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Grabbing a 'Cookie' at the BPP

By Liv Cole · Tuesday, Nov. 4,2003 12:11 a.m.

Since Halloween has just ended, many people are still plagued with thoughts of candy and other sweets. For those still craving one of those sweets, the Bloomington Playwrights Project is producing one right now -- "Cookie Bites the Ninja," by local playwright Doug Bedwell.

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Swing dance soiree teaches lindy hop

By Jaime Cohen · Monday, Nov. 3,2003 1 a.m.

The number one rule of swing dancing, and for some the most difficult, is following your partner. The Bloomington Swing Dance Committee provided an opportunity Saturday night for students to learn all about a form of swing dancing called the lindy hop as part of a series of dance workshops. The classes take place the first Saturday of every month at the John Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut Street.

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Festival treats guests to amusement

By Jill Sankey · Monday, Nov. 3,2003 12:44 a.m.

Children and adults attended the Halloween Family Fun Festival from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the Mathers Museum to celebrate Halloween activities.

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Sorority craft show raises scholarship money

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Monday, Nov. 3,2003 12:20 a.m.

The Christmas season began a little early at Binford Elementary School, 315 North Drive, Saturday morning. Cheerful gingerbread-man signs led the way as the scent of pies, cookies and spices filled the air. People cheerfully shopped for seasonal decorations and the gifts from local crafters at the eighth annual Tri-Kappa Annual Arts and Crafts show.

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Organ performance makes Halloween 'Spooktacular'

By Claire Blaustein · Friday, Oct. 31,2003 1:18 a.m.

A few IU students are pulling out all the stops this Halloween -- literally. Today will mark the fourth year anniversary for the Pipes Spooktacular -- an organ concert co-sponsored by the IU School of Music organ department and the Bloomington chapter of American Guild of Organists.

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Actors stage theater protest

By Anthony Breznican and Verena Dobnik · Thursday, Oct. 30,2003 11:55 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Hundreds of Broadway actors huddled under the rain in Times Square Wednesday, blasting producers who take shows like "Miss Saigon" on the road while paying performers lower, nonunion wages.

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Men inching women out of country music awards

By Anthony Breznican and John Gerome · Thursday, Oct. 30,2003 11:52 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The nominees for next week's country music awards are a bit more old school than some predecessors and a lot more brawny. For the first time in some 20 years, male singers took all five slots in both the entertainer of the year and newcomer categories.

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You aren't what you wear

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Thursday, Oct. 30,2003 11:50 p.m.

I was having a phone conversation with a friend the other day. We were bouncing ideas off each other, and he came up with a theory I did not agree with. He said "Scarface" and "The Godfather" have influenced fashion. "Look around," he said. "Everyone wants to be a thug and wear their suits like the ones in the 'Scarface' and 'The Godfather.'"

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Riley patients ready for Marathon

By Alex Pappas · Thursday, Oct. 30,2003 1:29 a.m.

For the past 13 years, IU Dance Marathon has worked to raise money for the kids of the Ryan White Infectious Disease Center at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis.

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Around the arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 30,2003 12:47 a.m.

Kid Kazooey and the BallRoom Roustabouts will perform their annual "All Hallow's Eve Ruckus" at 6 p.m. tonight at the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium.

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Museum to celebrate Halloween

By Alex Moore · Thursday, Oct. 30,2003 12:45 a.m.

The Mathers Museum of World Cultures will celebrate Halloween with Family Fun Fest, featuring a variety of crafts, storytelling and hands-on activities, from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. This is the ninth Family Fun Fest, said Abbie Anderson, the Curator of Education at the museum, who is in charge of the event.

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Writer's paradise

By -Jenny Kobiela · Thursday, Oct. 30,2003 12:43 a.m.

Recent IU graduate Kit Willihnganz has been creating stories for as long as she can remember, dictating her tales to her family until she could write for herself. She has written nine novels -- finishing her first at age 14 -- as well as many short stories. So when a friend from school mentioned a Web-based event called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, Willinhganz decided to give it a shot.

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Venice's Grand Canal charms Italy's visitors

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 29,2003 12:12 a.m.

VENICE, Italy -- Some travel truths are self-evident. As the Great Wall of China is great indeed, so Venice's Grand Canal is grand beyond compare. For two and a half miles, this watery Champs-Elysees winds down a fantastic architectural canyon lined with rococo palaces and Moorish mansions.

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Musician to bring jazz, funk to IU

By Pat Donohue · Wednesday, Oct. 29,2003 12:11 a.m.

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe will bring its unique fusion of jazz and funk to the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 122 S. Walnut St. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight with the band playing two sets with a short break in-between. Denson, the sax-playing front man of Tiny Universe, played in Lenny Kravitz's touring band for five years and appeared on two of Kravitz's records ("Mama Said" and "Are You Gonna Go My Way?").

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IU student wins photo contest

By Patrick Commiskey · Wednesday, Oct. 29,2003 12:10 a.m.

The snapshot is of a dock washed-out by a storm on the island of Caye Caulker, Belize. The photograph won IU junior Tom Pellman $150 and first place in the Indianapolis Star Travel Photo Contest in August.

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Indonesian students introduce culture

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Tuesday, Oct. 28,2003 12:10 a.m.

The Indonesian Student Association entertained guests at its annual celebration "One Night in Indonesia" Saturday night in Alumni Hall. The guests were greeted with the words "selamat datang," which means "welcome" in Indonesian.

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