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Organist revives film with Halloween thrills

By Therese Kennelly · Thursday, Oct. 29,2009 12:06 a.m.

From a suspense film to a costume contest, Dennis James plans on giving Bloomington an early Halloween.

Marching Hundred Showcase Concert brings spirit, music to Assembly Hall

By Danielle Paquette · Thursday, Oct. 29,2009 12:02 a.m.

Spirted shouts of “Go, fight win!” filled Assembly Hall on Wednesday as the Marching Hundred performed its annual showcase concert. Hoosier fans cheered as the cream and crimson clad musicians played songs featured during football games including “Hail to Old IU,” “Hot, Hot, Hot” and “Dirty Little Secret.”

Lotus dazzles Bluebird with color and melody

Wednesday, Oct. 28,2009 12:54 p.m.

The band Lotus played to an enthusiastic crowd at the Bluebird Nightclub this Tuesday. Lotus, a band that formed while attending Goshen College in Indiana, played their usual instrumental mix of funk, jazz and rock. Accompanying them was Oxford, England’s own “The Egg.”

Lotus Dazzles Bluebird with Color and Melody

Wednesday, Oct. 28,2009 12:53 p.m.

The band Lotus played to an enthusiastic crowd at the Bluebird Nightclub this Tuesday. Lotus, a band that formed while attending Goshen College in Indiana, played their usual instrumental mix of funk, jazz and rock. Accompanying them was Oxford, England’s own “The Egg.”

How far is too far?

By Caitlin Peterkin · Wednesday, Oct. 28,2009 12:52 a.m.

Caitlin Peterkin's weekly performance column. This week's subject: "Balloon Boy's" family and reality TV.

Octubafest highlights tubas in past, present

By Lily Miller · Wednesday, Oct. 28,2009 12:48 a.m.

Musical pieces range from classical style to contemporary.

The seven deadly sins of Halloween fashion

By Alexa Altman · Wednesday, Oct. 28,2009 12:45 a.m.

Alexa Altman's weekly fashion column. Subject: Halloween costumes.

Death in the theater

By Danielle Paquette · Wednesday, Oct. 28,2009 12:41 a.m.

Halloween makeup can create scary, realistic faces to match your costume.

‘Michael Jackson's This Is It’ to open worldwide

By Sandy Cohen · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 11:08 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — When Michael Jackson died in June, he was just days away from launching a 50-show run of comeback concerts in London. Now, video footage of preparations for those performances have become “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” a documentary opening worldwide Tuesday.

AroundArts

Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:43 a.m.

Arts happenings ending the week of Oct. 31.

Songwriter's showcases local pub features area acts

By Kelsey Finn · Tuesday, Oct. 27,2009 12:38 a.m.

The Bloomington Songwriters Showcase at the Player’s Pub on Monday brought four local, national and world singer-songwriters to play together in a set in which each singer performs four or five songs.

Lake, Karl Blau join forces at Russian Recording

By Kelsey Finn · Monday, Oct. 26,2009 10:42 a.m.

Independent pop band Lake performed at Russian Recording Saturday night.

Expert shares African art studies

By Margaret Ely · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:41 p.m.

Barbara Frank, associate professor of art history and African studies at Stony Brook University, gave a lecture Friday titled “Texts and Textures in African Ceramics” in conjunction with an exhibit in the IU Art Museum.

Cristy releases ‘Hotel Confessions’ at Buskirk

By Therese Kennelly · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:38 p.m.

Local musician Jenn Cristy brought people of all ages together for a night of exceptional sounds and nostalgic memories.

23,000 dance during worldwide Thriller event

By Rachel Krasnow · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:33 p.m.

Zombies, Michael Jackson look-a-likes and 1980s music came together to help break the record for The Largest Simultaneous Thriller Dance with the Record Holders Republic.

Steve Hofstetter stops at Bear's Place for Comedy Caravan

By Adrienne Kaplan · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:33 p.m.

New York based comedian will be giving audiences a taste of his humor at 8 and 10:30 p.m. today at Bear's Place.

Landry talks sex, marriage to Funny Bone crowd

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:30 p.m.

With jokes about job interviews, sex and drinking, headliner comedienne Lisa Landry performed five shows at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Opera gives ‘Romeo’ new twist

By Lily Miller · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:26 p.m.

“Romeo et Juliette” opened Friday at the Musical Arts Center as the second opera in the 2009-10 IU Opera & Ballet Theater season. Guest conductor Ronald Zollman led the Jacobs School of Music Philharmonic Orchestra for the performance.

‘Clean House’ debuts

By Carly Bassen · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 10:24 p.m.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s award-winning play “The Clean House,” directed by Jonathan Michaelsen, opened Friday at the Wells-Metz Theatre to audiences who laughed on the outside but cried on the inside.

Mayor throws first pitch in playwrights’ PlayOffs

By Mike Beam · Sunday, Oct. 25,2009 5:13 p.m.

The Ike & Julie Arnove PlayOffs, sponsored by the Bloomington Playwrights Project, began Friday with a press conference announcing the PlayOffs where Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan threw out the first pitch — literally. But first, Kruzan said he had to confess something.