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Opera media day

Fans rave about comedic opera

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The show didn’t start for an hour, but at 7 p.m. Friday, patrons were already arriving in their opera attire for the opening of W.A. Mozart’s “Cosí fan tutte” at the Musical Arts Center.


tune-yards

Seamless style to grace Rhino's

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Merrill Garbus, better known as tUnE-yArDs, has described her style as wild, according to her Facebook page.After releasing her newest EP “Gangsta” last month, tUnE-yArDs is performing at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rhino’s Youth Center.


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Focus on Fashion

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As I sat watching “How I Met Your Mother,” I found myself wondering: this TV comedy is a little redundant with its similarities to “Friends.” But then, there was one quote that brought me to this week’s topic: “Suit up,” one of Barney Stinson’s catch phrases.


Mavis Staples

Music lovers get worldly fix with Lotus Music Festival

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Friday night marked the arrival of what some have called “the best weekend in Bloomington.” During the subsequent 24 hours, the southern Indiana college town brimmed with music, food and customs of other cultures thanks to the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival.



Lotus Festival

Kids weave prank into Lotus in the Park project

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Lotus in the Park is a free portion of the annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. Located in the Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park known as Third Street Park, this part of the festival offered Bloomington residents daytime concerts by artists featured in the weekend’s schedule.


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Australian belles on stilts sway in Strange Fruit

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When the beauty of a fairy tale met 14-foot-high flexible poles, Strange Fruit was the outcome.The women on stilts first appeared on campus Thursday outside the IU Art Museum and made three more appearances throughout Bloomington as part of the celebration for the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival.


Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples sings from her soul

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In an all-black outfit, drop earrings and a black bob with a golden sheen, she walked on stage to an eruptive cheer of applause. The Buskirk-Chumley Theater’s sold-out crowd of mostly baby boomers stood in their seats, clapping and hooting. Mavis Staples, Grammy award-winning gospel singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, looked straight at the audience. 


travel abroad

Column: Why Italians never worry about the weather

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Bologna, Italy, is leagues ahead of the rest of the world in terms of preparedness for the nasty mid-day downpours that plague us all. Here, it is possible to walk the length of the city without leaving the comforts of a covered roof.


Strange Fruit

Lotus goes live Friday with art, music, culture

Chicago has Lollapalooza, Indio has Coachella and Bloomington has Lotus. Every year, music fans migrate from local, national and international locations to experience world music.


High Dive

High Dive cooks up pop-punk

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For High Dive’s three musicians, life is a balance of work, friends and musical projects. They’ve performed their pop-punk tunes around Bloomington at house shows and in local venues. Now, they plan to record a full-length album in the first week of October. Shortly before they record, the band will perform at the WIUX fall kickoff show with Ivory Wave and Eric Ayotte. The free show begins at 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at The Bishop.



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WFHB radio station seeks local talent

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WFHB Community Radio will make a greater effort to collect local music and give airplay to local artists by sponsoring the Local Music Collection Drive. The collection will transform supporting local businesses into drop-off zones for musicians to submit their music for review and airtime consideration.


Toro y Moi

Bright, psychedelic future in store for Toro y Moi

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About an hour before the fan-proclaimed chillwave artist Toro y Moi’s concert began, doorman for the Bishop Kieran Blackwood announced to the crowd of young adults that the concert had sold out.Chill wave artist Toro y Moi performed Sept. 20 at the Bishop.


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Hello Panda added to endangered species list

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1989-2008: The years of Hello Kitty, Hellogoodbye and the Hello Panda trade biscuit. Hello Panda is a delicious brand of Japanese shortbread cookies manufactured by the Meiji Seika corporation. Each bite-size snack is a sugar cookie filled with either sweet milk cream, smooth strawberry spread or decadent chocolate filling; the chocolate is the most common variety. Printed on these delicate biscuits are cartoons of cuddly pandas, and printed on the cardboard package are pictures of smiling mammals. 2008: The HP cookie mysteriously degenerates into mainstream Koala Yummies.



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Hoosierettes hope for approval

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The Indiana Hoosierettes is a new pom-style dance team on campus. According to its official statement to the IU Athletic Department, the Hoosierettes formed in 2010 with its first group of girls coming together in the 2011 spring semester.