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The Complete Moron's Guide to: Belly Dance

Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

If you decide to attend the Blue Lotus Tribe and the Best of Bloomington Belly Dancers performance at 8 p.m. Friday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, you cannot go in expecting Shakira. Belly dance had its beginnings centuries ago in the Middle East long before “Hips don’t lie.” Below are some terms related to the ancient social dance.

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Fashionistas advise how to stay stylish, warm

By Megan K. Scott · Friday, March 2,2007 12 a.m.

Tired of wearing that same chunky sweater, the one that looked so up-to-the-minute in November, but now is covered in fuzz balls? What about those clunky knee-high boots? They felt great those first cold weeks of winter, but wouldn’t a cool new wedge sandal be a welcome relief?

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African American Dance Company offers workshop, show this weekend

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

The 10th annual African American Dance Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, 275 N. Jordan Ave. The purpose of the event is to expose students and the Bloomington community to African-American and African Diaspora dance styles and movements, according to a news release for the event.

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Counter couture

By Alisha Chaudary · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

Fishnet stockings, dark eye makeup and neon colors are in this season – if you are a member of Axis of Evil, Bloomington’s own gothic community, that is. Axis held its first runway show on Feb. 27 at Jake’s Nightclub. Six designers, four DJs, three runs, and 21 ensembles collaborated to create the show titled CTRL+ALT+DEL, which stands for stands for Control + Alteration + Delineation.“

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ARTiFACTS

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

What: A portrait skull made by the Iatmul people of Papua New Guinea, dating to the first half of the 20th century.

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Belly-dancers present performance, workshop

By Jessica Andrews · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

Bloomington’s own belly-dancing community will shine tomorrow evening as it takes the arts community through a second annual eye-opening weekend of dance performance and workshops. ArtsWeek, which ends Saturday, will be capped off with performances from an array of artistic dancers, including special guest the Blue Lotus Tribe of Chicago, the Best of Bloomington Belly Dancers and other local performers.

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Artists bridge the gaps between arts, sciences

By Jessica M. Pasko · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

TROY, N.Y. – Adam Zaretsky once spent 48 hours playing Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Greatest Hits” to a dish of E. coli bacteria to determine whether vibrations or sounds influenced bacterial growth. Watching the bacteria’s antibiotic production increase, Zaretsky decided that perhaps even cells were annoyed by constant subjection to “loud, really awful lounge music.”

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Picasso paintings stolen from his granddaughter’s house

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

PARIS – At least two Picasso paintings worth nearly $66 million were stolen from the house of the artist’s granddaughter in Paris, police said Wednesday. The paintings, “Maya and the Doll” and “Portrait of Jacqueline,” disappeared overnight Monday to Tuesday from the chic 7th arrondissement, or district, a Paris police official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said that they were worth nearly $66 million and that there were signs of breaking and entering in the house.

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Russian Prince Andrew Romanoff’s art exhibit shows storybook life

By Juliana Barbassa · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2007 12 a.m.

INVERNESS, Calif. – If history hadn’t gotten in the way, Andrew Romanoff could have been the emperor of Russia. But as things turned out, the mustachioed grandnephew of the ill-fated last czar spends his time painting whimsical, folk-art renderings of his unusual upbringing in a dethroned royal family onto “Shrinky Dinks,” the plastic children’s toy that shrinks in the oven.

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Putin awards cellist Rostropovich for ‘service to the fatherland’

Wednesday, Feb. 28,2007 12 a.m.

INVERNESS, Calif. – If history hadn’t gotten in the way, Andrew Romanoff could have been the emperor of Russia. But as things turned out, the mustachioed grandnephew of the ill-fated last czar spends his time painting whimsical, folk-art renderings of his unusual upbringing in a dethroned royal family onto “Shrinky Dinks,” the plastic children’s toy that shrinks in the oven.

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Baton Rouge Bassoonist to join Jacobs faculty

By Michael Reschke · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2007 12 a.m.

This fall, bassoonist William Ludwig will join the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music. Ludwig began playing the saxophone in middle school because he wanted to become a jazz musician. He went on to study at the University of North Texas, which is known for its jazz program.

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Idealism and realism as put by 5-year-olds

By Ryan Brown · Tuesday, Feb. 27,2007 12 a.m.

Watching the Oscars thisSunday night was an all too memorable 4 1/2 hours, I must say. It was a night for dark-horse nominees, such as best supporting actress winner Jennifer Hudson for “Dreamgirls.” Also a surprising win was best original song recipient Melissa Etheridge for her gripping work “I Need to Wake Up,” from the environmentally conscious work of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.” And, I must admit, I probably peed a little when screenwriter Michael Arndt won the award for best writing (original screenplay).

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7 designers present work at Axis of Evil fashion show

Tuesday, Feb. 27,2007 12 a.m.

Axis of Evil will present its first fashion runway show from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. today at Jake’s Nightclub, 419 N. Walnut St. Seven local designers have submitted their work, all of which represents “a soft reset of alternative/subculture aesthetic through manipulation of the old-school do-it-yourself mentality and integration of the brand-new and cutting edge,” according to a news release.

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Concert showcases ‘musical tongues’

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Tuesday, Feb. 27,2007 12 a.m.

As the lights dimmed and voices began to soar Sunday night in Auer Hall, dancers clad in red, yellow and blue silk suddenly ascended from the crowd onto the stage, rushing together in the middle to express, through dance, the words to the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Thus began the 13th annual Extensions of the Tradition concert, co-sponsored by the African American Arts Institute and the Archives of African American Music and Culture.

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Playing the name game all around the world

By Leah Linder · Tuesday, Feb. 27,2007 12 a.m.

When you are new to a foreign country where you don’t speak the language, and everyone is still a stranger, you cling to your native tongue. You begin to eavesdrop for English speakers everywhere. While on the subway and at restaurants, museums and pubs, conversations filter through and unabashedly, people will ask in their lingua franca, “So, where are you from?”

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Hip-hop festival ends

By Stuart McWhirter · Monday, Feb. 26,2007 12 a.m.

“Who said hip-hop is dead?” Indianapolis native and hip-hop icon DJ Top Speed asked a packed audience at the seventh annual DJ battle and show Friday. Top Speed refereed the event and scratched the turntables for break-dancers. The event was just one of five separate events in conjunction with the Hip Hop Awareness Festival, which kicked off last Monday.

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