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Agreement announced in race for stimulus bill

Moving with lightning speed, key lawmakers announced an agreement Wednesday on a $789 billion economic stimulus measure designed to create millions of jobs in a nation reeling from recession. President Barack Obama could sign the bill within days.

League of Women Voters discusses effects of Kernan-Shepard report

Joe Kernan, former Indiana governor, and Randall T. Shepard, Indiana Supreme Court chief justice, were in charge of an IU-funded commission that formed 27 recommendations for developing a more effective local government.

Agreement announced in race for stimulus bill

Pickle jar art to light up Fuller Projects exhibit

While many people associate neon lights with the Las Vegas strip, an “open” sign at a local diner or the signs of a favorite fast food chain, Jason Chakavarty adapts the lights for his art.

Cleaning house and art in 2009

Like all artists before us, it is time for us to gather our stuff, make a sensible idea of it all, and mold it into a solid form by which everyone will remember 2009.

Love-You-Grams to wow recipients

The Bloomington Playwrights Project promises to strike love – or embarrassment – into the hearts of IU students and Bloomington residents with live, personalized performances anytime, anywhere Feb. 13 and 14.

Something’s better than nothing

An unprecedented economic downfall calls for an unprecedented fix. This much we know for sure.

Public statements vs. private sentiments

The IU faculty council is set to vote next Tuesday on a resolution that would criticize the Kelley School of Business’s October decision to award General Peter Pace the school’s honorary Poling Chair.

CBS continues to dominate

We’ve hit that time of the year when networks give their shows a little break to tune up before the final push. Audiences are looking at a two- to four-week window without all of their favorites airing new episodes. Slim pickings this week, folks.

Men's fashion in the recession: from the sophisticated spender to the relaxed lounger

The global financial crisis is wreaking havoc on the fashion world, from high-end fashion to more affordable clothes. Many people are spending far less on their duds, looking for deals and shunning the Nordstroms and Saks Fifth Avenues of the world – well, at least most of us.

Recycle and reuse your wardrobe with a few quick steps

During the Great Depression, fashion was put on the back burner because of the poor economic climate. Because Americans were forced to ration fabric, fashionable women used their sewing skills to alter their clothes and update them in creative ways to keep up with the trends.

How to be a recessionista

For those who hope to stay chic in these trying recession times, meet the first big step to “recessionista” standing: bargain shopping.

Still tasty

Power-pop quintet The Delicious is synonymous with the Bloomington music scene. Continuously playing shows around town, it has proven itself to be one of Bloomington’s most adored bands.

An all-star flop

Dear women everywhere, If you want to see women portrayed as used, desperate, worthless and unconfident, please go see “He’s Just Not That Into You,” which delivers all of the lies above – on repeat.

One in a million

If you have yet to see “Slumdog Millionaire,” director Danny Boyle’s “dramedy” about a slum boy from India who becomes a contestant on a game show, you’ve no doubt heard someone, somewhere, talking about the film.

Claymation done right

“Coraline” isn’t really a children’s movie. Written and directed by “Nightmare Before Christmas” director Henry Selick and based on the comic book by Neil Gaiman, the film portrays a modern day “Alice in Wonderland.”

Kevin Smith Strikes Out

Following the stupid/funny films vein already cut open by successful predecessors like “Superbad” and “Pineapple Express,” director Kevin Smith takes a stab of his own with “Zack and Miri Make A Porno,” which – imagine that! – even stars Seth Rogen, a cultural staple in surface-level comedy today.

An infinite disappointment

Targeting fans of hipster romantic comedies such as “Garden State” and “Juno,” “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” attempts to match the charm and wit of others in the genre only to come up with something much less sincere and authentic.

Zeros to Heroes

As the story goes, Johnny Ramone once replied to a complaint that the Ramones’ songs were too short by saying: “They’re not too short; we just play ’em real fast.” In describing The Zero Boys’ 1982 debut album “Vicious Circle,” few words could be so apt.

A Bloomington romance

Though Bloomington is not the Paris of the Midwest, there is plenty of romance to be found here.