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City seeks musicians for summer music series

By Hannah Crane · Wednesday, Nov. 2,2011 10:11 p.m.

For more than 25 years, the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department has coordinated the Summer Performing Arts Series to showcase local talent. The department will continue the tradition for summer 2012 and is seeking musicians and bands to participate in the summer series, which will take place May through September in city parks.

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Q&A with War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel

By Steven Arroyo · Wednesday, Nov. 2,2011 9:23 p.m.

The War on Drugs have released four records since being on Bloomington’s Secretly Canadian label for the past four years.Tonight, the Philadelphia foursome will take the stage at The Bishop with fellow East Coasters Purling Hiss and Carter Tanton. Frontman Adam Granduciel recently spoke with the IDS about the positive reception of “Slave Ambient,”  and the evolution of their sound and “Law and Order.”

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Latin American Music Center celebrates 50 years

By Hannah Gallagher · Wednesday, Nov. 2,2011 9:20 p.m.

IU’s campus has been home to Latin American music for 50 years and has one of the largest collections of this genre of music in the country. From Oct. 19 to 23, members of the Latin American Music Center and Latin American music community worldwide came to IU to celebrate the anniversary.

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Students connect through Jewish singing contest

By Sally Bae · Wednesday, Nov. 2,2011 9:17 p.m.

The competition, similar to “American Idol,” brings 30 Jewish singers to Israel to compete and train with popular Israeli musicians. While abroad in Israel last year, Eitan Kantor’s talent brought him to the finals of “Hallelujah,” an international singing contest.

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Band is more than a hobby

By Celia Grundman · Wednesday, Nov. 2,2011 9:13 p.m.

At 8 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Bishop, the Adultery Brothers will perform with Indianapolis-based Great Future. Admission is $4.

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Impersonal expression

By Taylor Smith · Tuesday, Nov. 1,2011 10:25 p.m.

During weekend nights, Aldrich is the one who changes, like a chameleon turning from forest green to candy-apple red. Aldrich, known as Miss Montana Melons, is a drag queen performer at Uncle Elizabeth’s Nightclub on West Third Street in Bloomington.

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Cold War Kids kickoff string of shows

By Steven Arroyo · Tuesday, Nov. 1,2011 8:48 p.m.

Cold War Kids will perform at 8 p.m. today at The Bluebird Nightclub. Tickets are $16. Today’s concert is the first of three consecutive Spirit of ’68 shows this week, preceding “The War on Drugs” at The Bishop on Thursday and Dr. Dog at The Bluebird on Friday.

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VIDA performs plays in spanish

By Rebeca Garcia Gil · Monday, Oct. 31,2011 10:52 p.m.

The theater group VIDA chose its name not only because the letters stand for vision, identity, drama and art, but also because the word “vida” is also Spanish for life, and that is an important message the members of this group want to share.

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The Venue to host 'The Art of Pilates'

By Derrick Naylor · Monday, Oct. 31,2011 10:45 p.m.

Students interested in learning about the art of Pilates — a physical exercise based on strength, endurance and flexibility — will have the opportunity today. Melissa Nobel, professional Pilates instructor and head instructor at Bodycenter Bloomington, will be teaching a free Pilates class from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The Venue Fine Art and Gifts.

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Focus on Fashion

By Samantha Kirby · Monday, Oct. 31,2011 10:43 p.m.

Now that October is gone, winter is coming. The next few months are going to be full of biting winds, red noses, lumpy jackets and serious debates on the merits of skipping class because of the cold. No one really likes to be cold. It makes you shiver, chafes at the skin and is just uncomfortable. People should start preparing their closets before the weather gets nasty. Unlike other seasons, it is more difficult to combat the cold by altering clothes you already have.

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Halloween screening of 'Psycho'

By Brian Welk · Sunday, Oct. 30,2011 9:10 p.m.

Today at 7 p.m., the IU Cinema is honoring Halloween with a special screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror classic “Psycho.”  

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Local bands 'dress up' for Halloween to jam at Max's Place

By Eric Cunningham · Sunday, Oct. 30,2011 9:09 p.m.

On Friday night, Max’s Place featured bands Shaggy Wonda and Ladymoon. Shaggy Wonda played the Pulp Fiction soundtrack for its second set, and each band member wore a black suit with a black tie, mimicking Samuel Jackson and John Travolta’s characters from the movie.

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Booker T. welcomed back for Homecoming Weekend

By Barb Anguiano · Sunday, Oct. 30,2011 9:08 p.m.

Booker T. Jones has long been graduated from IU, but appreciation and admiration for the award-winning musician is still high on the IU campus. The sound of applause echoed from alumni to current students to professors who showed up Friday night to watch the legendary Jones perform at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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New group focuses on music industry careers

By Eric Cunningham · Thursday, Oct. 27,2011 8:58 p.m.

Last month, IU became the newest chapter of the Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association. MEISA is a nonprofit organization that educates students interested in careers in the music and entertainment industries.

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Bologna by Bre

By Brea Johnson · Thursday, Oct. 27,2011 8:55 p.m.

I’ve never understood exactly how pedestrians are supposed to function in Bloomington. In the unnecessary, two-day-long freshman orientation (no, I’m not still bitter), this crucial aspect of campus life was somehow left out. 

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