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Small crowd warms up to Funny Bone comedian

By Bennett Fuson · Sunday, Jan. 10,2010 9:40 p.m.

On a weekend when most would opt to stay at home and avoid near-blizzard conditions, comedian Warren B. Hall stood before an intimate and unusually involved audience at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club to humor a frost-bitten crowd.

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Metropolitan Opera meets small town for auditions

By Rachel Krasnow · Thursday, Jan. 7,2010 11:56 p.m.

Saturday marks the beginning of the annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Jacobs School of Music will play host to the Indiana District Auditions at 1 p.m. at the Musical Arts Center. On Jan. 16, the Tri-State Regional Auditions, including Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, will be at Butler University’s Clowes Memorial Hall.

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Reading turns theatrical at BPP

By Margaret Ely · Thursday, Jan. 7,2010 9:09 p.m.

In an attempt to bring audience feedback to life on stage, the Bloomington Playwrights Project will have their final staged reading for the BloomingPlays Development Series from 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Comic Warren B. Hall returns to Funny Bone

By Jake Wright · Thursday, Jan. 7,2010 9:01 p.m.

Originally from Bloomington, Hall has been featured on Last Comic Standing, The Bob and Tom Show and Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. However, being on Last Comic Standing has not really opened any doors, Hall said. Appearing on the show doesn’t help as much as people think.

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Please include the gift receipt

By Jackie Kochell · Thursday, Jan. 7,2010 8:56 p.m.

Every holiday season, I am confronted with the same accusation from my family – I’m hard to shop for, especially when it comes to clothing. For years, I have heard complaints that it’s impossible to buy me anything wearable because I’m supposedly “too picky” about what I wear.

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Eleven Indiana schools receive Arts in Education grants

Thursday, Dec. 24,2009 11:06 a.m.

Fourteen schools applied for the 2010 Indiana Arts Commission Arts in Education program grants. Eleven of the schools received grants, which must be used for arts projects that take place during the schedule school day.

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Eight-Week course concludes with theatrical performance

Wednesday, Dec. 16,2009 12:49 p.m.

Students in the IU Department of Theatre and Drama will perform in “Farewell to a Cannibal Rage” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Wells-Metz Theatre. Admission for the performance is free.

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Auction fills SoFA Gallery

By Margaret Ely · Sunday, Dec. 13,2009 9:22 p.m.

From a handmade sock doll named Pickles to various prints and paintings, the School of Fine Arts Gallery auctioned off a variety of artwork Friday for the Silent Night Holiday Art Sale and Auction.

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Sold out show fills BCT

By Madeline Haller · Sunday, Dec. 13,2009 9:21 p.m.

Friends and family of all ages waited in line to be seated at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater an hour before the Straight No Chaser Holiday Show started Friday.

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Memories make the Golden Age

By Keiara Carr · Sunday, Dec. 13,2009 9:19 p.m.

As the film began, the camera focused on the famous feet of Fred Astaire as he strolled across the screen. Only one word seemed to summarize the experience of those watching these movies in their original versions.

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Cirque Dreams lights up stage

By Therese Kennelly · Sunday, Dec. 13,2009 9:16 p.m.

From double-jointed break dancers to acrobats performing death-defying acts, “Cirque Dreams Illumination” provided a visual feast to a packed house Friday at the IU Auditorium.

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IU Essence dancers shine on campus

By Tom Miller · Friday, Dec. 11,2009 12:37 a.m.

Without official sponsorship from the University, Essence has been managed and coached solely by students. Even without a staff sponsor, Essence has been able to perform for large audiences without any funding from the school. Last year, the group performed at BET’s “Spring Bling,” and tentatively in January, they will return to BET to perform on the daily music video countdown show, “106 & Park.”

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‘Cirque Dreams: Illumination’ lights up IU Auditorium

By Rachel Krasnow · Thursday, Dec. 10,2009 11:37 p.m.

Acrobatics, magic and fantasy will make the way to Bloomington at 8 p.m. Friday at the IU Auditorium.  “Cirque Dreams: Illumination" was produced by Cirque Productions, the first American company to perform European “cirque style” for the theater and on tour, according to the Web site, www.cirqueproductions.com.

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Dancing to a different beat

By Ashlee Green · Thursday, Dec. 10,2009 11:33 p.m.

From hip-hop to ballet, contemporary dance majors will do it all during “Unfolding Elements,” the IU Contemporary Dance Program’s final performance of the semester. The showcase will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the John Waldron Arts Center and is free, but gift donations will be taken to benefit Bloomington’s Middle Way House.

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