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Black film showcase to kick off Saturday

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Two years of working and planning will finally pay off for the Black Film Center and Archive with the launch of two months of programs exploring the history of African Americans in cinema. "We are very excited," said Audrey McCluskey, director of the Black Film Center and Archive. "The exhibit hopes to explore the history of people of African descent in cinematic form."


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A sound tradition

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When he was a college student, Ken Zuckerman discovered traditional Indian music. His life changed forever after that momentous experience. Zuckerman and celebrated musician Anindo Chatterjee will perform at 8 p.m. tonight at Auer Hall.


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Windfall celebrates 25 years of dance

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Windfall Dance School, a not-for-profit organization that accepts participants of any age, is celebrating its 25th year of teaching and performing, but they have not gotten there without a struggle. A passion for dance and determination has helped the school not only continue, but grow in the past 25 years.


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'Beat' photographs go on tour

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Smoking on a fire escape, a railroad brakeman's rule book stuck in his jacket pocket, Jack Kerouac looks as though he just stepped from the pages of "On the Road." The image is seen in a 1953 photograph taken by fellow Beat writer Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg photographed the best minds of the Beat Generation in between bursts of creativity.

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Jack Black comedy on top

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LOS ANGELES -- "The School of Rock," with Jack Black playing a rocker posing as a substitute teacher to coach fifth graders for a battle-of-the-bands contest, earned top grades from audiences with a $20.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.


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Jack Black comedy on top

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LOS ANGELES -- "The School of Rock," with Jack Black playing a rocker posing as a substitute teacher to coach fifth graders for a battle-of-the-bands contest, earned top grades from audiences with a $20.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.


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New exhibit highlights traditional Mexican art

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Jessica Hernandez began her speech at the opening of HablARTE with the sentence, "What I want to talk about is love." Hernandez stood in front of a crowd at Mathers Museum Saturday afternoon, contemplating the results of seven months worth of dedication to her program.



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Annual art festival raises money

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Janet French, a member of The High Flyers Trapeze Club, was flying high above the crowd during her trapeze performance at the 21st annual Third and High Festival of the Arts, a fundraiser for St. Charles Catholic School in Bloomington.


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Classical guitarist leaves his qudiences speechless

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Few performers start a concert with an apology, and usually it is not a good sign when they do. In Paul Vondiziano's case, the apology spoke more of his humility and supreme love for performing than his ability. "The guitar is a very sensitive instrument," Vondiziano said before he began playing.


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Exhibit features local artist

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Deep purples, vibrant blues and calming portraits of humans, chalices and lotus flowers line the second floor walls of the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre. Patricia Coleman's friends and family mingled Friday night at the opening of her art exhibit "The Purple Show," which runs until Oct. 31.


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Jail warden admits role in Dali theft

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NEW YORK -- The crime was ... well, it was surreal. On an island inhabited by 14,000 accused criminals, a $250,000 Salvador Dali sketch disappeared during a midnight fire drill, replaced by a fake. And the people responsible were not the inmates, but four prison officials, authorities said.


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Auction to benefit construction of Jill's House

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The Bloomington Board of Realtors will hold an auction to benefit the construction of Jill's House, a recovery facility for patients of the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, at noon this Saturday, Oct. 4. The auction will begin after the completion of the Jill Behrman Run for the End Zone, the annual run held to raise funds for Jill's House and the Jill Behrman Scholarship Fund.


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Are you in, or are you knocking?

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Fashion is a tricky industry to break into. It is considered to be one of the most difficult industries to break into along with music and acting. The fashion industry is full of hungry young people with experience and dedication who work hard. There are also people trying to get into the fashion industry with little to no knowledge of fashion, but they are easy to surpass. Success in any field depends on drive with tact.


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Guitarist visits Waldron center

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Close your eyes. The steep mountain path below your feet climbs toward the sky. Suddenly, you are walking under the hot sun in a small forgotten village. Then, you are staring up into the starry sky on a warm summer night. Every strum and pluck of Paul Vondiziano's guitar evokes a different fresco, a different village, a different verdant landscape. Vondiziano, born in Lamaca, Cyprus, began studying the guitar at the age of eight.


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Web site helps business-starved artists

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PHILADELPHIA -- You can be an artist without starving. That's essentially the message of a new Web site unveiled this week that aims to help painters, sculptors, designers and artists of all disciplines become more business savvy.


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Lecture discusses 'Shroud of Turin'

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It's a shroud shrouded in mystery. A lecture Thursday discussed the image of the crucified Jesus Christ on a "shroud" burial cloth. The talk, given by IU alumni Professor John Beldon Scott from the University of Iowa, was titled "The Shroud of Turin as a Work of Art." The actual shroud, said to depict the body of Jesus, is housed in Turin, Italy. Most years the Archdiocese of Turin doesn't even put it on display. Last time it came out the pope attended.


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IU Art Museum features 2 photographers' visions

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Scenes from all parts of the world are the focus of two photography exhibits currently being displayed at the IU Art Museum. "Nara: Japan's Ancient Capital," featuring photographs by late Japanese photographer Taikichi Irie, and "One Man's Vision," an exhibition of photos by former IU Art Museum director Thomas T. Solley, open Saturday in Bloomington.



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Dance to benefit bookstore

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"Dress to impress in your best country duds!" reads Boxcar Books' invitation for its first annual Homecoming Hoedown fund-raiser, which will take place at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Harmony School Gym, 909 E. 2nd St.