Songwriter's showcases local pub features area acts
By
Kelsey Finn
· Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:38 a.m.
The Bloomington Songwriters Showcase at the Player’s Pub on Monday brought four local, national and world singer-songwriters to play together in a set in which each singer performs four or five songs.
Lake, Karl Blau join forces at Russian Recording
By
Kelsey Finn
· Monday, Oct. 26,2009 10:42 a.m.
Independent pop band Lake performed at Russian Recording Saturday night.
Expert shares African art studies
By
Margaret Ely
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:41 p.m.
Barbara Frank, associate professor of art history and African studies at Stony Brook University, gave a lecture Friday titled “Texts and Textures in African Ceramics” in conjunction with an exhibit in the IU Art Museum.
Cristy releases ‘Hotel Confessions’ at Buskirk
By
Therese Kennelly
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:38 p.m.
Local musician Jenn Cristy brought people of all ages together for a night of exceptional sounds and nostalgic memories.
23,000 dance during worldwide Thriller event
By
Rachel Krasnow
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:33 p.m.
Zombies, Michael Jackson look-a-likes and 1980s music came together to help break the record for The Largest Simultaneous Thriller Dance with the Record Holders Republic.
Steve Hofstetter stops at Bear's Place for Comedy Caravan
By
Adrienne Kaplan
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:33 p.m.
New York based comedian will be giving audiences a taste of his humor at 8 and 10:30 p.m. today at Bear's Place.
Landry talks sex, marriage to Funny Bone crowd
By
Allison Tyra
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:30 p.m.
With jokes about job interviews, sex and drinking, headliner comedienne Lisa Landry performed five shows at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Opera gives ‘Romeo’ new twist
By
Lily Miller
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:26 p.m.
“Romeo et Juliette” opened Friday at the Musical Arts Center as the second opera in the 2009-10 IU Opera & Ballet Theater season. Guest conductor Ronald Zollman led the Jacobs School of Music Philharmonic Orchestra for the performance.
‘Clean House’ debuts
By
Carly Bassen
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:24 p.m.
Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s award-winning play “The Clean House,” directed by Jonathan Michaelsen, opened Friday at the Wells-Metz Theatre to audiences who laughed on the outside but cried on the inside.
Mayor throws first pitch in playwrights’ PlayOffs
By
Mike Beam
· Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 5:13 p.m.
The Ike & Julie Arnove PlayOffs, sponsored by the Bloomington Playwrights Project, began Friday with a press conference announcing the PlayOffs where Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan threw out the first pitch — literally. But first, Kruzan said he had to confess something.
Los Lonely Boys pump Buskirk crowd with jokes, acoustic stylings
By
Kirk Bradtmiller
· Friday, Oct. 23,2009 11:34 a.m.
The Grammy Award-winning band Los Lonely Boys entertained a crowd of more 300 people at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater Thursday as part of the Brotherhood Acoustic Tour.
Students transform the love of power through performance art
By
Tia Walker
· Friday, Oct. 23,2009 11:10 a.m.
Students enrolled in a comparative literature course present "Two and One Thousand Voiced Fragments" at 8 p.m. Saturday in the SOFA Gallery.
Q & A with Cobra Starship
By
Danielle Paquette
· Friday, Oct. 23,2009 12:19 a.m.
IDS reporter Danielle Paquette caught Cobra Starship band members Ryland Blackinton, Alex Suarez and Victoria Asher on their way to dinner before Victoria Secret’s PINK B-Town Bash. Here’s part of the exclusive interview.
Cobra Starship, Girl Talk, Victoria’s Secret team up to benefit Middle Way House
By
Danielle Paquette
· Friday, Oct. 23,2009 12:15 a.m.
DJ Girl Talk, top-40 artists Cobra Starship and local band Dot Dot Dot drew hundreds of fans to the Victoria’s Secret PINK Nation B-Town Bash, hosted by model Behati Prinsloo and MTV reality star Whitney Port on Thursday.
Lake to bring smooth sound to Russian Recording
By
Kelsey Finn
· Friday, Oct. 23,2009 12:10 a.m.
Ambient independent pop band Lake will perform with Karl Blau 9 p.m. Saturday at Russian Recording on 1021 S. Walnut St.
Lance Fox to showcase '200 voices' at the Buskirk
By
Abby Hull
· Friday, Oct. 23,2009 12:08 a.m.
Lance Fox, a local impressionist, will be performing at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater 8 p.m. Saturday.
Shakespearean tale of star-crossed lovers heads to the Opera
By
Lily Miller
· Friday, Oct. 23,2009 12 a.m.
IU Opera Theater premieres "Romeo et Juliette" at 8 p.m. Friday in the Musical Arts Center.
Less diva, Jenn Cristy brings 'more rock' to Buskirk
By
Lauren Younis
· Thursday, Oct. 22,2009 11:56 p.m.
Local artist Jenn Cristy to give fans an exclusive CD listening party for "Hotel Confessions" at 7 p.m. Friday.
Local student artist to appear on MTV series
By
Nicole Vargas
· Thursday, Oct. 22,2009 11:53 p.m.
MTV has just recruited local artist and IU sophomore Jeremy Gotwals for another episode in the new series, “Truth Riders,” which will be airing 8 p.m. Saturday.
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