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Shakespearean production on outdoor stage

By Kelsey Nash · Sunday, Sept. 17,2006 10:44 p.m.

As Elizabethan music played softly from stage speakers, students and Bloomington residents gathered their lawn chairs in Third Street Park Friday evening for the second installment of the Monroe County Civic Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" series.

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'Recycled art' on display at Mathers

By Paige Ingram · Sunday, Sept. 17,2006 10:41 p.m.

The latest exhibit at the Mathers Museum, "Lost and Found: Art through Recycled Objects," turns an old tradition into a new and economical way of having fun.

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Buskirk-Chumley hosts free showing of 'The Ground Truth'

By IDS staff and Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 15,2006 12:34 a.m.

At 7 p.m. Sunday, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater will present a free screening of "The Ground Truth," a documentary that follows men and women who served the American military in the Iraq war, according to the film's Web site. The movie shows the journey through recruitment, training, combat and homecoming and chronicles the soldiers' process of reintegrating with their families and communities.

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Whitney Houston files for divorce from Bobby Brown after 14 years

Thursday, Sept. 14,2006 10:41 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The tumultuous marriage of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown -- which withstood drug addiction, Brown's numerous arrests, the decline of Houston's once-sparkling image and domestic abuse allegations -- is coming to an end.

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'Lotus' granted $15,000

By Kristi Oloffson · Thursday, Sept. 14,2006 10:39 p.m.

Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan announced Thursday morning at City Hall that the city will give $15,000 to the second annual Lotus in the Park. The family-friendly event which will be part of the 2006 Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, an annual event in Bloomington since 1993.

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Illinois museum returning stolen memorial

By Christopher Wills · Thursday, Sept. 14,2006 10:39 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The story began 20 years ago in Kenya with one family's grief. It traveled halfway around the world, passed through Hollywood and came to a museum in the middle of America. Now it will end where it began, but this time with the family celebrating a small victory -- the return of a stolen memorial to a dead relative.

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Author to headline 'Writers in Rhythm'

By Shannon Valentine · Thursday, Sept. 14,2006 10:29 p.m.

IU's master of fine arts creative writing program will hold its first annual "Writers in Rhythm: Poetry & Prose at the Waldron" event at 8 p.m. Friday. The four-evening series, hosted by the John Waldron Arts Center, is designed to bring interactive and diverse writers to Bloomington for an audience of students and community members, according to a press release. The event is free and open to the public.

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Haute in here

By Paul Coover · Thursday, Sept. 14,2006 12:19 a.m.

Haute couture is high fashion design. It's known for being expensive and impractical for day-to-day wear.

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Far from home, artist designs 'nature to wear'

By Lindsey Landis · Wednesday, Sept. 13,2006 11:51 p.m.

She strung 800 hand-forged silver helicopter seeds together to create a neck-piece entitled "800 Wishes Home." Sim Luttin is now more than 8,000 miles away from her home in Melbourne, Australia.

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Latino play festival 'crosses borders'

By Ariel Ivas · Wednesday, Sept. 13,2006 11:50 p.m.

Although part of a growing minority in the Midwest, Latino theater productions are uncommon, said graduate student and director Noe Montez. The Bloomington Playwrights Project is addressing this lack of exposure with its Latino-themed season opener.

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Collaborative project puts local artists' work on city buses

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Tuesday, Sept. 12,2006 11:02 p.m.

Late Friday morning, Bloomington Transit bus number 553 rolled by the Indiana Memorial Union. Upon first glance, it looked like any other bus. However, the bus the riders boarded was much more than a means of transportation; it was a study in public art, with a reproduction of Ron Firebaugh's "Little Five" acrylic painting adorning its side.

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AIDS-inspired altarpiece begins U.S. tour

By F.N. D’Alessio · Tuesday, Sept. 12,2006 10:33 p.m.

CHICAGO -- As the twin scourges of AIDS and unemployment ravaged their rural district, the women of the South African fishing village of Hamburg decided to fight back with the weapons they were given: embroidery needles.

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'Queen of Pinups' hits screens

By Paige Ingram · Monday, Sept. 11,2006 10:52 p.m.

Playboy magazine deemed Bettie Page the "Queen of the Pinups" in the 1950s, but soon after receiving the title, she disappeared from the public spotlight. Thanks to the Ryder film series and Kinsey Institute, her image has come back into focus in Bloomington.

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BCBG, Perry Ellis christen New York Fashion Week runways

By Alyson Brodsy and Samantha Critchell · Sunday, Sept. 10,2006 11:01 p.m.

NEW YORK -- New York Fashion Week opened with more substance than style Friday. Instead of Kenneth Cole leading the seasonal previews as he usually does with his celebrity-packed show, menswear brands John Bartlett and Perry Ellis were the first to present their spring 2007 clothes in quiet, almost subdued runway shows, followed by BCBG Max Azria, which dotted its front row with starlets, including Carmen Electra and Kelly Rowland.

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