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Tuesday, May 5
The Indiana Daily Student

Chris Pickrell

Umphrey’s McGee jams

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The packed audience Friday night at the IU Auditorium was on its feet screaming well before the Umphrey’s McGee concert began.


Brandon Foltz

Band pays tribute to Hoagy Charmichael

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Under a high ceiling lined with white Christmas lights, the Al Cobine Big Band gave guests a chance to swing dance the night away at “Stardust Melodies” – a tribute to Bloomington’s own jazz musician, Hoagy Carmichael.


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Potpourri of Arts’ a cultural collaboration of music, dance

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The word “potpourri” usually implies a diverse mixture of various objects, which have an underlying theme in common. “Potpourri” is typically thought of as a collaboration of flower petals, pine cones and other scented aspects of nature, but Saturday night saw a “potpourri” that transcended the sense of smell.




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Measure for Measure

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Shakespeare, a sex ballet and Metallica– sounds like any other day for the IU Department of Theatre and Drama and its latest production of William Shakespeare’s “Measure For Measure,” which will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre.


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IU Chamber Orchestra performs tonight

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At 8 p.m., the Jacobs School of Music Chamber Orchestra will perform in IU’s Auer Hall under the baton of Principle Guest Conductor Uriel Segal. On the program is the Overture “Il matrimonio segreto,” by Domenico Cimarosa, an orchestra version of Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E Minor and the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37, by Ludwig van Beethoven.



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David Mamet lampoons writers’ strike

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LOS ANGELES – David Mamet found an immediate outlet for his creativity during the Hollywood writers strike. In a cartoon published Tuesday on the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times, Mamet played the labor dispute for laughs, appearing to lampoon Writers Guild of America strikers.



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Beauty of human body is subject of artist’s new exhibit

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It is often said that the human body is a beautiful thing, a piece of art in itself. Local artist and IU School of Fine Arts faculty member Tim Kennedy has embraced this mantra through his exhibit, “Figures,” now on display at the Textillery Gallery on the second floor of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.


Chris Pickrell

Crude humor finds laughs at Buskirk

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The Buskirk-Chumley Theater overflowed with people wanting to see the sold-out Comedians of Comedy show, featuring Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn and Doug Benson on Tuesday night. The comedians who had been touring for two weeks visiting various college campuses and cities, closed the tour in Bloomington.


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What is Art?

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This past Saturday, I spent the day walking around Clinton, Iowa, knocking on doors and talking to the people about election politics. The purpose of this process, called canvassing, is to relate issues that each individual is concerned about to the candidate you are promoting. It sounds cult-like, I know, but the process of bringing politics to people one-on-one has been one of the most crucial elements of winning an election, and, surprisingly enough, has been a fundamental by-product of art throughout the ages.



Hollywood Labor

Production of prime-time shows paused

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LOS ANGELES – Production of the hit show “Desperate Housewives” and at least six sitcoms filmed before live audiences will be halted as a result of the writers’ strike – developments that raised the stakes Tuesday in the walkout targeting movie studios and TV networks.



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Le Denier Cri

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The leaves are changing color, the wind is blowing and the nail polish is getting darker –autumn is here. The arrival of cold weather means only one thing in the fashion world: fall fashion.



Monaco 2007 World Music Awards Show

Celine Dion and Patti LaBelle honored

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MONTE CARLO, Monaco – Celine Dion and Patti LaBelle were honored at the World Music Awards for their outstanding careers, while British newcomer Mika took home a clutch of prizes.