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Actors in the production Cabaret perform during their dress rehearsal Tuesday night in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The showings for the musical will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Willkommen to the Kit Kat Klub

By Lara Streyle · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 10:11 p.m.

The image of Liza Minelli dressed in black, complete with bowler hat and garters, dancing seductively across a stage might not resonate with college students today, but it most likely did in 1972 when Minelli starred in the film version of the Broadway musical “Cabaret.”

A.A. Bondy to take Bear’s stage

By Kelsey McArdle · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 10:48 p.m.

Guitar in hand and stories abounding, southern singer-songwriter A.A. Bondy will take the stage at Bear’s Place tonight, doling out his distinctive take on the blues-folk revival.

The music elitists

By Emily Campion · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 10:48 p.m.

Every Monday evening, I sit down at my computer and conjure up some random nonsense about music. I enjoy the freedom that comes with a weekly column assignment – I can write about anything. Even music some people find terrible.

‘Twilight’ series turns to film

Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 10:47 p.m.

It’s the year’s guiltiest literary pleasure: Stephenie Meyer’s series of teenage vampire romance novels, “Twilight.”

Make a lasting impression with a great dress

By Gabrijel Gelic · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 8:30 p.m.

The holiday season is around the corner, bringing with it fancy parties, social gatherings and everything in between.

Tutto Bene offers quiet study space with fine dining, cafe

By Erica Beringer · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 8:28 p.m.

For the past four years, Tutto Bene has taken the concept of a traditional cafe and turned it into much more.

‘Singing for Social Justice’: a look back at 1968

By Lara Streyle · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 8:26 p.m.

“Faca amor nao faca guerra.”Make love not war, reads a graffiti-covered backdrop. A painted dove with an olive branch protests the war and violence.

VIDA brings identity to Waldron

By Risha Kohli · Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 7:13 p.m.

After dedicating weeks to rehearsing and fine-tuning their Spanish, the actors from the Spanish theater group Vision, Identity, Drama, and Art (VIDA) kicked off their Spanish language plays Thursday night at the John Waldron Arts Center.

Members of the IU Soul Revue perform during the Potpourri of Arts Saturday evening at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. The Potpourri of Arts was put on by the African American Arts Institute and featured performance by the IU Soul Revue, the African American Dance Company and the African American Choral Ensemble.

‘Looking Back – Pressing Forward’ with music, dance

By Lara Streyle · Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 7:12 p.m.

“Sing it brother,” shouted an audience member. With hands raised toward the sky in praise and bodies grooving to the beat, audience members got down to soulful music and a night of full entertainment Saturday.

Live From Bloomington CD to benefit food bank

By Benjamin Martinson · Friday, Nov. 7,2008 12:03 a.m.

For all who are feeling inspirational, it’s time to finally write the song for that special someone and submit it to the Live From Bloomington Union Board.

Students perform songs recalling activism and culture of 1968

By Lara Streyle · Friday, Nov. 7,2008 12:02 a.m.

The year 1968 was a turning point not only for America, but the world. It was the year that promising leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated, backlash against the Vietnam War was strong and social activism raged.

‘Potpourri of the Arts’ fuses cultures with song, dance

By Lara Streyle · Friday, Nov. 7,2008 12 a.m.

On Saturday, performers from the African American Arts Institute will come together for “Potpourri of the Arts,” an event that started 15 years ago and is a fusion of the three ensembles the African American Arts Institute encompasses.

NEEDTOBREATHE to make tour stop at IU

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Thursday, Nov. 6,2008 11:55 p.m.

Little boys want hot rods. Teenage boys want girls. And rock ’n’ roll boys ... they want only the need to breathe.

Grammy-winning group Third Day to play Friday

By Erica Rogers · Thursday, Nov. 6,2008 11:54 p.m.

Third Day, a popular Christian rock band, will perform Friday at the IU Auditorium in collaboration with New Covenant Productions. Tickets are still available.

Shop smart during a recession

By Bryan Payton · Thursday, Nov. 6,2008 11:50 p.m.

With our country in a recession and the economy in shambles these days, it’s important to bargain shop. After all, not all of us can afford to buy $150,000 worth of clothes from Saks and Neiman Marcus like Sarah Palin.

Politics, art draw perception parallels

By Ryan Brown · Thursday, Nov. 6,2008 12:15 p.m.

Tuesday night, the world watched, Bloomington had an impromptu parade, and I sat in my living room staring transfixed as state by state ushered in the reality of President-elect Barack Obama.

Hollywood is ahead in embracing U.S. diversity

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2008 10:38 p.m.

Diversity. It’s something we celebrate in this country. In light of Tuesday night’s events, we see diversity in the United States as a greater asset than ever before. And it’s about time.

VIDA play series examines identities

By Risha Kohli · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2008 10:37 p.m.

IU’s Spanish theater group Vision, Identity, Drama, and Art will put on three one-act plays in Spanish at the John Waldron Arts Center.

‘Partisan Theatrics’ mocks candidates, evaluates issues

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2008 10:36 p.m.

Politics took the stage in “Partisan Theatrics [or] will our apple fall far from the bush?”

Neveah Stevens practices holding her violin.

Jacobs School provides violin lessons to Fairview Elementary first-graders

By Katherine Fay · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2008 10:34 p.m.

Through a Jacobs School of Music outreach program, all 46 first-graders at Fairview Elementary School aren’t playing tag during recess. They’re playing violin.

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