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How to succeed in auditions*

By Leah Linder · Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 11:27 p.m.

Roles in IU Department of Theatre and Drama productions are available to any student. Check out the director’s notes below to learn the ins and outs of auditioning for IU productions.

Issues of stereotyping, judging confronted in ‘cowboyily’ at BPP

By Ashley Craft · Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 11:25 p.m.

It has been over a decade since Steven Cole Hughes last visited Bloomington, but this time he will not be sitting in a classroom. Instead, he will be relaxing and watching his play “cowboyily,” opening tonight at 8 p.m. on the Bloomington Playwrights Project stage. Hughes, a playwright and IU alumnus, created “cowboyily,” a play that shows the clashing of two different characters: the “city mouse” and the “country mouse,” and examines how they coexist.

Around the Arts

Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 11:19 p.m.

Dirty Projectors with Yacht, Vampire Weekend and Normanoak When: 8 p.m., tonight Where: Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. More Information: Over three full length albums, an EP, and five different live bands in four years, David Longstreth has created in Dirty Projectors a body of music that’s original and beautiful. The breadth of his talents as a songwriter, arranger, bandleader and singer call to mind Prince, Joni Mitchell and Bjork. Tickets are $5 for IUB students, $10 for the general public.

Juan Luis Guerra receives 5 Latin Grammy nods

Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 11:19 p.m.

Tropical singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra led the list of artists Wednesday with five Latin Grammy nominations.

Burning Man torched prematurely in Nev.

By Lisa Leff · Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 11:19 p.m.

Burning Man became Burnt Man four days early on Tuesday. A San Francisco performance artist was arrested on suspicion of igniting the signature figure of the counterculture festival in the remote Nevada desert.

Apparent suicide attempt halts Owen Wilson’s career

By Sandy Cohen · Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 11:19 p.m.

Owen Wilson, hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt, has dropped out of the upcoming ensemble comedy “Tropic Thunder.”

Dylan, Costello to play Assembly Hall

By Ashley Wilson · Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 4:21 p.m.

Union Board and IU Auditorium have announced that Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello will play Assembly Hall at 7 p.m Oct. 19. Tickets for show will go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 7, and can be purchased at the IU Auditorium and all Ticketmaster locations, or online at ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices are $30, $45, and $55.

Pakistani art museum opens with 600 works

By Alisa Tang · Wednesday, Aug. 29,2007 10:16 a.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s painstakingly built National Art Gallery has overcome decades of political turbulence to become an eye-catching symbol of modernity and creativity in a nation more often associated with Islamic conservatism.

‘Robots’ lacks the emotion and psychological depth of recent animated releases.

Bonjour, Mode

By Kevin Caldwell · Tuesday, Aug. 28,2007 9:58 p.m.

Do you see these shoes? They are mine. I bought them in early August at a store in New York called Oliver Spencer. Available in black or white, they were originally more than $200, but I was able to get them at a sale price of $59. A smokin’ deal for my smokin’ shoes.

Mysteries of Beethoven’s death studied

By George Jahn · Tuesday, Aug. 28,2007 9:15 p.m.

VIENNA, Austria – Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist claims the composer’s physician did – inadvertently overdosing him with lead in a case of a cure gone wrong.

Folk art museum rejuvenated in Va.

By Sonja Barisic · Tuesday, Aug. 28,2007 9:14 p.m.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Colonial Williamsburg is more than costumed interpreters in tricorn hats making speeches about revolution or craftsmen demonstrating silversmithing and other trades.

Bulletin Board

Tuesday, Aug. 28,2007 9:13 p.m.

Editor’s note: There are many school groups and local organizations that hold auditions and call-outs throughout the year. We will be posting audition information as we receive it. Make sure to check out tomorrow’s ArtsExtra for advice on how to excel in a theater audition.

David Baker to perform tomorrow at Bear’s Place

Tuesday, Aug. 28,2007 9:11 p.m.

The Jazz Fables Concert Series will be featuring the sounds of Distinguished Professor of Music David Baker tomorrow night at Bear’s Place. The event, which celebrates the 18th Anniversary of the concert series, will feature Baker playing cello on his own compositions and arrangements, along with other jazz faculty and alumni from the jazz studies program.

Letters from Abroad

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, Aug. 27,2007 9:47 p.m.

Yesterday, as IU students moved through their first day of classes for the 2007-08 school year, I was 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. I am headed for a country – no, a continent – that I have never been to. I just kissed my family and boyfriend goodbye because I won’t see them for 10 months. And, I am seriously questioning my sanity.

Nazi influence on orchestra exposed

By David McHugh · Monday, Aug. 27,2007 9:45 p.m.

BERLIN – The Berlin Philharmonic became a privileged servant of Nazi propaganda after Adolf Hitler’s 1933 takeover, striking a deal with the new regime that won it financial security and perks such as fine instruments and draft exemptions for the musicians.

Original Morrible returns to ‘Wicked’

By Michael Kuchwara · Monday, Aug. 27,2007 9:44 p.m.

NEW YORK – Madame Morrible, the crafty headmistress of “Wicked,” has been played by a parade of impressive ladies including Carol Kane, Rue McClanahan, Jayne Houdyshell and, in London, by Miriam Margolyes.

Porcelain painter continues to create despite failing eyesight

By Arlene Mannlein · Monday, Aug. 27,2007 9:43 p.m.

CLINTON, Ill. – On a piece of porcelain in her left hand was a flower outlined with dark black lines. In her right hand was a brush, and underneath it a palette of paints marching clockwise in a circle.

Dance exhibition gives insight into traditional powwows

By Ashlee Green · Monday, Aug. 27,2007 9:42 p.m.

For Jim Fisher, it is the inviting atmosphere and pulsing drumbeats of powwows that drive him to attend these traditional Native American gatherings all over the state. “At each powwow, you’ll find how friendly everyone is. I’m not Native American – I’m white, but red in the heart,” he said.

Mos Def: Concert directed at inequities in U.S. legal system

By Melanie Sims · Sunday, Aug. 26,2007 9:16 p.m.

Although a jury last week convicted Jose Padilla of supporting terrorism, rapper-actor Mos Def thinks that Padilla may not have gotten the due process the criminal justice system promises.

Dark Carnival brings out frights, delights

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Sunday, Aug. 26,2007 9:15 p.m.

Although the sun was shining, Bloomington got a little darker this weekend with the arrival of the Dark Carnival Film Festival. More than just a film festival, the horror fest was full of terrifying spectacles. From celebrity guests to costumed creepsters, the dark underworld of independent horror films shined its light at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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