow sports, but also brings up important environmental messages.

Sublime Design goes green with 'Upcycle' exhibit

By Ameerah Siddiqi · Wednesday, Feb. 22,2012 9:51 p.m.

Sublime Design is a gallery of art and gifts located on West Kirkwood Avenue and it showcases the work of more than 30 local artists.

Rapper Chuck D lectures about race, rap and reality

By Nona Tepper · Wednesday, Feb. 22,2012 12:28 a.m.

This Monday, rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy rapped to a crowd of IU students, alumni and Bloomington residents about everything but his career as a rapper. Chuck lectured in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and audience members listened as he spoke about “Race, Rap and Reality.”“Raise your hand if you love R&B,” rapper Chuck D said, and the audience lifted its hands enthusiastically.“But what is R&B?” Chuck asked, and everyone mumbled.

Fine Arts student starts art program for Middle Way kids

By Jackie Veling · Tuesday, Feb. 21,2012 11:43 p.m.

Having started the first art program for children at Middle Way House — a Bloomington safe haven for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault — Bornstein, a studio art major, is no stranger to the word “initiative.”

Songwriter Showcase lights up Players Pub

By Makenzie Holland · Tuesday, Feb. 21,2012 11:40 p.m.

Monday night’s Bloomington Songwriter Showcase included songs from Rusty Bladen of Madison, Ind., Jason Blankenship from Mooresville, Ind., and Brandon Pfeiffer of Bedford, Ind.

Top four most interesting things found on Onestart classifieds

By Makenzie Holland · Tuesday, Feb. 21,2012 11:36 p.m.

From watches, purses and clothes to roommates and tutors, the oddities for sale in the OneStart classifieds can bring relief and a little amusement.

‘The rag-tag team’: IU Figure Skating Club places 5th in competition

By Kathryn Moody · Tuesday, Feb. 21,2012 11:34 p.m.

O’Malley is a member of the IU Figure Skating Club, which has existed on campus since 2003, when a group of student skaters decided one was needed. Many universities in Michigan and Ohio have figure-skating teams, but IU claims the only university team in Indiana, she said.

Column: A three's company collaboration

By Bari Finkel · Monday, Feb. 20,2012 11:12 p.m.

Last week, Converse leaked a 30-second preview of “Do Ya Thing,” a song it is sponsoring. If you are like me, you assumed, “A shoe company sponsoring musicians? Let’s get ready to hear some awful hip-hop or ‘alternative’ pop rock.”

Film, composition unite during IU Cinema event

By Makenzie Holland · Monday, Feb. 20,2012 11:11 p.m.

The IU Cinema featured a one-of-a-kind “Double Exposure” screening this Sunday. The film was a celebration of the talent of film students, instrumentalists and musical composition students, said Susanne Schwibs, a Department of Communication and Culture faculty membe

10 acts perform during Café Django Short List

By Nona Tepper · Monday, Feb. 20,2012 11:05 p.m.

The Short List performed at Cafe Django Monday - it is a 10-act concert in which each act is 10 minutes long and consists of musicians, comedians and even a theatrical act titled “The Never-ending Story.”

Column: Finding fortune in Ghanaian friendship

By Eshley Spitzer · Monday, Feb. 20,2012 11:02 p.m.

I traveled to Ghana for five days and returned with enough flooding memories, realizations and reflections to process forever.

Miss IU to star in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

By Raven Carpenter · Monday, Feb. 20,2012 11 p.m.

Recently named Miss Indiana University 2012, junior Brianna McClellan portrays the roles of two strong, powerful women.

Jacobs School features ‘40 fingers’ piano concert

By Kate Thacker · Sunday, Feb. 19,2012 10:40 p.m.

The “40 Fingers Jazz Piano Concert,” a recital of jazz piano duets and trios, started at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Simon Music Center.

Local farms grow organically

By Brittney Batalla · Sunday, Feb. 19,2012 10:38 p.m.

Lukasik, an IU alumnus, and dozens of others shop at the Bloomington Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings, knowing they might spend more than they would at a grocery store.

Column: To go organic or not to go organic

By Hannah Spencer · Sunday, Feb. 19,2012 10:31 p.m.

Whether to spend the extra money and buy organic constantly plagues me during my weekly trips to the grocery store.

Bourdain, Ripert talk sustainability, health at IU Auditorium

By Bridget Ameche · Friday, Feb. 17,2012 12:12 a.m.

The tour, called “Good vs. Evil: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert,” played off the infamous reputation of Bourdain and the revered image of Ripert.

New art exhibits on-campus and in Bloomington

By IDS staff · Thursday, Feb. 16,2012 11:07 p.m.

A look at upcoming exhibits for the weekend

Play tells story of Al-Anon, AA

By Michelle Sokol · Thursday, Feb. 16,2012 11:04 p.m.

This weekend is the last chance to catch the Cardinal Stage Company’s performance of Samuel Chem and Janet Surrey’s “Bill W. and Dr. Bob.” The production tells the founding story of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.

Organ concert showcases Bach works at chapel

Thursday, Feb. 16,2012 11 p.m.

Janette Fishell, an IU organ professor, has begun a 21-concert series titled “The Seasons of Sebastian.

Local record label Jagjaguwar benefits from Grammy wins

Wednesday, Feb. 15,2012 11:30 p.m.

Bon Iver, led by musician and vocalist Justin Vernon, landed two Grammys on Sunday night. Jagjaguwar is a Bloomington-based independent record label that signed Vernon in 2007 after he released his first self-produced album.

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