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Students learn new moves at IU Swing Club

By Teri Rosenbaum · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:45 a.m.

Some are experienced dancers complete with black, single-strapped Mary Janes. Others, perhaps less experienced, learn the steps wearing their old, ratty sneakers. But all of them gather for one reason: to swing dance.

IU Art Museum opens 'Pressure Points'

By Stacey Laskin · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:43 a.m.

Warm colors, probing eyes and forceful words will fill the IU Art Museum's Special Exhibitions Gallery until Dec. 19. A new exhibit featuring contemporary art opened Friday at the museum.

Director of 'Three Kings' confronts existentialism

By Alyson Brodsy and Ben Nuckols · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 1:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- In person, David O. Russell is a lot like his new movie, "I (Heart) Huckabees": highly intelligent, scatterbrained, a bit goofy, concerned about political and social problems but ultimately optimistic about the future. "Huckabees," a comedy about such unwieldy topics as confronting one's relationship to the infinite, is the first movie in five years for Russell, the writer-director of "Three Kings" and "Flirting With Disaster."

Suburbia sizzles in ABC's 'Desperate Housewives'

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 1:20 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Welcome to Wisteria Lane, Mr. Cherry's neighborhood. Here, in seemingly placid suburbia, homemakers tend to their husbands, children and flower beds -- while barely suppressing fear and frustration that threaten to blow the place sky high. That's how Marc Cherry, creator of ABC's "Desperate Housewives," paints his fictional corner of the world. It's a comically dark view but one, he insists, that's a big step removed from satire.

Living statues come alive at market

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 1:14 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 25 marked the third year for Francesca Sobrer's "Living Statues" at the Bloomington Farmers Market. The Bloomington High School North drama teacher incorporates the European concept into her curriculum as a fundraiser for her theater program. "I lived in Spain and was taken by all of the statues in Europe," Sobrer said. "I decided that the concept of living statues would be perfect for my class."

Design veteran Geoffrey Beene dies of pneumonia at 77

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry McShane · Thursday, Sept. 30,2004 12:49 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Geoffrey Beene, the award-winning designer whose simple, classic styles for men and women put him at the forefront of American fashion, died Tuesday at 77. Beene died at his home of complications of pneumonia, according to Russell Nardozza, vice president of Geoffrey Beene Inc.

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 30,2004 12:43 a.m.

Early musicians to perform at Festival The annual Bloomington Early Music Festival will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church. The event will feature Ensemble Lipzodes, a five-member ensemble that specializes in the music of the 16th-century Guatemalan church. The ensemble consists of members from IU's Early Music Institute.

Downtown Gallery Walk comes to Bloomington

By Rose Mary Forte · Thursday, Sept. 30,2004 12:38 a.m.

Friday night, before the weather gets too cold to enjoy the outdoors, the streets of Bloomington will come alive with the Downtown Gallery Walk from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to see some of the best visual arts of 10 participating galleries within walking distance of each other.

Still a GIANT

By Tony Sams · Thursday, Sept. 30,2004 12:35 a.m.

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. -- James Dean has been dead for 49 years, but his image, his legacy and his energy are all alive and well in the rural Indiana town where he spent much of his adolescent life.

An acquired taste

By Adam B. Steer and Adam Steer · Wednesday, Sept. 29,2004 12:39 a.m.

While dining at Tallent, an upscale restaurant on West Kirkwood Avenue, I'm sad to report the service was the lone bright spot. The well-trained staff helped the customers with their needs, but at the same time, the restaurant broadcasts the message that it doesn't care about the customers' needs or desires (It charges a hefty $6 to split a dish.) Now, I have never worked in a restaurant, but I can't think of anything that would justify charging extra money, let alone $6, for sharing a dish.

Brown County Playhouse produces Neil Simon classic

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 29,2004 12:36 a.m.

The Brown County Playhouse is currently running a production of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple," which opened last weekend. The playhouse is located 20 minutes from Bloomington in Nashville, Ind. The classic play, which was the inspiration for a movie and a television series, centers around an issue with which many college students can identify: hellacious roommates. In this case, two roommates are polar opposites -- one is messy and apathetic, and the other is extremely tidy and nearly neurotic.

Downloads help fight cancer

By Lyndsay Gilman · Wednesday, Sept. 29,2004 12:30 a.m.

Downloading music, whether legal or illegal, is a popular pastime for many college students. As the music industry phases into a new era of reaching fans over the Internet, the Asher Kahn Band, of Philadelphia, is working to make a difference in society in its attempts to gain new listeners.

Touring African choir performs at IU

By Melissa Harrold · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 1:37 a.m.

The University of Namibia Choir presented a musical play integrating African and Western musical traditions and languages to promote cultural understanding Monday night at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.

1-woman play explores harsh reality

By Rose Mary Forte · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:33 a.m.

On Sunday night, the John Waldron Arts Center showcased a one-woman act based on the play and book by Claudia Shear titled "Blown Sideways Through Life," performed by Julie Dixon, head of acting and an assistant professor in the theater department at Indiana State University.

Broadway hit comes to IU

By Brandon Morley and Brandon S Morley · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:31 a.m.

The IU Auditorium will bring an audience through its limestone edifice at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday with Troika Entertainment's national tour of "Crazy for You." Ken Ludwig, a playwright known for several Broadway farces including "Moon Over Buffalo" and "Lend me a Tenor," took his inspiration for tonight's billing from the 1930 Broadway hit by George and Ira Gershwin called "Girl Crazy." The similarities between the two shows are apparent, but Ludwig's flavor shines in "Crazy for You."

No windmills or wooden shoes

By Stephanie Fedor · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:30 a.m.

This weekend I decided to reward myself with a little trip to Amsterdam. I traveled by plane, train and metro bus to experience a different sort of European culture. I took my trip with four friends and caught a plane to Brussels, Belgium, Thursday. Friday we took a train to Holland -- Amsterdam to be exact -- and then back to Brussels for Saturday night. Let's just say it was a lesson learned while at the same time being an unforgettable experience.

Namibian choir to visit IU on first American tour

By Melissa Harrold · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:21 a.m.

The University of Namibia Choir will visit IU classes and give a performance this week as part of their first-ever American tour. The performance will take place from 7:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m., in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. The choir, with conductor Bonnie Pereko, will visit Yale University, Rutgers University and IU as part of a tour sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, said Shawn Reynolds of the IU International Resource Center.

Amethyst House raises thousands at benefit

By Benjames Derrick and Benjamin Derrick · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:19 a.m.

A full crowd packed into the studio of the John Waldron Arts Center Saturday for an evening of dancing, food and dessert, with not a drop of alcohol served. The Amethyst House, a non-profit organization for recovering addicts, held its fifth annual benefit titled Hope Café; Dance Performance & Celebrity Art Auction. In honor of September being National Recovery Month, Amethyst House decided to make the focus of the benefit hope for recovery from addictions.

Authors increasingly publishing online blogs

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:20 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Jennifer Weiner, author of the best-selling novels "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes," likes to spend three to four hours a day working on fiction. When she's done, time and family permitting, she updates her online journal. "When I went on my first book tour (in 2001), I began keeping a Web diary, and every day I would write about the latest indignity I suffered," she says. "And I found I really enjoyed doing it. It's a way for me to keep in touch with my readers."

Woman damages Nazi art

By Alyson Brodsy and David Rising · Friday, Sept. 24,2004 1:19 a.m.

BERLIN -- A woman doing handsprings hurled herself into two art installations at the controversial exhibition of a collection belonging to the billionaire heir of a Nazi-era arms supplier, damaging both pieces, organizers said Thursday. The bizarre attack came late Wednesday on the top floor of the Hamburger Bahnhof museum, where Friedrich Christian Flick's collection was opened to the public earlier in the day.

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