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Monday, June 29
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Canned art

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INDIANAPOLIS -- With a closely shaven head, a thick goatee, a light blue sports jersey and a full smile, Matt Lawrence chatted and laughed with people beneath a tent set up in front of a large mural, roughly 20 feet tall and 30 feet across, that he and another artist had worked on earlier Saturday.



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Around The Arts

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Jay-Z named president of Def Jam records LOS ANGELES -- Jay-Z, who has declared himself retired from his rap career, now has a new job to occupy his time -- president and chief executive of the Def Jam record label.


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Brown County square dance club carries on tradition

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The square-dancing "Bucks and Does" of Nashville, Ind. perk up their ears, and raise their tails when they hear the sound of the music they love. The music starts at 7 p.m. every Wednesday night when Joe De Wees' feet trot around the linoleum floor of the Brown County Historical Society. He and his wife Amelia De Wees are dancing, along with 50 other people, in tandem, with a caller shouting instructions to him and the rest of the dance floor. As he glides across the tile, his black, thick soled shoes have the ease and limberness of Fred Astaire. You can see his 35-plus years of experience clearly.


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An architectural future

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Look at a large hole in the ground and picture a towering structure composed of limestone and genius. Look at an old neighborhood and some buildings that have seen better days and picture the IU students of 2020 hustling to their classes in the new technological hub of campus.



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New channel provides grants for students

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MtvU, the newest channel from MTV networks, is giving young adults a chance to express their creativity by providing grants for top college activists. "MtvU Grant" is a new program dedicated to empowering and awarding student social entrepreneurs at mtvU partner schools.


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Group bonds over knitting, sewing

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All around Bloomington, groups devoted to knitting have been popping up. They are united through a recently revived trend with one important conclusion: knitting is no longer just fun for grandma.


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Around The Arts

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Annual artist competition announced The National Society of Arts and Letters of the Bloomington chapter will award more than $15,000 to students in various visual arts, ballet, drama, acting and musical theater. The competition will give at least $1,000 to the top award.


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Grammy nominations span all genres

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LOS ANGELES -- Producer-turned-rapper Kanye West collected a leading 10 Grammy nominations Tuesday, including album of the year, for his innovative debut, "The College Dropout."


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Ireland brings thoughts of home

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Wow. I cannot believe this semester has flown by so quickly. Hopefully you're on the other end of this thinking the same thing. It really is incredible to imagine that only four short months ago I was awaiting and anticipating what Ireland would be like.


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Walk showcases new, seasoned artists

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Nine downtown galleries opened their doors to the public Friday night in celebration of the visual arts and the last Downtown Gallery Walk for 2004, Though it was just another walk for some, for others it marked a milestone.


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Dancers express love for art in 'Nutcracker'

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This weekend brought the continuation of a Christmas tradition that stretches back more than a century. The ballet suite "The Nutcracker" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was performed with a full cast, live orchestra and large-scale set in five performances. The classic tale of fantasy meets Christmas is entertainment for the audience, but work for the dancers. Dressed in mouse suits, dancing on stilts and playing multiple characters has its challenges.


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Rapture explored in latest BPP play

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"Accidental Rapture" opens this weekend at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. The play, written by former Bloomington resident Eric Pfeffinger, comes to life thanks to work by several BPP Ensemble of Artists members as well as several IU students.


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Films concerning the First Amendment to air

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NEW YORK -- If you don't think the First Amendment is a burning issue, you've already forgotten the ruckus over "Saving Private Ryan" just three weeks ago. Spooked by how the Feds might punish them, 66 ABC affiliates played safe by squelching that acclaimed, ultrapatriotic war film.


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Sex artifiacts displayed at educational exhibit

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IU's Kinsey Institute demonstrates erotica with an exhibit of sex toys, masturbation pictures, illustrated births and photographs of sexual acts as part of their latest project to educate students about human sexuality.


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'Second City' show entertains at IMU

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Senior Monika Chhabria made two mistakes Wednesday night at the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall. First, she chose to sit in the front row of the large auditorium, and second, she wore a bright pink sweater.


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Gallery walk features holiday art

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Nine art galleries will celebrate the visual arts during the annual Holiday Downtown Art Gallery Walk this evening. The walk will showcase local and regional artwork from galleries within walking distance of each other. The gallery walk takes place four times each year, and this will be the last Downtown Gallery Art Walk for 2004.