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Amnesty sponsors concert to raise funds

By Kama Korvela · Thursday, March 1,2001 11:32 p.m.

To raise money for Amnesty International's campaign to strop torture, the IU chapter is sponsoring a free concert 7 p.m. Saturday at Collins Center's Cheshire Cafe. Some of the featured bands include Indiana Trip Factory, Level 9, Manik, Maleeq and the Milwaukee Playboys.

Texas Festival features independent artists, films

By Jonathan Hull · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2001 11:50 p.m.

What do Quentin Tarantino, Jurassic 5 and the Black Crowes have in common? Right now, absolutely nothing -- but in two weeks, they will all be in Austin, Texas as a part of the South By Southwest Festival.

Institute unites different art forms

By Jodi Miskell · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2001 11:47 p.m.

The African American Arts Institute has all the components of a good musical. Singers, dancers and musicians from three troupes unite under this title and create performances unlike any other.

Exhibit opening features culture

By Christopher Ensminger · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2001 11:43 p.m.

The exhibition of two new photographic galleries at the Mathers Museum created a scene of feast, culture and celebration Tuesday.

Orchestra to feature classics

By Kailash V. Murthi · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2001 12:26 a.m.

German composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Strauss never had the chance to perform together, but their music will be performed together tonight at the Musical Arts Center.

Mardi Gras jubilee ignores 2 centuries of history, tradition

By Shannon Sullivan · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2001 12:14 a.m.

Mardi Gras is known in college circles as an excuse for drinking and a chance to bare breasts for beads (or take pictures of someone else doing so), risking it all for 10-cent trinkets. But behind the madness that is sensationalized by the media, there is more than two centuries of history and tradition that is often ignored.

Orgy plays to small crowd at Murat

By Jason Gaddis · Wednesday, Feb. 28,2001 12:13 a.m.

With the big bearded guy playing air guitar, the girl in the annoying pink sweater who danced like Charlie Brown, the flasher and the girl who couldn't have weighed more than 75 pounds and crowd surfed several times only to be thrown around like a rag doll, Monday night was full of moments at the Murat Egyptian Room in Indianapolis.

Musical 'Beowulf' has debut tonight

Monday, Feb. 26,2001 10:51 p.m.

"Beowulf," the medieval classic, will be sung tonight in Old English by Benjamin Bagby as part of this year's Patten Lecture Series.

Jazz pioneer to provide unique blend

By Christopher Lee · Monday, Feb. 26,2001 10:50 p.m.

It's easy to think of such a musical innovator as John Abercrombie in the role of the iconoclast, breaking rules with radical abandon. While it is true that he sometimes does (he was one of the first jazz guitarists to use rock sounds and techniques), he also sees himself as a torchbearer.

Rock band Orgy to play Murat

Sunday, Feb. 25,2001 11:25 p.m.

The electro-grunge band Orgy will hit the Egyptian Room in Indianapolis tonight for a show that promises to provide plenty of high-energy music. The show is set to begin at 7:30. Orgy is touring in support of their second release, Vapor Transmission. The album had a strong opening week, debuting at the No. 16 spot on Billboard's Top 200 last October. The release drew varying responses -- Billboard praised the album as a science fiction epic while Wall of Sound brushed them off for resembling stuck-in-the-80s glam rockers.

Around The Arts

Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 11:54 p.m.

Roosevelt lecture canceled The Fine Arts lecture, "The President's Two Bodies: Stagings and re-stagings of the New Deal body politic," which was to be given by Sally Stein, associate professor of art history at the University of California at Irvine at 5:30 p.m. today in Fine Arts 102, has been canceled.

Second Story heats up Fridays with Plasma

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 11:51 p.m.

"Plasma" is a noun derived from a Greek word that means "to shape." But Friday nights beginning this month, Plasma is an event at Second Story Nightclub, 201 S. College Ave., where local and national DJs and their audiences come together to shape a sound, light and movement experience.

IU Opera to perform Verdi's 'Rigoletto'

Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 11:48 p.m.

Absent for the last three years from the Musical Arts Center during the school year season, the work of Giuseppe Verdi will return on the 100th anniversary of his death with his tragic opera "Rigoletto."

Benefit supports food bank

By Lindsay Schoenfeld · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 11:47 p.m.

St. Mark's United Methodist Church will play host to its seventh annual Soup Bowl Benefit, a community event to raise funds for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, 5 p.m. Sunday. As is the custom, local potters donated hundreds of handmade bowls. Local restaurants contributed soups and breads, and entertainment is provided to add to the atmosphere.

Simple solutions for vegetarians

By Camilla Saulsbury · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:29 a.m.

SILKY SPICED PUMPKIN BISQUE 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 medium onion, chopped 3 garlic gloves, minced 3 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin 2 cups canned vegetable broth 2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper juice and grated zest of 1 lime 1 11-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Saute until golden, about 10 minutes. Add pumpkin, broth, sugar, cumin, curry powder and crushed red pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to pot and stir in lime juice and zest. Bring soup to simmer and whisk in coconut milk. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Makes 6 servings.

Earle brings the house down at Murat

By Andrew Jones · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:26 a.m.

Continuing his "Trancendental Blues" tour, rocker Steve Earle stopped in Indianapolis Tuesday night at the Murat Theater. Earle's combination of rock and roll and country rocked the house, with his band and special guest Stacy Earle, Steve's younger sister. The doors opened at 6:30 p.m. as crowds anxiously awaited entrance, eager to get as close to the stage as possible.

The Vegan Way

By Camilla Saulsbury · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:23 a.m.

The food pyramid isn't always constructed from the four main food groups, despite what elementary school teaches. Although nutritionists traditionally recommend a specific serving for each food group, the growing trend of vegetarianism, a diet omitting meat, and veganism, a diet omitting all animal products, has demanded a new foundation for healthy living.

Welsh rarebit is 'fast food salvation'

By Camilla Saulsbury · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 11:08 a.m.

For my entire childhood, I had a week's notice of my dinner fare. Every Saturday, my mother plunked a pile of cookbooks and her overstuffed recipe box on the dining room table and mapped out a week of dinner menus before heading to the local co-op. It helped her manage her budget, shopping and sanity, but left her open to scrutiny.

Around the Arts

Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:07 a.m.

Classic filmmaker Stanley Kramer dies at age 87 Producer-director Stanley Kramer, whose nearly three dozen films included such classics as "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Inherit the Wind," died Monday at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills. He was 87 and had been ill with pneumonia.

Recital features student violinist

By Kailash V. Murthi · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 11:52 p.m.

Demonstrating her dedication to music, senior and violinist Ju-young Kim performed last night at Recital Hall. "I started playing the violin at the age of 5 when my mother took me to a violin shop," Kim said. "At first I was uncomfortable with it, but then I started getting used to it and fell in love with the violin."

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