NEW YORK – Tweed’s style icons aren’t the most trendy bunch: Sherlock Holmes, college professors, your grandma.
Metamorphoses WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday WHERE: Wells-Metz Theatre, Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center MORE INFORMATION: Visit http://www.theatreindiana.edu/
A fashion icon is a person who inspires others to try new and different things. It’s a person who spurs trends, yet always stays true to his or her personal style. It’s a person who works for years cultivating a style that has an effortless grace and elegance and is the perfect marriage of trendy and timeless. It takes a lot of work.
Inspired by many types of music, Bloomington-based band The Buzzkills started as a side project that eventually grew into something more. The band is getting ready to record its first album this spring.
‘Objects of War’: Lamia Joreige screening What: “Objects of War” is a series of testimonials on the Lebanese war by artist Lamia Joreige. When: 4 p.m. today Where: School of Fine Arts 123 more info: Admission is free.
NEW YORK – Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old.
The IU Art Museum Provenance Project, part of a global effort to find the history of various art pieces, has turned its focus to the “degenerate.”
Local author Robert W. Thrasher will be at Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 2813 E. Third St., to sign copies of his book “Popcorn Road to Paris ... And Back.”
Being an adult, I find it personally acceptable and most often entertaining to see violence, drunkenness and subtle portrayals of sexual innuendo in TV commercials.
Violinist Joshua Bell might have had a visit to Bloomington in mind when he came up with the title track, “Short Trip Home.” Bell and fellow IU graduate Jeremy Denk will make that trip when they perform at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Musical Arts Center.
As audience members entered the IU Auditorium Tuesday, they were greeted with a traditional STOMP set – a metallic grid-like structure covered in seemingly everyday objects.
For thousands of people every year, the ultimate destination for Mardi Gras is Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Many traditional elements of Mardi Gras stem from the area’s Creole and Cajun culture. The food, music and language permeate the festivities, from the Creole dish jambalaya to the Cajun-based zydeco music.
LOS ANGELES – An agreement to end the three-month-old Hollywood writers strike could be ready in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars, but studios and the union are still haggling over the precise language, two people familiar with the talks said.
Human trafficking and exploitation will become a reality Thursday at the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium. Amy Serrano explores these issues in her documentary, “The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers in the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic,” which will begin at 2 p.m.
Acoustic sounds, scraping, tap dancing and percussion fused with the contemporary sounds of horns are what trumpet player and music educator Gabriel Alegria and his Afro-Peruvian Jazz Sextet bring to music lovers around the world.
The Union Board and Spirit of ’68 Promotions announced Monday that Feist will performed at the 2008 Little 500 Concert at 7:30 p.m. April 11. Union Board Concerts Director Kathy Cook said Union Board is happy to have a fresh artist.
BOLOGNA, Italy – Super Bowl Sunday is a timeless American tradition.
To some, STOMP is performance-art genius. To others, it’s just plain weird.
The poet laureate may be an officially recognized state position, but the responsibilities the position entails can be a little unclear.
