Bad clothes, but a good cause
I have seen bad fashion before, but never as much as I did Sunday night in the Willkie auditorium.
I have seen bad fashion before, but never as much as I did Sunday night in the Willkie auditorium.
The Retail Studies Organization will present its annual fashion show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Alumni Hall. This year’s theme, “Viva La Glam,” embodies old Hollywood glamour and showcases local retailers and original designs from students in the Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design.
“I hate theater,” announces a voice in the dark at the opening of “The Drowsy Chaperone,” the latest arrival at the IU Auditorium. “Well, it’s so disappointing, isn’t it?”
Gold flashes of greed, red ribbons of wrath and green dresses of envy – the Windfall Dancers use all of these, and four others, to portray the seven deadly sins in their performance of the same name at the John Waldron Arts Center.
With spring break fading to mere memories, there are only a few things that could wipe away the tears. Of course, the anticipation of Little 500 is one cure, but is reading a book about one young man’s adventures on spring break a remedy to this regretful goodbye of fun and sun?
Extended arms and perfectly pointed toes were among the movements the contemporary dancers performed in the show “Piece by Piece: A Collection of Dances” at 3 p.m. Sunday in the John Waldron Arts Center.
The Broadway musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” will fill the IU Auditorium stage today and Wednesday with slapstick comedy reminiscent of the vaudeville era.
Beginning in April, alumna Joyce Ritchie will be the new director of development for the IU Jacobs School of Music.
Ludacris will perform at 8:30 p.m. April 23 behind Alpha Tau Omega and Acacia fraternities during Little 500 week. The concert proceeds will benefit IU Dance Marathon, which supports the Ryan White Infectious Disease Center at Riley Children’s Hospital, said Chris Myers, junior and director of fundraising for IUDM.
The fifth annual Turkish Film Festival, in alignment with this year’s theme “Women in Turkish Cinema,” broke misconceptions about Turkish women through the power of film in “Innowhereland,” which played Saturday.
“The America Play,” the Department of Theatre and Drama’s current production at the Wells-Metz Theatre, is proudly defiant of classification. It is both historical drama and a critique of the current era.
In preparation for her first doctoral recital, graduate student Sara Ann Radke said she has to master the nuances of a foreign language, which includes elements of meaning, diction and acting.
Women to Women, a new IU student group formed in January, hosted its first fundraiser for Middle Way House on Sunday at the Indiana Memorial Union – an accessories fashion show featuring stylish handbags.
“The America Play,” written by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe, opened to a nearly full house March 27 at the Wells-Metz Theatre.
Soulja Boy, who became famous in 2007 for his hit single “Crank That,” will be performing April 24 – the day of the women’s Little 500 race – at the tailgate fields.
The IU Ballet Theater will present “Variations on a Russian Theme,” which combines a shortened version of Tchaikovsky’s 19th-century classical ballet “Swan Lake” and the world premiere performance of “My Eyes Opened” by Pennsylvania Ballet choreographer-in-residence Matthew Neenan.
The Windfall Dancers, an 11-member company, will perform their concept of them – envy, sloth, gluttony, greed, lust, pride and wrath – this weekend and next weekend at the troupe’s annual show. The content is not suitable for young children because of rough language, according to Tom Slater, the director and a choreographer for the show.
The owner of a now-closed Manhattan art gallery with a star-studded clientele was painted when a thief who stole $88 million from art owners, investors – including tennis great John McEnroe – and a bank.
Tim Hardy has testosterone to thank for getting his teenage mind interested in acting. After years spent studying in a boy’s school, getting to act in a play with girls sounded fantastic.
Three graduate students are on a mission to dispel misrepresentations of Turkish women through the power of film in the fifth annual Bloomington Turkish Film Festival.The films will run at 8 p.m. every night from Thursday to April 4.