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Jackie Knowles, left, an employee for the marketing department of Qdoba Mexican Grill, sorts through buttons for the 2008 Presidential Election Saturday afternoon in Dunn Meadow, to encourage people to vote. Qdoba offered free food as part of the Get Out the Vote concert, put on by INPIRG.

INPIRG sponsors free concert, registers voters

By Nick Cusack · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 11:19 p.m.

Bands, free food, local politicians, prizes and a warm, sunny day attracted students and Bloomington residents to Dunn Meadow on Saturday for a “Get Out the Vote” concert.

Chloe Strauss & Nathan Mittleman star as Juliet and Romeo. (ask arts for more)

Shakespeare Musical defies classic style

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 11:52 p.m.

The music is original, but the lyrics are pure Shakespeare in the latest Bloomington Playwrights Project production, “Romeo and Juliet: a Shakespearean Music-Drama.”

Actress Johanna Ruszala, playing the the part of Violetta Valery, and actor Jason Wickson, playing the part of Alfredo Germont for the Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata perform during the production's dress rehearsal on Thursday evening at the MAC. They take the stage for the showings Saturday and next Friday.

‘La Traviata’ opens IU Opera Theater’s 60th season

By Katherine Hagan · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 11:50 p.m.

With evocative themes of betrayal, honor and unconditional love, the new production “La Traviata” kicks off the IU Opera Theater’s 60th anniversary season at 8 p.m. Friday at the Musical Arts Center.

Accessories, not just a girl’s best friend

By Bryan Payton · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 11:46 p.m.

I encourage all guys to be young men of style, and good style is about making a statement. You want to make that statement with confidence. It can be strong or subtle. Adding accessories enables you to add personality to your look by using slight accents.

Vince Gill performs Wednesday evening at the IU Auditorium. In 2007 Gill was inducted into the Country Hall of Fame.

Country music star performs at IU Auditorium

By Erica Rogers · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:23 a.m.

Country music star Vince Gill and his band brought new and old tunes to a packed IU Auditorium on Wednesday. Gill performed a mixture of his soft and blue country songs, such as “Pocket Full of Gold” and “The Lucky Diamond Motel.”

It's about time

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:56 p.m.

Earlier this week, Lindsay Lohan admitted she and DJ Samantha Ronson have been in a romantic relationship for awhile now.

Junior studies music, opera in Korea, NY, IU

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:55 p.m.

Who is junior Jenny Kim? She’s a girl who loves scarves, who loves to laugh and who listens to every type of musical genre – pop is her guilty pleasure. But if she’s not wandering around with a scarf on in July or hanging out with her friends or singing along to the radio, she’s in the Jacobs School of Music, belting out her classical music tunes.

The Bluebird Nightclub, located at 216 N. Walnut, has been a Bloomington tradition for 35 years, as seen from a "bird's eye" view. The nightclub opened in 1973 and has featured musicians from a wide range of music genres.

Bluebird, a cultural Mecca for music junkies

By Rorye O'Connor · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:51 p.m.

One of Bloomington’s most diverse music venues, which in its history has seen everyone from John Lee Hooker to Del the Funky Homosapien, was named after an ice cream stand in Washington, Ind.

Q & A: At 51, Vince Gill still inspired by the music

By Erin Wright · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 12:28 a.m.

Singer and songwriter Vince Gill discussed his career, awards and family life with the IDS.

Vince Gill brings country, eclectic style to B-town

By Erica Rogers · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 12:25 a.m.

Thirty years ago, Vince Gill got his start in the music industry playing for overwhelmingly college-age crowds. Consider Gill’s performance tonight at the IU Auditorium a tribute to his humble beginnings.The musician, singer and songwriter will give one performance at 8 p.m. tonight. Student tickets start at $18 and are still available at the box office.

Breakup songs for the modern-age woman

By Emily Campion · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:43 p.m.

Breakups. We’ve all been there, and it’s pretty darn uncomfortable. There are many ways to cure the common illness we call disappointment. But instead of listening to the same sad, somber lullabies of Dido on repeat, perhaps you should pick something a bit friskier to pull you out of the funk.

Buzzkills release CD, support Obama

By Caitlin Johnston · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:42 p.m.

The Buzzkills will don their Sgt. Peppers costumes and take the stage tonight at the Bluebird to release their new CD and show support for Barack Obama.

Buskirk-Chumley to launch history project

By Erica Beringer · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:41 p.m.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater has changed significantly over the past 86 years, serving as a vaudeville theater and surviving a fire.

Fashion 102, honors version: Both attitude and clothes are fashionable

By Gabrijel Gelic · Monday, Sept. 22,2008 10:49 p.m.

The question I am most often confronted with is, “Why fashion?” The answer is quite simple: Because I love it.

Members of local band South Jordan, whose music has been featured on Malaysian radio stations, pose for a photo.

Local band’s song featured on Malaysian radio stations

By Alexandra Brown · Monday, Sept. 22,2008 10:48 p.m.

Few local bands can claim their music has aired on radio stations across the world, but emerging local pop/rock band South Jordan has already had music featured on Malaysian airwaves.

Nature on the big screen

By Lara Streyle · Monday, Sept. 22,2008 10:44 p.m.

Mammoths once walked the Hoosier state, audience members at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater discovered on Sunday.

Giving film a new home

By Allison Tyra · Monday, Sept. 22,2008 10:43 p.m.

The University Theater will get a new look next March when renovations start to transform the decades-old stage into a cinema.

I am really not so easily assimilated

By Bonnie White · Sunday, Sept. 21,2008 10:08 p.m.

I confess: Every time I go into the kitchen in my French host family’s apartment to make lunch or dinner or to put away a couple groceries I bought at the Monoprix, I feel like I’m doing something wrong, something of which they are sure to disapprove.

Artist and 2 sons to perform Messianic music Monday

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Sept. 21,2008 10:07 p.m.

Indiana Daily Student: How would you describe your style of music? Ted Pearce: I came from a rock background, so a lot of it’s just soft rock with Hebrew lyrics. I’ve got everything from classical to Cuban.

Art Museum’s Grand Tour opening exceeds expectations

By Amanda Cochara · Sunday, Sept. 21,2008 10:05 p.m.

The second floor of the IU Art Museum was crowded with people Friday for the opening of its new special exhibit, “The Grand Tour: Art and Travel, 1740-1914.”

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