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Audiences groove at IU Soul Revue

By Kerry Anderson · Monday, April 23,2007 12 a.m.

The IU Soul Revue performance Saturday night, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood, started off with shifting spotlights piercing through the dark of the theater. Pink, blue, yellow and red lights highlighted the stage, which was lined at the back with the band clad in black, sunglasses and rhythm ready.

Marc Roberge of O.A.R. sings Friday evening at the IU Auditorium. O.A.R performed for a packed house and was presented on Little 500 weekend by the Union Board.

O.A.R. honors Virginia Tech at Little 500 concert

By Kevin Pozzi · Monday, April 23,2007 12 a.m.

O.A.R. lead singer Marc Roberge, donning a Virginia Tech Hokies T-shirt, tried to keep the mood positive Friday night at the IU Auditorium. “Let’s take a moment to make sure our hearts are in the right place,” he said as the crowd fell silent. “All we can do is treat people right, make new friends and try to have a good time tonight.”

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IU Auditorium reveals line-up for 2007-08 performance season

Monday, April 23,2007 12 a.m.

Big-name shows are headed to the IU Auditorium for next year’s lineup. Featuring award-winning musicals, dance performances and an assortment of one-person performances, the season promises to appeal to a variety of audiences.

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UPDATE: 3:20 p.m. IU Auditorium announces 2007-08 season

Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

Big-name shows are headed to the IU Auditorium for next year’s lineup. Featuring award-winning musicals, dance performances and an assortment of one-person performances, the season promises to appeal to a variety of audiences.

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Chicago Field Museum exhibit to feature some of world’s most famous maps

By Tara Burghart · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

CHICAGO – You have a world atlas on your desk. With a few mouse clicks, you can print out door-to-door directions via the Internet. Then there’s the GPS device mounted on your car’s windshield. With Americans possessing more tools than ever to help get them where they want to go, a major upcoming exhibit at the Field Museum will route how maps have changed over the centuries and how various cultures have chosen to depict the world. “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World,” opening Nov. 2, will feature more than 130 famous or prized maps.

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MFA printmaking exhibit to be held in remains of Ladyman’s Cafe

By Kelly Cochran · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

The historic Bloomington restaurant where tables and chairs once sat quickly became a blank canvas for nine Master of Fine Arts printmaking students. Noel W. Anderson, Paul Bohensky III, Joshua Brennan, Lee Busick, Julian Hensarling, Nate Herman Kuznia, Young Suk Lee, Dora Lisa Rosenbaum and Jeremy Sweet embarked on their journeys with little more than tools, paint and open minds when they started work on their exhibit, “Pre-Demolition Installation Exhibition,” just a few weeks ago.

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The Complete Moron's Guide to: Printmaking

Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

The printmaking Master of Fine Arts students will be hosting a show tonight at the historic Ladyman’s Cafe. This is going to be a unique show because the artists had complete freedom to demolish walls and paint the floors to display their work. We at the Arts Desk highly recommend you take a break from your Little 500 festivities to see this exhibition and take a look at a list of terms to help you understand the artwork.

Mexico Pageant Battle

Miss Mexico modifies controversial pageant dress

By Julie Watson · Thursday, April 19,2007 12 a.m.

MEXICO CITY – Miss Mexico is toning down her Miss Universe pageant dress – not because it’s too slinky or low-cut, but because its bullet-studded belt and images of hangings from a 1920s uprising have outraged Mexicans.

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This Weekend in IU Jacobs School of Music

By Eric Anderson · Thursday, April 19,2007 12 a.m.

With everyone hurtling full speed toward May 5, there is no shortage of diversions as individuals and groups across campus try to fit their end-of-semester efforts into a diminishing amount of space and time. The Jacobs School of Music is no exception, and for those not cyclically inclined, the coming weekend offers a wide and bountiful range of musical events to enjoy. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted:

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ARTiFACT

Thursday, April 19,2007 12 a.m.

What: Turtle-shell Rattle, by Lillian Lossiah, Cherokee, North Carolina

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Around the Arts

Thursday, April 19,2007 12 a.m.

IU Soul Revue WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. MORE INFORMATION: The IU Soul Revue of IU’s African American Arts Institute will present its annual spring concert Saturday. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10

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The Fine Art of getting a B.F.A.

By Ashley Wilson · Thursday, April 19,2007 12 a.m.

Staring resolutely at the camera with bangs covering one eye, a pretty, dark-skinned woman with a stoic expression is posed on the couch. Next to this photograph are the words “I do like things about myself but they seem to be trivial, like my wrists and collarbone.”

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IU Ballet Theater shows its versatility, virtuosity

By Ashley Wilson · Wednesday, April 18,2007 12 a.m.

Just weeks after performing the ballet “Cinderella” to nearly sold-out audiences at the Musical Arts Center, the IU Ballet Theater is back with a quieter, more off-the-radar show that is sure to be as pleasing.

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Student poet writes ‘lux et veritas’

By Michael Reschke · Wednesday, April 18,2007 12 a.m.

The new Starbucks in the Indiana Memorial Union has brought more students to a part of the building that has usually been quiet. Graduate student Luke Hankins was sitting in that part of the building when he was inspired to write a poem he named after the university motto, “Lux Et Veritas”.

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Take a bow: 2 Jacobs School conductors to give farewell performances this week

By Eric Anderson · Wednesday, April 18,2007 12 a.m.

In the next few days, two members of the IU Jacobs School of Music faculty will retire and bid farewell to the school that has been their home for over three decades. Jan Harrington, currently chair of the choral department, and Mary Goetze, professor of music in general studies, took some time to reflect on their years in Bloomington.

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Is ‘creepy’ art?

By Ryan Brown · Tuesday, April 17,2007 12 a.m.

Lately, the art world has produced works of a very unusual juxtaposition, one that earns the word by mixing familiar childhood images, such as teddy bears, dolls and happy little homes, with completely disturbing themes, such as blood, drowned corpses, slabs of meat and the decapitated head of Abraham Lincoln.

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