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Student transforms coffee into surrealist art

By Ben Kerns · Wednesday, March 3,2010 12:07 a.m.

To create the paintings Abi Haidar said he uses homemade coffee that he brews very densely and allows to settle into a thick consistency that he is able to paint with. He then transfers the coffee to canvas directly with a spoon, applying multiple layers to create darker colors and texture.

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Consolation prize

By Jackie Kochell · Wednesday, March 3,2010 12:06 a.m.

The Italian Vogue recently launched two Web sites: one dedicated to full-figured women and another for black women. Editor Beniamino Marini said the sites are supposed to drive traffic to Vogue Italia’s main Web site.

Coffee Painter

Local artist uses coffee to make brewed art

By Ben Kerns · Tuesday, March 2,2010 12:24 a.m.

When a student brews too much coffee while cramming for midterms, he might toss the extra in the trash or down the sink. Graduate student Alaa Abi Haidar prefers to paint with it.

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Waldron still open despite March 1 closure deadline

Monday, March 1,2010 8:33 p.m.

After warnings the Bloomington Area Arts Council did not have enough money to keep the John Waldron Arts Center open through March 1, the building was still open and will continue to be.

Fashion

Senior fashion designers show off styles on dirt runway

By Kelsey Finn · Monday, March 1,2010 12:36 a.m.

Two weeks ago, fashion designers brought the front row of New York Fashion Week to Bryant Park. This past weekend, two IU senior fashion design students, Casey Heck and Kate Murphy, brought the front row to an unusual location in Bloomington.

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Workshops showcase, teach dance styles from around world

By Zollie Barnes · Sunday, Feb. 28,2010 8:42 p.m.

Members of the IU African American Dance Company had been at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center since 8 a.m. Saturday, when the rest of campus slept.The group was setting up for another day of their 13th-annual dance workshops.Ten classes, ranging from modern Cuban dance to traditional African dance, were offered throughout Saturday.

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Morality, money in ‘Major Barbara’

By Melissa Sokolski · Sunday, Feb. 28,2010 8:40 p.m.

One might think a donation for the poor is always a good thing. But not if you ask Major Barbara, who quits her post at the Salvation Army as soon as it accepts donations from breweries and arms dealers. Questions of morality and religion rise up in the IU Department of Theater and Drama’s production of “Major Barbara,” which opened Friday.

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Love found, lost in IU Opera

By Brian Marks · Sunday, Feb. 28,2010 8:31 p.m.

“La Rondine,” the operetta by Giacomo Puccini, follows the story of two lovers linked to each other despite the social conventions of the time.

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Best-selling author, ‘foodie’ to speak Friday

By Bennett Fuson · Friday, Feb. 26,2010 1:34 a.m.

Culinary expertise is arguably a form of art, so it’s only appropriate that one of today’s leading “foodies” will speak tonight in defense of food. Michael Pollan, author of New York Times bestseller “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the IU Auditorium on the week’s topic, sustainability.

Dance

Dancers celebrate bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth on auditorium stage

By Rachel Krasnow · Friday, Feb. 26,2010 1:32 a.m.

The auditorium was pitch black and silent. A young woman began to sing softly in the center aisle. She held a flashlight in her hand. A bright beam of light on stage illuminated a hanging circle of veils, and the woman joined her fellow dancers within the circle. With her presence, the performance of the Bill T. Jones Arnie Zane Dance Company began.

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Alpha Kappa step team shares 1st at nat’l contest

By AP Reports · Friday, Feb. 26,2010 1:29 a.m.

After days of controversy over a white group’s win in a step competition, sponsor Coca-Cola said Thursday the Alpha Kappa Alpha team from IU, whose members are black, would share first place and would also receive the same $100,000 in scholarships that the Zeta Tau Alphas won.

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Student fuses classical music with rock

By Kyle Kerns · Thursday, Feb. 25,2010 11:28 p.m.

The Bible might state that Jesus was crucified on the cross in Golgotha. But this weekend, he’s going to be on trial with a little rock music to back him up.

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Last days of Ledger relived on stage

By Jake New · Thursday, Feb. 25,2010 11:26 p.m.

Heath Ledger died in New York City two years ago last month. This weekend, at the Waldron Arts Center, audiences can see an interpretation of the days leading to his death.

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