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Indiana mystery author wins Best Book of Indiana Award

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 7:49 p.m.

Indiana writer Kit Ehrman’s fourth mystery book “TRIPLE CROSS” won the Best Book of Indiana Award in 2007 doesn’t mean she’s solved all the mysteries of writing.

Bloomington presents its own rendition of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

By Paul Coover · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 7:47 p.m.

The world’s most famous love story will take a Bloomington angle when Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is performed in September on the outdoor Third Street Park stage. Auditions for the play, produced by The Monroe County Civic Theater, were hosted Monday and Tuesday at the park’s stage.

Greer Fellowship deadline extended

By Zachary Osterman · Sunday, July 29,2007 5:06 p.m.

The Bloomington Area Arts Council announced Thursday that the application deadline for the Greer Artist Fellowships has been extended through Aug. 31, according to a Bloomington Area Arts Council press release. Four $1,000 fellowships are available to artists working in the fields of creative writing and ceramics.

Jacobs School of Music presents student opera production, ‘The Elixir of Love’

By Kelly Cochran · Sunday, July 29,2007 5:06 p.m.

Graduate student Betsy Uschkrat breathes a sigh of relief as a tight blonde curl falls from underneath her brown wig. What has been for most students a night no different than any other, has been Uschkrat’s escape to another world.

Drum Corps International to hold world competition in Indianapolis

By Mike Abrams · Sunday, July 29,2007 5:01 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Before the Indianapolis Colts kick off their 2008 season in the new Lucas Oil Stadium, thousands of young adults will step on the field first for their own competition.

Cinemat up for sale

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 25,2007 8:33 p.m.

Steve Volan, owner of The Cinemat, has a movie complex. Literally. Despite his love for movies, Volan does not have enough time to keep running The Cinemat, 123 S. Walnut St., and he put it up for sale July 20.

Opera ‘Elixir of Love’ wraps up Summer 2007 Music Festival Aug. 4

By Kelly Cochran · Wednesday, July 25,2007 8:21 p.m.

After nearly two months of preparation, the IU Opera will premier Gaetano Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Love,” also known as “L’Elisir d’Amore,” at 8 p.m. Friday in the Musical Arts Center.

Company creates Facebook application for independent music

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 25,2007 8:15 p.m.

Music company ReverbNation launched My Band, a Facebook application to help promote independent bands through the Web site, when the application became available July 17.

There’s something about Harry

By Emily Gibbons · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:57 p.m.

Since 1997, readers have almost yearly immersed itself in the magical, mirror-image world of Harry Potter, a boy raised in England but educated in the ways of magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry’s coming-of-age tale, told in a language of wands, spells and the ever-present game of Quidditch, came to an end last week with the release of the last installment in author J.K. Rowling’s internationally renowned series. Fans flooded bookstores across the world to snatch up copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” and the scene at the Bloomington Barnes and Noble, 2813 E. Third St., was no different.

Advertise this

By Mike Abrams · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:32 p.m.

Those damn things pop up everywhere. It doesn’t matter how legitimate the site is that you’re perusing. They are still there.

IU professor emeritus was pioneer in concrete poetry movement

By Sara Deuser and Sara J. Deuser · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:30 p.m.

Mary Ellen Solt, a poet and critic who left her mark on the world of poetry and IU, died June 21 at age 86.

Residents come to ‘play’

By Emily Gibbons · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:23 p.m.

The crowd spilled onto the Fourth Street sidewalk Friday night for the “Be Playful Bloomington: A Sampler of the Arts” event being held at the John Waldron Arts Center.

Lotus Festival 2007 acts announced

By Kelly Cochran · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:30 p.m.

Coordinators of the annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival held their kick-off event, Summer Night of Lotus, on Friday to announce the lineup for the 14th installment of the annual event, set to take place Sept. 27-30.

Silk Road Bayram Festival brings culture to Bloomington

By Kaitlin Shawgo and Kailtin Shawgo · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:23 p.m.

A curtain of blue and red fabrics hung behind Sultan Memet on Sunday as his fingers flew over the strings of a tanbur, a long-necked instrument native to Turkey.

Festival Jazz Orchestra draws large crowd

By Chris Pickrell · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:22 p.m.

The Festival Jazz Orchestra performed in front of an enthusiastic audience on Tuesday night at the Musical Arts Center auditorium as part of the Jacobs School of Music’s Summer Music Festival.

National Endowment of the Arts grants 3 Indiana libraries money to promote literacy

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 18,2007 8:17 p.m.

The Indiana Arts Commission announced July 11 that the National Endowment of the Arts awarded grants to libraries from the Indiana cities of Corydon, New Castle and Frankfort for a literary program called The Big Read.

Modernized classic

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, July 18,2007 7:40 p.m.

J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” has been mod-ernized to fit our generation in Stephen Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”

Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off Friday in Chicago

By Stefania Marghitu · Monday, July 16,2007 2:34 p.m.

The second annual Pitchfork Music Festival will be held July 13 to 15 in Chicago.

International Harp Competition Finals to be held Saturday

By Karly Tearney · Monday, July 16,2007 2:34 p.m.

Auer Hall filled with the delicate sounds of the harp and resounding applause as harpists from around the world took the stage Tuesday and Wednesday during stage three of the seventh annual 2007 USA International Harp Competition.

Russian wins harp final

By Karly Tearney · Monday, July 16,2007 2:26 p.m.

Maria Krushevskaya is finally going home. But now she will be returning to Russia with a $55,000 Lyon and Healy gold concert grand harp and a first-place medal from the USA International Harp Competition. The win also includes thousands of dollars in cash prizes, a CD recording and recitals in New York, London and Taipei.

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