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Artisans, alumni celebrate PRIDE festival

By Haley Innocenti · Friday, Jan. 27,2012 1:39 a.m.

For the fourth year, the PRIDE Film Festival will coincide with the IU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alumni Association Celebration Weekend.

Benefit dinner to focus on history of puzzles

By Jackie Veling · Thursday, Jan. 26,2012 9:50 p.m.

Friends of Art will play host to its 26th Annual Fine Arts Library Benefit Dinner this Saturday, and the event’s topic is a subject even the speaker himself finds peculiar: puzzles.

Museum exhibits toys' stories throughout history

By Makenzie Holland · Thursday, Jan. 26,2012 9:44 p.m.

The Monroe County Historical Center is a treasure trove of things from the past. Their newest exhibit, Toys Through the Ages, traces the development of toys from the early 1800s to the present.

Famous percussion group STOMP sweeps into Bloomington

By Makenzie Holland · Thursday, Jan. 26,2012 9:42 p.m.

Beginning at 7:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday, STOMP will clatter its way into Bloomington once again.

Column: Finally at Sea

By Eshley Spitzer · Thursday, Jan. 26,2012 9:39 p.m.

Cruisin’ through the Caribbean, we are following the waves of Columbus and will arrive in Dominica just in time to watch the ship reach Monday morning’s port.

Bloomington art gallery to relocate to Nashville

By Michelle Sokol · Thursday, Jan. 26,2012 12:09 a.m.

After nine years of exhibiting and selling the work of local artists, Gallery North is leaving its current location on the square in downtown Bloomington to move to a smaller space in Nashville, Ind.

PRIDE Film Festival honors GLBTQ culture

Wednesday, Jan. 25,2012 9:57 p.m.

The PRIDE Film Festival kicks into high PRIDE gear this Thursday.

Israeli streets inspire artist

By Amelia Chong · Wednesday, Jan. 25,2012 9:54 p.m.

“The Art of the Israeli Man Hole Cover” exhibit launched at The Venue Fine Art & Gifts last Friday and a more in-depth look at the artist’s working process was offered at the gallery Tuesday night.

Style File

By Emily Farra · Wednesday, Jan. 25,2012 9:51 p.m.

Honestly, what’s worse than the gut-wrenching fear of slipping to your death on ice-coated sidewalks? Not much. But one thing that comes close is the mind-numbing boredom we feel upon looking into our closets each morning. Yawn.

Los Campesinos! to play show at Bluebird Thursday

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Jan. 25,2012 3:06 p.m.

At 9 p.m. tomorrow, the seven-piece band Los Campesinos! will headline at the Bluebird Nightclub.

Trained Eye Arts Center provides studio space, community to local artists

By Kate Thacker · Tuesday, Jan. 24,2012 11:24 p.m.

Walking through Trained Eye Arts, located right off the B-line Trail at 615 N. Fairview St., one will find a variety of visual and literary artists.

Sic of Elephants

By Bari Finkel · Monday, Jan. 23,2012 11:57 p.m.

There are few female singers who truly changed music history, and Etta James was one of those women. To the dismay of family, friends and fans, the great James passed away Friday. She had been diagnosed with leukemia in early 2011, but her death still comes as a shock.

Music, art benefit medical assistance trips to Nicaragua

By Kate Thacker · Monday, Jan. 23,2012 11:55 p.m.

Sounds of live Latin music echoed from the second floor of the IU Art Museum Monday night at the Art Museum Student Organization’s Benefit for Nicaragua.

Indiana deadline for winter arts, crafts grants approaching

By IDS staff · Monday, Jan. 23,2012 11:54 p.m.

The deadline for the Indiana Arts Commission grant program is Feb. 2, and time to apply is running short.

Food for Thought

By Hannah Spencer · Monday, Jan. 23,2012 11:52 p.m.

Sleep-deprived and overworked college students represent a key demographic for energy drinks.

Bloomington inspires novel

By Celia Grundman · Monday, Jan. 23,2012 11:49 p.m.

Michael Boggs, who graduated from IU in 1973, has just published his first novel, “From an Island in the Ocean.”

Alpha Phi Alpha Miss Black and Gold crowned

By Makenzie Holland · Monday, Jan. 23,2012 11:46 p.m.

As a reward for more than 200 hours of community service, junior Jade McDonald was crowned the 2012 Alpha Phi Alpha Miss Black and Gold, beating 11 other women at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater Sunday. Andrea Williams, 2010 Miss Black and Gold winner, and Wesley McKinney, Alpha Phi Alpha historian, were the hosts of the event.

Arts day petitions for funding

By Michelle Sokol · Monday, Jan. 23,2012 11:42 p.m.

In hopes of receiving additional funding from the Indiana Arts Commission’s budget, members of the Indiana Coalition for the Arts and other supporters gathered at the Indiana Statehouse Monday to remind state representatives why the arts are important.

Baker celebrates 80th birthday, President’s Medal for Excellence

By Makenzie Holland · Sunday, Jan. 22,2012 11:12 p.m.

IU jazz legend David Baker received a late birthday present from IU President Michael McRobbie Saturday — the President’s Medal for Excellence.

Kinsey exhibits art on topics of war, sex, love

By Kate Thacker · Sunday, Jan. 22,2012 11:03 p.m.

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction’s new exhibit “Love and War” opened Friday in the Kinsey Institute Gallery in Morrison Hall. It includes photographs, comics, drawings and postcards, among other objects, from the American Civil War to the 21st century.

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