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Alumnus, legend Booker T. returns to Bloomington

By Barb Anguiano · Thursday, Oct. 27,2011 8:50 p.m.

IU alumnus Booker T. Jones is a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award winner and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Today, Jones will perform with the IU Soul Revue at the Buskirk-Chumley in association with the IU African American Arts Institute.

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Uslan lecture highlights the impact of comics

By Brian Welk · Thursday, Oct. 27,2011 12:01 a.m.

Michael Uslan’s story might sound ripped from the panels of a much happier DC comic, but his story is still being written with his appearance at 3 p.m. today at the IU Cinema to kick off the academic film symposium “The Comic Book Rises: From Underdogs to Blockbusters.”

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Orgone returns the funk to Max's Place

By Celia Grundman · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2011 9:21 p.m.

Orgone will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday at Max’s Place, a restaurant and venue at 108 W. Sixth St. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at Landlocked Music and the Buskirk-Chumley Box Office.

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McGaha to perform solo Saturday

By Celia Grundman · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2011 9:15 p.m.

In July 2010, Bloomington local Robert McGaha picked up a guitar and began to teach himself the instrument. Within three months he had started performing his own songs for his solo acoustic act, fight well, young lions.

Dennis James Hosts Halloween

Phantom of the Auditorium

By Derrick Naylor · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2011 10:50 p.m.

When Dennis James was a child, his father told him about a silent film performance of “Phantom of the Opera” and how the sound of the organ made the experience.

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Organists resume lunch concert series

Tuesday, Oct. 25,2011 9:29 p.m.

Very rarely are brown bag lunches encouraged at concert performances. But this school year, the American Guild of Organists will resume the lunchtime organ concert series that began in 1969. The ongoing series presents a different organist at each of the concerts, featuring music chosen by the individual organist.

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Former student honors IU jazz professor with book

Tuesday, Oct. 25,2011 9:25 p.m.

Through 80 years, one IU professor has accumulated a plethora of awards — a national Living Jazz Legend Award, a NEA Jazz Master and being named an Indiana Living Legend. Now adding to this list, David Baker, a distinguished professor and chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Jacobs School of Music, has had a book written about him and his storied career.

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Prominent fashion blogger motivates students

By Courtney Stiehl · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2011 9:24 p.m.

Jace Lipstein, 2007 SPEA alumnus and fashion blogger, designer and buyer, returned to IU on Friday to speak with students interested in fashion. He spoke about how he used his blog, Grungy Gentleman, to break out in the industry.

A View from the Bridge

IU 'Bridge' relates to audiences

By Roshni Verghese · Monday, Oct. 24,2011 10:43 p.m.

At 8 p.m., the lights in the Musical Arts Center dimmed, and the chatter of the audience quieted for world-renowned conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos. Kitsopoulos took a bow and, with his third reunion with the IU Opera & Ballet Theater, marked the opening act of the operatic rendition of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge.”

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Jacob's ensemble charms crowd

By Derrick Naylor · Monday, Oct. 24,2011 10:41 p.m.

The IU Jazz Ensemble performed its fourth concert of the fall semester Monday in the Musical Arts Center. Their performance, lead by director David Baker, featured works by composers Nat Adderley, Benny Golson, Bill Holman and Dizzy Gillespie.

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Focus on Fashion

By Samantha Kirby · Monday, Oct. 24,2011 10:39 p.m.

On Halloween, people seem to ignore the weather in the endeavor to look better than everyone else.

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Traditions kept alive by FESA

Sunday, Oct. 23,2011 8:01 p.m.

Fast-paced society is filled with technology and innovations of the future. But on campus, at least one group has decided to slow things down. The Folklore and Ethnomusicology Student Association focuses on the more traditional and historical aspects of the world.

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Django now to offer live jazz music each weekend

By Derrick Naylor · Sunday, Oct. 23,2011 8 p.m.

Downtown Bloomington Café Django has become not only a restaurant but also a venue for jazz performance. The café, located across the street from the Monroe County Public Library at 116 N. Grant St., now features musical performances every weekend, which had been its goal during 14 years of business.

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Success of 'Abe' seen in sold-out premiere

By Rebeca Garcia Gil · Sunday, Oct. 23,2011 7:58 p.m.

“Abraham’s Lincoln Big Gay Dance Party” made people laugh more than once during its premiere Friday at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Auditorium. The play, directed by  Stephen Hammoor, IU student and Indiana Daily Student web editor, dealt with the gay community’s historic struggle for equal rights.

"Crazy for Cacao"

Bologna by Bre

By Brea Johnson · Thursday, Oct. 20,2011 10:57 p.m.

It doesn’t come as a surprise that fall in Bloomington is featured in the majority of the University’s pamphlets. The rich colors of the trees, the crunchy leaves littering the pathways and the promise of tailgates each Saturday fill the months and might contribute to why many students chose to come to IU in the first place.

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